# Senior Locally Employed Doctor (Higher) in PCC Transport Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-locally-employed-doctor-higher-in-pcc-transport-medicine/9378c473-c333-4d2a-9b10-497846007da3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-locally-employed-doctor-higher-in-pcc-transport-medicine/9378c473-c333-4d2a-9b10-497846007da3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Manchester - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £76,582 per annum - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T14:23:53.240Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Warrginton/Manchester_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/NWTS_Paediatric_Intensive_Care_Transport/NWTS_Paediatric_Intensive_Care_Transport-v7992444 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7992444?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 4 posts 2 posts to start January / February 2027 2 posts to start September 2027 NWTS Senior Locally Employed Doctor (SLED) post is a full-time post with NWTS and is ideal for senior trainees (ideally post-CCT) in anaesthetics, paediatrics, emergency medicine, pre-hospital medicine and paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, who want to gain further experience in the management of the acutely sick child and transport medicine. The SLED is an integral part of the multidisciplinary paediatric critical care regional transport team, and the main role of the clinical fellow is to manage all aspects of a transfer, including giving advice at the initial referral call, co-ordinating the logistics of transport, stabilising the patient and ensuring a safe, efficient and cohesive transfer from referring centre to the accepting intensive care unit. It is expected that the clinical fellow will take an interest in an audit, guideline or quality assurance projects. In addition, the clinical fellow is part of the NWTS education team and is expected to be involved with the design and delivery of a wide variety of education and training projects run by NWTS. Due to the short-term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application, whether it be an active licence, ceased licence or a pending application - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for vacancies less than 12 months fixed term. ### Main duties of the job Role will involve working  on a rotational shift system. Shift pattern includes long days (7:30 to 20:00), nights (20:00 to 08:00), twilight shift 11:30 - 00:00 and educational days. The senior clinical fellow will be expected to: - Complete referral and transport documentation to an appropriate legible standard. - Give advice as necessary, according to NWTS/APLS guidelines. - Liaise with NWTS and tertiary centre paediatric intensive care staff. - Arrange and undertake transport. - Maintain the NWTS database - Daily check of NWTS transport equipment - Maintain an up-to-date personal National Paediatric Critical Care Transport Passport - Discuss issues of importance arising from transport e.g. incidents and excellence - Attend and actively participate in monthly regional PICM training - Complete an audit or quality assurance project - Be involved in delivery of NWTS education, simulation and training - Involved in co-ordination of trainees rotating from tertiary PICUs and their rota ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk. We’re looking forward to hearing from you! ## Person Specification ### Audit and Education **Essential** - Previous experience on organisation and delivery of educational activity - Experience of audit **Desirable** - Postgraduate certificate in Medical Education - Simulation training and experience ### Interpersonal Skills **Essential** - Effective Communication Skills - Team Working Skills - Motivated and enthusiastic individual - Excellent organisation Skills - Able to cope well under pressure - Good insight in to own limitations - Confidence in dealing with emergency situations ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Basic training in intubation - Basic training in venous access (including central) - Basic training in arterial line insertion ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - Medical Degree - ST6 or above in their parent specialty - MRCPCH/MRCP/FRCA or equivalent - GMC registration and a License to Practice at the point of application - Experience in paediatric or adult intensive care - APLS - Experience in transportation of critically ill patients **Desirable** - CCT in relevant specialty - Experience in anaesthesia including higher level paediatrics - Experience in managing patients with congenital cardiac disease ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 920.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10276516) - [job description and specification (pdf, 496.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10276514) - [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.