Consultant in Consultant in Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS)

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's healthcare institution is seeking a full-time Consultant in Children’s Acute Transport Service. The role involves providing care for critically ill children requiring transport to paediatric intensive care units. Candidates should have significant experience in paediatric intensive care and be on the Specialist Register. Competitive salary ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 pro rata.

Qualifications

• At least two years specialist paediatric intensive care training.
• Specific experience in paediatric transport.
• Full GMC Registration needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide initial advice on management of critically ill children.
• Arrange transport to appropriate paediatric intensive care unit.
• Lead in Clinical Audit processes.

Skills

High level written and oral communication skills

Ability to organise and prioritise own workload

Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills

Education

MRCPCH or FRCA or equivalent qualification

Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Job description

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS)

The closing date is 05 October 2025

CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVIST WITH THE CHILDRENS ACUTE TRANSPORT SERVICE IN PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT

We are seeking a full-time Consultant with an interest in Paediatric Intensive Care Transport.

The Childrens Acute Transport Service (CATS) is a collaborative service based at Great Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust and is designed to make intensive care rapidly available to critically ill children in North Thames and East Anglia.

The service provides 24 hour, 365 day, Consultant led telephone advice and a triaging facility for all referrals and is committed to improving and developing the provision of critical care and critical care transport for all patients within its scope of care. The CATS service remains the busiest dedicated paediatric intensive care (PIC) transport service in the UK, handling over 2200 referrals and undertaking over 1200 intensive care transports a year.

You will be joining a friendly and dynamic team and this post offers the opportunity to develop an interest in education, training and research.

The successful candidate will have had at least two years specialist paediatric intensive care training and specific experience in paediatric transport. The post will be primarily in paediatric intensive care transport.

You will have the opportunity to continue experience in your chosen base specialty of paediatric intensive care, paediatric anaesthesia, paediatric emergency medicine or paediatric surgery.

Main duties of the job

There are 4 paediatric intensive care facilities within North Thames. The transport service provides a single referral point for hospitals within North Thames who have a critically ill child requiring paediatric intensive care. The service provides initial advice on management and where appropriate, arranges transport of the patient to an appropriate paediatric intensive care unit. This includes patients requiring urgent referral to the cardiac intensive care units at both the Royal Brompton Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital, the general paediatric intensive care units are at St Marys Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and at the Royal London Hospital. There are approximately 1200 transfers each year.

CATS also perform the specialist commissioned services below:

ECMO assessment transports to GOSH and ECMO repatriations

Liver failure transports to King's College Hospital

Vein of Galen transports to GOSH.

About us

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we\'ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women\'s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.

All applicants for consultant posts must either be on the General Medical Councils Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining their CCT award at the time of applying.

Ethnic Minority Groups are currently under represented within our staff teams. Applications are welcome from these groups.

All applicants should return their application forms electronically.

Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

• Always welcoming
• Always helpful
• Always one team
• Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• MRCPCH or FRCA or equivalent qualification
• Full GMC Registration
• On Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT by date of interview. Portfolio Pathway applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
• Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of 2 years) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National GRID training programme with evidence that this has been signed off, including a minimum of six months of anaesthetic training OR equivalence with evidence of PIC transport experience
• OR an existing practicing Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
• Valid level 3 Safeguarding Training
• Valid APLS/EPALS Training
• Higher degree - PhD, MD or equivalent
• Formal teaching qualification

Experience/Knowledge

• Experience of leading in Clinical Audit processes
• Experience of teaching students and multi-disciplinary team
• Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance through experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects
• Published research in peer reviewed journals in relevant area
• Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks
• Experience of recruiting patients to clinical research trials
• Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks
• Experience of clinical leadership or management

Skills/Abilities

• High level written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Ability to work on own initiative within an ever changing environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata, per annum