Job requirements
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Training expected
Current APLS/EPLS provider
- Training expected
Up to date training in safeguarding children level 3
- Personal Qualities
Willingness to work without immediate supervision, but with an awareness of one’s individual limitations
- Personal Qualities
Good written and oral communication skills
- Personal Qualities
Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Personal Qualities
Good interpersonal skills, supportive and caring towards colleagues and patients.
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work under pressure
- Clinical Experience
Candidates are required to be on, or eligible to be on the Specialist Register as above and: • Minimum of two years training in an approved Paediatric intensive care medicine training unit plus six months (minimum) of anaesthetics (stand-alone) • OR completed PICM GRID training (UK) • OR On specialist register for PICM via the CESR route • OR Existing Substantive consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine • Or Equivalent with evidence that this training has been signed off.
- Personal Circumstances
Ability and means to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Personal Circumstances
Residence allowing return to base within 30 minutes if required
- Personal Circumstances
To be accessible by telephone for on call duties
- Qualifications and Skills
Fully registered with GMC
- Qualifications and Skills
MRCPCH, FRCA or equivalent
- Qualifications and Skills
Applicant should be on the specialist register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT by date of interview
- Management and Administrative Experience
Willingness to take part in teaching
- Management and Administrative Experience
Evidence of continuing professional development
- Management and Administrative Experience
Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Management and Administrative Experience
Ability to teach clinical skills
- Management and Administrative Experience
Commitment to continuing medical education
- Management and Administrative Experience
Participation in research or clinical audit
- Management and Administrative Experience:
Understanding of management issues including medical discipline; clinical governance, service planning
- Management and Administrative Experience:
Willingness to participate in service developments
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Training expected
APLS/EPLS/ATLS instructor
- Personal Qualities
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
- Clinical Experience
Evidence of experience in managing complex Long Term Ventilated (LTV) patients
- Clinical Experience
Evidence of experience in continuous renal replacement therapy
- Qualifications and Skills
Higher degree (MD, PhD) in related field
- Management and Administrative Experience
Formal training in research or teaching methods
- Management and Administrative Experience
Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Management and Administrative Experience:
Willingness to manage and develop leadership skills e.g. project work; mentoring junior staff
Job overview
This post is based at Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University
Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a locum Paediatric Critical Care Consultant. The post holder will be providing 8 weeks of consultant of the week (COW) cover to PICU and 8 weeks to HDU per year, and take part in 1 in 5.5 on-call rota for PICU, including evenings and weekends.
In addition, there is also time allocated to do educational supervision and attending departmental meetings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder will be fully trained in the organisational and practical skills required in Paediatric Intensive Care including, but not limited to:
- Emergency airway access and intubation,
- Use of the Seldinger technique for gaining secure vascular access,
- Pleural drain insertion,
- Renal support (CVVH),
- Transport of the critically ill child,
- Invasive and non-invasive respiratory support.
- It is essential that the post-holder works closely with the members of the PICU team, and the wider multidisciplinary teams within the Trust.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant Children's Intensive Care with University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Paediatrics role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 £113,565 - £150,569. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Nov 2026.
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