# Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Transport Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-paediatric-intensive-care-transport-medicine/a4d16dc7-7b62-4802-90e4-5dbc9a044207 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-paediatric-intensive-care-transport-medicine/a4d16dc7-7b62-4802-90e4-5dbc9a044207.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum / pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T15:10:41.936Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Warrington/Manchester_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_Intensive_Care/Paediatric_Intensive_Care-v8110383 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8110383?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview THE NORTH WEST (ENGLAND) AND NORTH WALES PAEDIATRIC TRANSPORT SERVICE (NWTS) This service provides a dedicated paediatric intensive care stabilisation and transport service for critically sick or injured children in the North West (England) and North Wales Region. It works closely with the region’s two paediatric intensive care units, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. The service has been established to support and provide high quality care and/or advice for critically sick or injured children and their families from the first point of contact with secondary care and during their transportation to an appropriate PICU. NWTS provides a single point of contact for referring hospitals with consultant-led specialist advice on stabilisation, transport, and triaging facilities for all referrals at all times. The service receives approximately 1,400 referrals and undertakes approximately 500 transfers annually from the 29 Local Hospitals and Urgent Care Centres in the region into the two tertiary hospitals within the North West. NWTS works closely with both the referring hospitals and the two providers of paediatric intensive care in the region, and is part of the Paediatric Critical Care, Children’s Major Trauma and Congenital Cardiac Networks in region. ### Main duties of the job Duties will include providing direct clinical care and consultant advice and support for the NWTS transport service. Approximately 45-50% of referrals to NWTS are for advice on patient management only. Patients are followed up for a minimum of 24 hours following referral to track whether they have improved or deteriorated and need escalation of care. NWTS consultants will join the team for retrieval where appropriate. The successful candidate will join the team providing 24-hour consultant cover for NWTS 365 days a year – including weekends and bank holidays. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. Explore ‘Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place’ To help you feel confident, prepared and fully informed before you apply, we invite you to explore Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place.  This welcoming one‑stop hub gives you a real sense of who we are — what we stand for, how we reward and support you, and the many ways we care for you as you care for others.  You’ll also find practical hints and tips for submitting a great application, along with the essential information you need to know before you apply. 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We look forward to receiving your application. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Competent in practical skills relating to paediatric intensive care - Self-motivated to set and achieve targets for self & others **Desirable** - Good leadership skills and people management skills ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels across the region Teaching skills and experience - Competent in practical skills relating to paediatric intensive care - Ability to triage / prioritise workload - Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff - Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns. - Excellent oral/ written communication skills in English **Desirable** - Good leadership skills and people management skills - Experience & training in simulation and debrief techniques - Ultrasound - Experience of quality and safety improvements – e.g., critical incident & mortality reviews. ### Experience & knowledge **Essential** - Significant training in an approved paediatric intensive care medicine department including PICM transport, or completed PICM grid training in an approved unit and been signed off by GMC (approval via PICM ISAC) or - Existing practising consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine including transport - Extensive experience in the care of neonatal & paediatric patients with life-threatening medical and surgical conditions - Extensive experience in management of cardiac patients including post-op cardiac surgical patients - Extensive experience in the transportation of neonatal & paediatric patients receiving intensive care - Level 3 Safeguarding training **Desirable** - Special interest in education including simulation - Extensive experience in management of patients on ECMO - Credentials supporting management training - Knowledge of research governance procedures ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - Full GMC registration and licensed to practice - MRCPCH/FRCA or equivalent - Significant PICM experience in a unit approved for training - Experience in the transportation of critically ill children - Anaesthetic experience - APLS/EPLS provider **Desirable** - On GMC specialist register for Paediatrics (+ PICM), Anaesthetics or equivalent via CESR - MD or PhD - PGCert - APLS instructor ### Leadership-specific Competencies **Essential** - Leading change through people - Holding to account - Empowering others - Effective and strategic influencing - Collaborative working ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 416.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10406784) - [functional requirement form (docx, 63.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10405415) - [inside mft – your candidate place (pdf, 306.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2890) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.