Job overview

Applicants are invited for a  12 months Advanced Paediatric Neuro Critical Care Fellowship at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust commencing in September 2025.

This programme is designed to enhance a critical care knowledge and skills for dedicated paediatric critical care doctors or adults intensivists wishing to work in a neurocritical care unit, a mixed paediatric intensive care or an adult critical care unit with interest in paediatric neurocritical care. Each fellow will be actively involved in clinical training within the broader critical care environment with a greater focus on neurocritical care. Fellows will be expected to develop leadership role in the design of patient management guidelines and protocols in paediatric neurocritical care.

Main duties of the job

k   The successful candidate will be assigned a dedicated education supervisor who will set a personal development plan based on the candidate’s training background.

There will be regular assessments, which will include annual Multisource feedback. The candidate is expected to acquire the capabilities to match the objectives within the 12 months WTE fellowship programme, however, there may be extension of the fellowship period to allow the candidate to gain these capabilities.

For further information on this paediatric cardiac critical care fellowship programme- please contact Dr.Intikhab Zafurallah (Zaf) -Paediatric Critica Care fellowship programme director – [email protected]

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.