PICU Senior Clinical Fellow

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 71,000

Job description

Main area Critical Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Contract Fixed term: 6 months (With possibility for extension to 24 months (maximum))

Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (PLUS ON CALL)

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Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Alder Hey

Town Liverpool

Salary £61,825 - £70,425 Per annum

Salary period Yearly

Closing 02/04/2025 23:59

PICU Senior Clinical Fellow

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at various locations. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey, we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to gain advanced experience of working in Paediatric Intensive Care and develop the skills necessary to pursue a career in Paediatric intensive care or in an allied field. It is suitable for candidates looking to complete training via CESR in PICM or completing High Dependency Care SPIN.

The Senior Fellow post will be spent on the Regional Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Alder Hey Hospital with an option to rotate to the Northwest & North Wales Paediatric Transport Service, NWTS.

Successful candidates will provide clinical cover on a hybrid rota with the ACPs. Clinical duties will include shift work pattern on a unique rota with some academic days to pursue and participate in ongoing projects / audits that are happening on the unit. Trainees will also be allocated theatre days where they can attend theatre and practice / hone anaesthetic procedures. Teaching will be provided on a local and regional level.

Main duties of the job

This post offers a unique opportunity to work in an internationally recognised children’s hospital and designated Major Trauma and HCID Centre. Successful candidates will gain broad experience in paediatric intensive care including cardiac and respiratory ECMO, and paediatric transport medicine, and is relevant to all acute specialties.

The posts are for 6-24 months (maximum) and suitable for candidates with demonstrable experience in general paediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Candidates should also have at least 6 months paediatric intensive care experience. Candidates with extensive experience in anaesthetics or emergency medicine are invited to apply as well.

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year. It is one of only four stand-alone Paediatric trusts in the UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Registration (or able to register) with the General Medical Council.
• Previous appointments which provided professional training in General Paediatrics & Neonates, Paediatric Intensive Care.
• Experience of General Paediatrics & Neonatal Intensive Care.
• 6 months minimum Paediatric Intensive Care.
• Experience of clinical audit i.e. participation.
• Experience of teaching medical and other staff.
• Research Awareness.
• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues of all disciplines.
• Demonstrates ability to work flexibly when necessary.
• Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues both medical and other disciplines.
• Satisfactory medical clearance from the Trust’s Occupational Health Physician.
• Free from disabilities or illness that would prevent clinical management of patients.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registration (or able to register) with the General Medical Council.
• A Higher qualification, e.g. MRCP, FRCA, FRCS.

Training

• Previous appointments which provided professional training in General Paediatrics & Neonates, Paediatric Intensive Care.
• Training in Paediatric Intensive Care.

Experience

• Experience of General Paediatrics & Neonatal Intensive Care and Paediatric Intensive Care.
• Anaesthetic experience.

Management/Audit

• Experience of clinical audit i.e. participation.

Teaching

• Experience of teaching medical and other staff.

Research

• Evidence of recent and current research with relevant publications.

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development.