Trust Fellow in Paediatric Critical Care Transport (NECTAR)

Job Overview

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our well-integrated team at NECTAR (North East and Cumbria Transfer and Retrieval).

Main duties of the job

• This is an exciting opportunity for a one-year fellowship for a suitably qualified candidate to receive training and experience in paediatric retrieval.
• The post is predominantly to cover the paediatric service, but opportunities are available to work within the adult service when time allows too.
• The post would be ideally suited to someone interested in paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, paediatric or adult emergency medicine, anaesthesia, or prehospital medicine.

Working for our organisation

• We are 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.
• We deliver care from:
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

Person specification

• Education and qualifications
• Essential criteria: Primary Medical Qualification, Full GMC registration.
• Desirable criteria: Post graduate intensive care qualification.
• Clinical skills and knowledge
• Essential criteria: Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post-foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine.
• Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor, Minimum 3 months prior paediatric &/or adult intensive care &/or anaesthetic experience.
• Good history & examination skills, Able to formulate a working diagnosis & order appropriate investigations, Image interpretation relevant to practice, Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

• Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 699.0KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)

Further details / informal visits contact

• Name: Victoria Cowan
• Job title: HR Advisor
• Email address: victoria.cowan2@nhs.net