Job overview

These posts offer a unique opportunity to work in an internationally recognised children’s hospital and designated major trauma and HCID centre. The successful candidate will gain broad experience in paediatric intensive care including cardiac and respiratory ECMO.

These 6-month posts (with a view to potentially extend if suitable), are suitable for candidates who have completed PICM RCPCH grid training or trainees who have completed equivalent training, and are looking to develop a special interest in one of 4 areas:

-       Artificial intelligence and data science

-       Airway and bronchoscopy

-       ECMO

-       POCUS

Main duties of the job

This is an excellent opportunity for trainees who have completed their training and are looking to extend their portfolio and develop a specialty interest within the fields of paediatric critical care in preparation for future consultant posts. Candidates will be offered “chief” weeks as part of their post to gain valuable leadership experience with consultant support.

Successful candidates will provide clinical cover on a hybrid rota with the ACPs, paediatric speciality doctors on rotation, PICM grid trainees and ICM trainees. Clinical duties will include shift work pattern on a bespoke rota covering day and night shifts. Fellows will be allocated “chief” weeks and with support from the consultant on service, will be responsible for leading ward rounds, planning management, and working collaboratively with the wider multi-disciplinary team and other specialities. Fellows will be expected to manage patient flow, lead MDT discussions, and take lead on management of long-term patients.

Fellows will support the unit’s educational programme to participate and teach the PICU doctors/ ACPs/ and nursing staff.

Fellows will be given allocated academic days in addition to usual rota-ed academic / SPA days to complete the projects agreed with their special interest supervisor. Fellows will present their completed project at the weekly PICU senior team meeting and either at a national or international meeting.

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. In 2017 the hospital has moved into the state-of-the-art children's hospital - Alder Hey in the Park. As the Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Centre for the North West, both departments also play a key role in the wider Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Network for the North West, North Wales, and Isle of Man.

Alder Hey offers 20 specialist services including being the designated national center for Craniofacial Surgery and a Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Oncology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology and Orthopaedics. It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and 400 nursing students each year.  A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an in-patient unit based at the Trust.  Recent expansion has seen the provision of additional theatres (there are 13 operating Theatres in total) and the opening of a new Neuro-sciences development.

Alder Hey serves not only the children of Liverpool but is the tertiary referral center for children from Merseyside, Cheshire, parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales for many sub-specialties of Paediatrics.  The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home careers and a child development centre.