Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Grade
- Trust Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on call)
- Job ref
- 317-TD-25-016
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Paediatric Cardiology Specialty - FH
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £70,425 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Fellow in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care & Mechanical Support ST6+
Trust Doctor
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
This post provides an unparalleled opportunity for senior trainees in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine to further their training in all aspects of Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care with an emphasis on heart failure, mechanical support and transplantation. There are research opportunities in the fields of heart failure and mechanical support. The post would be most suitable for trainees who are close to completion of training in PICM or indeed post CCT; in particular those would like to pursue a career in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care.
The start date for this post is April 2025 and would run for a year with potential for extension to a second year.
As well as the rapidly developing fields of cardiac transplantation, ECMO and mechanical support in this supra-regional centre; the Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit cares for the full range of congenital cardiac operations for our regional population.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This post provides unparalleled training in all aspects of paediatric cardiac intensive care including cardiac transplantation, ECMO and mechanical support. In conjunction with the PICU at the Great North Children’s we are accredited for training by the Intercollegiate Committee for Training in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (ICTPICM) and the Royal College for Paediatrics and Child Health.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Yamuna Thiru, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist via 0191 2137488 (secretary), or email at [email protected].
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post will be based on the Paediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at Freeman Hospital with responsibility for outreach to paediatric cardiology patients on the Ward and 6 bedded HDU when on call. On PICU the post holder is responsible for a 12 bedded quaternary Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. The rota is worked as a full shift system with out of hours 2nd call responsibility for the Paediatric Cardiology Ward. Full consultant supervision and support is provided. Whilst the unit throughput is primarily cardiac with over 300 cases per year it delivers respiratory ECMO and has done so for more than 20 years. It is one of the 2 UK Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Transplant Centres. There is also an active mechanical support programme for children with end stage heart failure. We have the second biggest Berlin Heart programme in the world and significant experience with other temporary and durable mechanical support devices. There is an active research programme with specific interests in mechanical support as a bridge to transplant, infant respiratory failure and coagulation management. The post holder will be encouraged to carry out a research project / audit during their time in post and to present this at a national / international meeting. The post holder will be responsible, in due course, for organising the departmental ECMO/mechanical support meetings and take an active role in the related teaching programme.
On-call Commitments:
The rota is worked as a 48-hour week full shift system. It is a hybrid rota 9-person rota incorporating trainees from Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia (2), Paediatric Intensive Care (5) and Advanced Paediatric Critical Care Practitioners (2). A Paediatric Cardiology Registrar is 2nd on for Paediatric Cardiology with Resident SHO, so the role of the PICU trainee on the Paediatric Cardiology Ward/HDU is for outreach support and review of deteriorating patients. Daytime work is based on PICU.
Training and Research opportunities:
In addition to clinical exposure to all aspects of Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine and adopting a senior role when on clinical shifts, there are plenty of opportunities for research in the fields of mechanical support and heart failure. These ventures will be actively supported by the department and will be factored into clinical working pattern. Successful applicants will be expected to take part in the departmental mechanical support and CHD research meetings. There is now a mobile ECMO service in the region run from our department with potential for trainees to become involved. There are opportunities to attend theatre and echo clinics. Educational meetings comprise a full day every month of protected teaching in PCICU and additionally there is a programme of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery teaching.
Development of non-technical skills is supported by opportunities for the senior trainee to lead ward rounds, handover, communication with other teams and bed management.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification
- MRCPCH / FRCA or equivalent. Satisfactory completion of training to minimum of ST6 level or equivalent.
- Evidence of self-reflective practice
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this
- 12- 18 months training in general paediatric intensive care, including 6 months of paediatric cardiac intensive care
Desirable criteria
- Intercalated BSc or equivalent. Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD (where research thesis not part of full medical degree).
- Experience of paediatric cardiology.
- APLS provider or equivalent
- Wide paediatric / anaesthetic experience and neonatal intensive care training
- Within 12 months of completion of training in paediatric intensive care medicine
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Able to work independently on PICU with consultant supervision
- Able to demonstrate proficiency in a range of medical procedures
- Evidence of competence in management of medical emergencies and in-patients through continuous work –based assessments.
- Good History and examination skills
- Ability to formulate a working diagnosis.
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Able to manage common medical emergencies
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential criteria
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Able to contribute to teaching and learning of others in the clinical setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in teaching undergraduate medical students & junior doctors/nurses
- Contribution to Departmental training sessions.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit and research
- Experience of active participation in audit projects
Desirable criteria
- Organised or contributed to an audit project that has resulted in change
- Research experience. Publications
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team, build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
- Able to work in multi-professional teams and supervise junior medical staff.
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust’s Values
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions.
- Capacity to take in others’ perspectives and treat others with understanding
- Time management skills- capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Capacity to prioritise own workload and organise ward
- Basic IT skills.
- Capacity to operate under pressure
- Demonstrates initiative and resilience to cope with changing circumstances.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Scorfield
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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