Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatric Critical Care ST3 - ST8

King's College Hospital; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS teaching Trust in the UK is seeking a postholder to manage paediatric intensive care and further develop patient care while actively participating in the training of junior staff. The role involves significant responsibilities in managing critically unwell children and requires strong communication skills as part of a multidisciplinary team. This position offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact within a busy healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Multidisciplinary management of paediatric intensive care.
• Experience in managing critically unwell child with liver disease.
• Skills in stabilisation of critically sick or injured children.

Responsibilities

• Develops competence in managing paediatric intensive care.
• Achieves skills in safe intrafacility transfer of critical patients.
• Manages telephone referrals and provides accurate advice.

Job description

Overview

These are replacement post/s. The remit of the postholder/s will be to work within the multidisciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients within the service. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.

Responsibilities

• 1. To develop competence in: Multidisciplinary management of paediatric intensive and high dependency care. Management of the critically unwell child with liver disease, head injury, multi trauma, paediatric surgery, neurosurgery & general paediatric critical care problems.
• 2. To achieve skills in stabilisation of the critically sick or injured child, including safe intrafacility transfer.
• 3. Assessing potential critical care patients elsewhere in the hospital.
• 4. To manage telephone referrals, giving accurate advice, liaising with specialist teams as appropriate.
• 5. To attain knowledge & experience of different ventilation strategies (including high frequency oscillation), the use of inotropes & renal replacement therapies.
• 6. To attain experience in practical procedures including intubation, central line insertion.
• 7. To attain a high level of understanding for systems within NHS and improve their communication skills through participation in multidisciplinary meetings and daily interactions with members of multidisciplinary teams.
• 8. To jointly provide middle grade cover to the Critical Care Centre (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Paediatric High Dependency Unit (PHDU) with 12 other middle grade doctors (13 in total).

About the Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The Trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. being person centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level. We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.