Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and KIDS
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Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and KIDS Intensive Care & Decision Support to join Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. This is a fixed-term locum consultant post (8 DCC and 2 SPA)
The post-holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality clinical care, teaching, audit, quality improvement and research, working closely with colleagues in both PICU and KIDS to maintain and advance standards of paediatric critical care.
Main duties of the job
Provide consultant-level care for critically ill children on PICU (31 beds, 1400 admissions per year), covering a broad range of medical and surgical specialities including cardiac, liver, trauma, transplantation and burns.
Lead on clinical decision-making and the safe retrieval and transfer of critically ill neonates and children within the West Midlands and beyond via the KIDSNTS service.
Participate in the shared consultant rota for both PICU and KIDS, working on a 50:50 basis across the two services.
Support service development, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and research.
Contribute to the education, training and supervision of medical trainees, ANPs, nurses, and allied professionals.
Engage in regional critical care network activities, contributing to shared governance and improvement work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
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