Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care and COMET transport
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Nottingham, NG2 7UH
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
14 September 2026
14 days left
Job description
We are seeking a 10 PA Consultant Paediatric Intensivist for Nottingham Children's Hospital at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and CoMET, th...
The successful applicant will have responsibility both for Paediatric Critical Care Unit work and for Transport service work (approximately 25% of DCC). Please see the Job Description for further details.
The Paediatric Critical Care area at QMC admitted 498 patients in 2024 (420 emergencies). We deliver around 5000 (4999 in 2024) bed days per year, of which 2584 invasively ventilated (ETT and tracheostomy) and 2415 NIV bed days. Our PIM3 adjusted SMR FOR 2021-2023 was ~ 0.80.
We support a variety of specialist services including:
- Supra-regional nephrology and renal replacement treatment, including kidney transplants
- Supra-regional spinal surgery
- Regional neurosurgery
- Regional oncology
- The busiest Major Trauma Centre in the UK
- Regional neurology
- Regional paediatric ENT
- Regional general paediatric surgery
Working for our organisation
Nottingham Children's Hospital at QMC is mainly situated in East Block on D and E floors:
- Five in-patient wards - 110 Beds
- The Paediatric Critical Care Unit - 14 Beds (flexible between intensive care and high dependency)
- An Oncology Day Case Unit with anaesthetic facilities
- A Teenage Cancer ward
- A Short Stay unit for observation of the acutely ill child
- A large Hospital school
- The Academic Division of Child Health (University of Nottingham School of Human Development)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - 32 cots (B floor) Children's outpatient department with 30 000 attendances per year (B floor)
- A separate children's A and E department sees over 40,000 children per year (A floor)
Nottingham is the Lead Centre for PCCU in North East Midlands and since April 2012 has become East Midlands Major Trauma Centre.
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
- CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
Professional qualifications
Essential
- MRCP/MRCPCH/FRCA/FRCS or equivalent.
Desirable
- Higher Professional degree
Clinical Skills/experiance
Essential
- Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
- Substantial experience in the transfer of critically ill children
- Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
- APLS provider
- Completion of RCPCH Progress PICM Curriculum as part training in an RCPCH PICM ISAC approved centre/rotation PICM plus six months (minimum) of anaesthetics (standalone) OR training assessed to be equivalent by the GMC OR Existing practicing substantive consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care
Desirable
- Specific training in communication skills
- Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
- APLS instructor
Managment Skills
Essential
- Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
Desirable
- Higher management degree or qualification or training
- Experience of change management
Personal Skills/Qualities
Essential
- Able to use the Trust's IT support systems
Teaching, audit and research
Essential
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
- Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
Desirable
- Original Research
- Publications
- Higher teaching degree or qualification or training
Pratical Requirments
Essential
- Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
21 August 2026
Last checked
25 August 2026
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