Locum Consultant in Paediatric Retrieval (PaNDR)

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant post to join our Paediatric Retrieval team at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This post is available as soon as possible for a period of 6 months.

The appointee will be expected to provide Consultant clinical service, clinical leadership, specialist advice and multi-disciplinary management for the Paediatric Retrieval team.

The successful candidate will join a friendly and enthusiastic team including clinicians, highly experienced Nurses, Specialty Registrars and fellows, dedicated ambulance technicians and the Emergency Bed Finding Service (EBS).

Main duties of the job

You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT in Paediatric Intensive care or equivalent experience and expertise or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Paediatric Retrieval service is co-located and integrated with the neonatal transport service and is operational 24/7, 365 days a year covering the East of England. The Paediatric team have now completed more than 1000 transfers since inception in April 2021.

Our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit supports a wide range of medical and surgical specialties, major trauma, education and research. We are the regional centre for paediatric surgery, with a 13 bedded PICU and a 40 cot neonatal unit. Paediatric cardiac surgery, paediatric transplantation and craniofacial are the only subspecialties not offered on site.

There are close links with the University Department of Paediatrics and the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit CUH, together with Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust and Cambridge University are well on the way in developments to build a new Cambridge Children’s Hospital on the Bio medical campus. Work is underway with the building expected to open in 2028.

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for these posts.

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.