Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care /Embrace Transport Service

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading teaching hospital trust in the UK is seeking a Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care to provide high-quality care in their Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Embrace Transport Service. The role involves managing critically ill patients and is suitable for candidates with extensive clinical experience. The position allows flexibility in working full or part-time and contributes to teaching, research, and service development.

Qualifications

• Completion of RCPCH Progress PICM Curriculum and two years training in an RCPCH PICM ISAC approved center.
• Experience in caring for children on ECLS.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to patients with critical illness including general medical and surgical cardiac patients.
• Manage patients on Extracorporeal Life Support.
• Support the Embrace Transport service.

Skills

High level of clinical experience and competence in Paediatric Intensive Care

Experience in management of cardiac patients

Valid BLS Training

Experience of air transport

Education

MB BS or equivalent

On the GMC Specialist Register for Paediatric Intensive Care

Job description

Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care /Embrace Transport Service

Requiredto fill this new post within the Paediatric Critical Care /Embrace Transport Service at the Leeds ChildrensHospital.

TheLeeds Childrens Hospital has an annual budget of £61 million, inpatient bedbase of 286 beds, and delivers 56,000 outpatient appointments and 19,000inpatient and day case episodes. The majority of which is on the Leeds GeneralInfirmary site, however there is a Neonatal unit based on the St JamesHospital site. The Leeds Childrens Hospital employs a total of 90 consultantsproviding general, specialist and supra-regional childrens medical andsurgical services. Inpatient, day case and outpatient services are mainlyprovided at the LGI.

AdditionalChildrens Services provided in Non-Paediatric Specialities

Servicesfor children are also provided within a number of other specialities. Theseinclude dermatology, orthopaedic and spinal surgery, ophthalmology, dentalsurgery, maxillo-facial surgery, accident and emergency, ENT, neurosurgery,plastic and reconstructive surgery, renal transplant surgery and clinicalgenetics.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: Thursday 15January 2026

Main duties of the job

Thesuccessful applicant should possess MBBS/FRCS(or equivalent) and should beincluded on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time ofinterview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointmentregulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the SpecialistRegister.

Applicants should haveestablished skills in and its related specialties including a high level ofclinical experience and competencein Paediatric Intensive Care.

Astrong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a researchinterest is desirable.

Consideration will be given to applicantswho wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required togive a 10-minute presentation on:

What challenges face PICUservices in the next few years

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largestteaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertiseand medical technology. We care forpeople from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leedsitself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1billion. Our 20,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 peoplein our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day-cases,125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites alllinked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialistand integrated care.

Our vision is based on The LeedsWay, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, founded onvalues of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by being true tothese values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve our resultsin relation to our goals, which are to be:

1.The best for patient safety,quality and experience

2.The best place to work

3.A Centre of excellence forspecialist services, education, research and innovation

4.Hospitals that offer seamless,integrated care

Financially sustainable

Job responsibilities

We are looking for 2 substantive Consultants to work in 50:50split posts between the Paediatric Intensive Care Department at Leeds GeneralInfirmary and Embrace Transport Service which is part of Sheffield Childrens Hospital. These posts will support the service as part of the workforcedevelopment plan for the future.

These posts are 10 PA appointments split 50:50between PCCU and Embrace for a Paediatric Intensive Care Consultant, with aspecial interest in Transport as well as General and Cardiac Intensive Care.The posts involve 5 PAs on Paediatric Critical Care with an additional 5PAs offered by Embrace Yorkshire and Humber Infant and Childrens TransportService based in Barnsley, hosted by Sheffield Childrens Hospital FoundationTrust

2.OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

2.1.The post will include 5 programmed activities (PA) at PCCU and 5 PA atEmbrace. SPAtime will be equally split between the two services.

2.2.To delivercare to patients with critical illness including:

GeneralMedical patients

Medical and SurgicalCardiac patients

Manage patients on Extracorporeal Life Support

Specialist surgery including Neurosurgery; Liver transplant and Renaltransplant

Contributionto joint Cardiology and Cardiothoracic meetings

Support the Embrace Transport service as a 5 PAcommitment.

2.2.To work withConsultant colleagues in PCCU and Embrace to deliver acute on call (this iscurrently 1 in 9 for PCCU). This includes acute ward rounds and unit managementduring normal working hours and regular out of hours commitment on the on-callrota. The workload will be split between PCCU and Embrace such that you willwork full time at either service for a period of approximately 3-6 months.There is flexibility within this in order to support both services and ensure abalanced post.

2.3. To link withConsultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within

the Childrens Hospital andacross the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and

with colleagues in districtgeneral hospitals; Sheffield Childrens Hospital and

other regional transportservices.

The post will be for 5programmed activities (PA) at Embrace as detailed above.

The service is currentlycovered by the equivalent of 9 whole time consultants on a 1 in 9 rota. Out ofhours on call commitment will be provided pro rata in line with PA commitments.During the induction period there will be a period of time working on thespecialist trainee rota to gain familiarity if not recnetly worked at Embrace

On call is non-resident after22:00 and can be covered from home provided that post-holders live within 30minutes travelling time or 10 miles of the Barnsley base. Overnight on siteaccommodation is available for consultants who live further than 10 miles awayfrom base.

Specific duties:

o Take clinical andmanagerial responsibility for the transport service while on duty

o Be familiar with equipment,operational policies and staffing levels/competencies

o Facilitate conference callsfor patients requiring immediate high priority transfer

o Provide initial advice;facilitate conference call between referring clinician, identified acceptingunit consultant and any other specialist required

o Triage calls to determinethe composition of the transport team

o Provide advice to thetransport team on the management of the transfer

o Perform transfers includingwhen patient acuity dictates a consultant level of care

o Support training anddevelopment, including supervised transports, for new members of the team

o Reporting of incidents aspart of a just culture

o Involvement in audit andresearch

o Adherence to policiesagreed by the service

o Be involved in themanagement of the service

o Provide mentoring supportto medical and nursing sta

2.5.To contributeto infection control, research, teaching and new developments within thePaediatric Critical Care Unit and Embrace. The post holder will be encouragedto facilitate and contribute to the current clinical research programs on goingin both services.

Person Specification

Training

• Completion of RCPCH Progress PICM Curriculum and two years training in an RCPCH PICM ISAC approved center/rotation pediatric intensive care medicine plus six months (minimum) of anesthetics (stand-alone)
• OR
• Existing Substantive practicing consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine in the NHS, including transport
• OR
• equivalent with evidence that this training has been signed off (at the time of application)
• Experience in management of cardiac patients including post-op cardiac surgical patients and post operative liver transplant
• Experience in transport of ventilated children
• Valid BLS Training
• Valid APLS and NLS
• Experience in transfer of patients being considered for ECLS Experience in neonatal transport Experience of air transport Experience in caring for children on ECLS
• Experience of working at a consultant-grade in PICM and transport.
• Experience in managing paediatric trauma patients
• Experience in use of POCUS,

Qualifications

• MB BS (or equivalent)
• On the GMC Specialist Register for base speciality with accreditation in Paediatric Intensive Care at time of application
• Or
• CCT with subspeciality accreditation in Paediatric Intensive Care (or within six months of obtaining CCT for UK RCPCH trainees on the date of interview
• Or
• On the GMC specialist register for Paediatric Intensive care medicine at the time of application (if CESR/PORTFOLIO pathway)
• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• YOUR GMC NUMBER MUST BE CLEARLY STATED IN YOUR APPLICATION.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely.
• Relevant higher degree in speciality and sub

Experience

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Paediatric Intensive Care
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
• Previous experience or interest in the Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care and ECMO

Research, Teaching & Audit

• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience in teaching and training in Simulation
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
• Experience of quality and safety reviews eg Mortality reviews
• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
• Completion of train the trainers course
• Willingness to undertake additional responsibilities at local/regional and national level.
• Experience in Clinical or Education supervision
• Post graduate certificate in Education
• Experience in Complaint investigation and serious incident reviews

Management, Interpersonal Skills & Other Criteria

• Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
• *Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• *Effective interpersonal skills.
• *Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• -Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• -Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
• -CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview). Portfolio Pathway (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. Portfolio Pathway applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.
• Attendance at recognised management course.

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.