Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

Integrated Care System; Southampton; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Southampton seeks a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care to join their dedicated team. The role involves managing critically ill children, engaging in teaching, and contributing to research in a supportive environment. Candidates should possess extensive experience in advanced surgical and transport care and hold relevant qualifications. Enjoy a balanced work life and access to numerous benefits, all in a vibrant coastal city.

Benefits

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday

Generous pension scheme

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric cardiac intensive care and transport.
• Significant experience in management of complex patients.
• Teaching and clinical supervision capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Cover clinical sessions in PICU and SORT responsibilities.
• Participate in medical governance and ongoing education.
• Instruct undergraduate and postgraduate medical students.

Skills

Paediatric intensive care experience

Advanced ventilatory support techniques

Management of severe traumatic head injuries

Teaching and training experience

Leadership qualities

Education

MRCPCH/FRCA or equivalent

GMC registration with a licence to practise

Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Tools

GMC registration

NLS training

Job description

Go back University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

The closing date is 03 September 2025

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

This is for a fixed term to permanent contract, please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited for at least one position for full-time and part-time substantive consultant posts in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Southampton Children's Hospital. It is essential for you to have experience in paediatric cardiac intensive care, renal replacement therapies and techniques of advanced ventilatory support, including the use of inhaled nitric oxide, high frequency oscillation and extracorporeal life support. You should have significant experience in management of severe traumatic head injuries and management of complex patients with multiple organ failure and critical care transport medicine.

Southampton PICU is a 16 bedded intensive care unit delivering a comprehensive service for all sub-specialties for the geographical area covering the Wessex Region. In addition, a General Paediatric Service is provided for Southampton Health District and congenital cardiac surgical services are delivered to the Thames Valley area.

The regional PIC retrieval service is delivered from UHS in collaboration with Oxford University Hospital. In 2022/23 there were 900 admissions to UHS with 350 level 3 retrievals and 250 transport episodes. All types of cardiac interventional procedures are carried out, with approximately 350 cardiac operations performed each year. UHS PICU has consistently one of the lowest SMRs and highest throughputs per bed of any PICU in the UK. We are a regional ECMO centre offer VV and VA ECMO for respiratory and cardiac support.

About us

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOUAs one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated 'Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties: All clinical sessions will be in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and covering the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team, both based at Southampton Childrens Hospital.

The case mix of admissions reflects a mixed general PICU. Support is provided for all the paediatric subspecialty services including paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery, paediatric neurology and neurosurgery, paediatric nephrology, haematology/oncology, respiratory, gastroenterology, infectious diseases/immunology, endocrinology, paediatric surgery, general paediatrics and trauma. The Intensive Care consultants manage patients in collaboration with the various multi-disciplinary teams involved with the patients. Sessions will also be spent covering the regional retrieval service- the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT) as second on call consultant.

It is essential for you to have significant experience in paediatric cardiac intensive care, renal replacement therapies and techniques of advanced ventilatory support including the use of inhaled nitric oxide, high frequency oscillation and extracorporeal life support. Ideally you would have spent time in a commissioned ECMO unit. It is also necessary for you to have significant experience in management of severe traumatic head injuries and management of complex patients with multiple organ failure and transport medicine.

You will be required to participate in medical governance, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and continuing medical education to ensure their personal professional development.

Training and Research Duties: Undergraduate medical students from Southampton University Medical School are taught throughout the Trust and the post holder is required to participate in undergraduate clinical teaching. This includes paediatric tutorials, personal academic tutor roles and supervising medical student study projects. You will also be required to participate in the teaching of postgraduate medical staff, advanced care practitioners, nurses and other disciplines as appropriate. You will also be expected to be an educational and clinical supervisor for some resident doctors, with training available.

Administrative Duties: You will be required to undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of clinical departments. Shared secretarial support and office space are provided.

We are the Wessex paediatric major trauma centre, with a dedicated paediatric emergency department on site. Please see the job description for more details. The successful applicant will form part of the Consultant Team for PICU. With this appointment there will 11 whole time equivalent PICU Consultants. This is a new post due to service expansion.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONIndividuals wishing to apply must be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC).

The successful candidate will be employed under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants (England) 2003.

Interviews will be held on 29/09/2025.

Job Reference; 188-MC10825

This vacancy closes on or before; 3rd September 2025Should you have any queries, please use the contact details below to get in touch.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Training & Experience

• MRCPCH/ FRCA or equivalent
• GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Valid APLS Training
• Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of 2 years indicative time) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National GRID Training Programme with evidence that this training has been signed off, AND a minimum of six months of anaesthetic training OR on GMC register with subspeciality PICM via CESR /Portfolio pathway (these applicants must already be on the register at the point of application to this job) OR equivalent training OR existing substantive Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine
• Experience in management of congenital heart disease including cardiac ECMO
• Extensive experience in transporting critically ill children (land)
• Teaching and training experience
• Experience of cardiac intensive care
• Experience of general intensive care
• Experience of critical care transport
• Experience of critical care outreach/trauma team/cardiac arrest team member
• Valid NLS Training
• Higher degree, laboratory experienced research
• Education/teaching qualification
• Experience in managing respiratory ECMO patients
• Experience of air transport

Aptitudes and skills

• Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English).
• Ability to perform complex practical procedures
• Leadership Qualities, Enthusiastic, Flexible and able to adapt to change
• Evidence of work-life balance
• Previous involvement in research either investigator lead or multicentre trials
• Team player
• Active interest in training and education

Living Trust Values

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

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.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust