Consultant In Paediatric Intensive Care

Guy'S And St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust

Greater London

On-site

GBP 106,000 - 140,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

The Evelina London Children’s Hospital within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for two substantive consultant posts in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The role welcomes candidates from paediatric or anaesthetic backgrounds, with a planned start date in February/March 2027.

The successful applicant will join a team of 26 paediatric intensivists and participate in an on‑call rota with 1:6 duty.

Qualifications

Essential: MBBS or equivalent MRCPCH/FRCA/FICM or equivalent qualifications.
Essential: Full GMC Registration on the GMC Specialist Register in base speciality with paediatric intensive care subspecialty or/CCT within 6 months.
Desirable: CESR/Portfolio pathway requirements are in place.

Responsibilities

Provide specialist paediatric critical care service within the Trust.
Lead consultant-led triage and management of inter-hospital referrals and transfers.
Support South Thames Retrieval Service and educational programmes for the region.

Skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Critical care knowledge

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCPCH/FRCA/FICM

GMC Registration

Tools

IT systems knowledge

Job description

Job summary

Applications are invited for two substantive consultant posts in the Paediatric Intensive Care unit at the Evelina London Children's Hospital. Candidates are welcome to apply from both paediatric or anaesthetic based training background. Proposed start date is February/ March 2027.

Main duties of the job

The Evelina PICU comprises 35 beds over 2 floors depending on activity and patient case load. The post-holder will be one of a team of 26 paediatric intensivists providing care for the paediatric critical care unit and integrated retrieval service, STRS at the Evelina.

The successful applicant will provide a specialist service to children requiring paediatric critical care in the Trust. They will also provide consultant-led triage and management of emergency inter‑hospital referrals and transfers with South Thames Retrieval Service.

For those applicants from an anaesthetic background, a fixed day in anaesthesia with anaesthetic on call can be negotiated.

The post-holder will be part of the paediatric intensive care consultant on call rota, with 1:6 on call for the management of the intensive care and supervision of the South Thames Retrieval Service. Both services are managed from within the same consultant team. Additional on call commitment may be necessary and attract additional PAs.

About us

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Guys and St Thomas' Foundation Trust is the regional lead PICU, serving the health needs of children in the South East of England, including South, West and some areas of North London. It forms an integral part of a large tertiary children's hospital and regional children's operational delivery network, including tertiary specialist services in neonatology, cardiology/cardiac surgery, neurology, nephrology, metabolic medicine, general paediatrics, paediatric surgery and clinical genetics, among others. Cardiology and cardiac surgery forms a large part of the PICU case load with elective admissions from all sub specialties, emergencies from within the children's hospital and referred admissions from the South Thames catchment area.

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will be expected to provide significant cover for the South Thames Retrieval Service including educational support of the service and the region. The South Thames Retrieval Service is integrated and staffed from the PICU. Day to day management of the service is one of the main responsibilities of the on‑call consultant team with support from other PICU colleagues. An active PICU and retrieval teaching programme to PICU retrieval nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors and the regions nurses and doctors is ongoing and is supported and delivered by the consultant team. This includes education delivered for a national advanced paediatric critical care clinical practice programme.

The post will be based in the paediatric intensive care unit.

The successful applicant will be appointed under the terms and conditions of the consultant contract.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential: MBBS or equivalent MRCPCH/FRCA/FICM or equivalent qualifications
Essential: Full GMC Registration On the GMC Specialist Register in a base speciality (General paediatrics, Anaesthetic or Intensive care medicine) with sub speciality in paediatric intensive care medicine or within 6 months of obtaining CCT by date of interview
Essential: Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register in paediatric intensive care medicine at the point of application.
Desirable: Instructor in either APLS, or PALS
Desirable: Qualification as POCUS trainer
Desirable: Higher degree relevant to the speciality (e.g. PhD/MDres/MSc)
Desirable: Formal qualification or accreditation in a related specialty

Clinical Experience

Essential: Completion of all capabilities in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of two and a half years WTE including 6 months WTE stand alone anaesthesia training) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National PICM Training sub speciality programme with evidence that this training has been signed off OR an existing Practising Substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine within the NHS.
Essential: Valid APLS and NLS Valid level 3 training in child safe-guarding
Essential: Paediatric ECMO experience
Essential: Paediatric retrieval experience
Desirable: Paediatric Airway experience
Desirable: Point of care ultrasound experience in children
Desirable: NLS course

Clinical Skills

Essential: Current expertise in managing pre and post-operative neonatal and paediatric cardiac surgery patients
Essential: PICM sub-specialty training capabilities achieved including paediatric retrieval capabilities
Essential: Commitment and evidence of interest in the speciality
Essential: Commitment to learning and teaching
Essential: Detailed knowledge and ability in clinical IT systems, management, report making and coding
Essential: Initiative
Essential: Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
Essential: Appropriate leadership qualities
Essential: Good communication skills
Essential: Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Essential: Demonstrable aptitude for pursuing audit and research goals
Essential: Meets all the GMC requirements of Good medical practice
Desirable: Membership of PCCS, UK

IT and Management

Essential: IT skills required
Essential: Understanding of principles of audit
Essential: Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
Essential: Understanding of management issues including medical management, clinical governance, service planning, and quality improvement
Desirable: Evidence of motivational skills
Desirable: Experience of international models of Paediatric intensive care delivery
Desirable: Evidence of leadership attributes and experience

Academic Teaching skill and experience

Essential: Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Essential: Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, to improve clinical outcomes
Essential: Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice
Desirable: Publications in PIC Medicine and related sub-specialties (weighting given to first/last authorship and Journal Impact Factor)
Desirable: Research Degree
Desirable: Training the Trainers certification

Leadership and Management skills

Essential: Communication; ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade or negotiate.
Essential: Accountability; ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
Essential: Interpersonal skills; empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
Essential: Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
Essential: Ability to work as part of a team
Essential: Finance; knowledge of finance and budgets
Desirable: Staff Management; experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

For questions about the job, contact:

Paediatric Intensive Care Consultant
Dr Shelley Riphagen and Dr Ajay Desai
s.riphagen@nhs.net

Closing date

15 November 2026

Reference number

196-CON1181