Trust Fellow in CATS

Children's Hospice South West; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust seeks Trust Fellow (paediatric transport) starting Feb/Mar 2027. The post focuses on stabilising and transporting critically ill children to ICU, with training in transport medicine and close supervision.

The fellow will join a team responsible for ~2000 referrals per year, with practical experience across land and air transport. On-call and audit duties are included.

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification - MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration (obtained by designated start date)
• MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
• Accredited to The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health and/or Anaesthesia or equivalent
• Higher degree (MSc, MPhil) desirable

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of a transport to ensure safe, efficient transfer from referring centre to ICU
• Coordinate transport, stabilise patient and ensure continuity of intensive care during transfer
• Provide on-the-job training and supervision for fellows
• Engage in audit, quality assurance projects, and transport medicine research

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Working under pressure

Pediatric airway skills

Critical care knowledge

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full GMC registration

MRCP/MRCPCH

Royal Colleges accreditation

Job description

Job summary

Trust Fellow - posts starting in February and March 2027

The Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) stabilises & transports critically ill & injured children into intensive care facilities in North Thames. The posts are ideally suited to doctors with backgrounds in paediatric critical care, anaesthesia, or emergency medicine, who wish to consolidate and broaden their experience of paediatric critical care medicine.

The successful applicants will be working as part of a team of 12 specialist registrars/clinical fellows and advanced clinical practitioners. The service currently undertakes about 1000 transports per year with a wide range of paediatric, neonatal surgical and cardiac intensive care cases, including those referred for ECMO support.

Supernumerary flexible time is included in the rota to allow for participation in clinical audit and to cater to the training needs of the individual. Previous experience in transport medicine is desirable but not essential as the post entails full training in the transport of critically ill children.

Interested applicants are invited to contact Dr Andrew Jones, CATS consultant, [e-mail] for further information. More information about CATS is available on our website www.cats.nhs.uk

Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council or eligible for registration.

Main duties of the job

CATS receives approximately 2000 referrals per year, of which around 1000 are transported, with 50-60% being invasively ventilated. These transports are performed by land (ambulance and rapid response unit vehicle) and air (fixed wing and helicopter).

The main role of the fellow is to manage all aspects of a transport to ensure a safe, efficient, and cohesive transfer from the referring centre to the accepting intensive care unit. This includes: giving advice at the initial referral call, coordinating the transport, stabilising the patient, and ensuring continuity of intensive care during the transfer. Full on the job training will be given, and all transports will be supervised throughout, either by an accompanying consultant, or by close telephone contact.

It is also expected that the fellows will take an interest in the organisational aspects of transport medicine, including audit, quality assurance projects, presentation at transport forums and research in subjects pertaining to transport medicine and paediatric intensive care.

A logbook of transports will be kept and reviewed by the trainee's supervisor; issues arising from these transports will be discussed on a regular basis. At the completion of the service term, the fellow will receive a formal appraisal from their supervisor.

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.

Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

• Collaboration - We work together to deliver safe, consistent, patient-centred care. Respect - We treat everyone with respect, kindness and equity. Curiosity - We stay curious to drive innovation that delivers exceptional patient outcomes.

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

• Primary medical qualification - MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration (obtained by designated start date)
• MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
• Accredited to The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health and/or Anaesthesia or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher degree - MSc, MPhil related discipline

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Two years SpR equivalent training or equivalent 6 months experience in a tertiary PICU OR Higher paediatric anaesthesia training PICU experience
• Experience of teaching and presenting
• Experience of audit activities
• Understanding of principles of clinical governance

Desirable

• Clinical experience in related paediatric specialties
• Published research in peer reviewed journals
• Recognition and stabilization of acutely unwell children
• Experience in Paediatric Transport
• Experience of congenital heart disease management

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Ability to prioritise clinical needs
• Procedural skills including central line insertion, arterial line insertion, airway skills and intubation of children aged 0-16 years, chest drain insertion

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street

Holborn

WC1N 3JH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)