Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Transport Medicine

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Transport Medicine

Date posted
27 July 2026

Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade
Consultant

Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year

Contract
Fixed term

Duration
6 months

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
349-SPH-8110383-RL4

Job locations
NWTS, Newton House
Faraday Street, Birchwood Park
Warrington
WA3 6FW
United Kingdom

Job summary
THE NORTH WEST (ENGLAND) AND NORTH WALES PAEDIATRIC TRANSPORT SERVICE (NWTS)

This service provides a dedicated paediatric intensive care stabilisation and transport service for critically sick or injured children in the North West (England) and North Wales Region. It works closely with the region's two paediatric intensive care units, Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

The service has been established to support and provide high quality care and/or advice for critically sick or injured children and their families from the first point of contact with secondary care and during their transportation to an appropriate PICU. NWTS provides a single point of contact for referring hospitals with consultant-led specialist advice on stabilisation, transport, and triaging facilities for all referrals at all times. The service receives approximately 1,400 referrals and undertakes approximately 500 transfers annually from the 29 Local Hospitals and Urgent Care Centres in the region into the two tertiary hospitals within the North West. NWTS works closely with both the referring hospitals and the two providers of paediatric intensive care in the region, and is part of the Paediatric Critical Care, Children's Major Trauma and Congenital Cardiac Networks in region.

Main duties of the job
Duties will include providing direct clinical care and consultant advice and support for the NWTS transport service. Approximately 45-50% of referrals to NWTS are for advice on patient management only. Patients are followed up for a minimum of 24 hours following referral to track whether they have improved or deteriorated and need escalation of care. NWTS consultants will join the team for retrieval where appropriate. The successful candidate will join the team providing 24-hour consultant cover for NWTS 365 days a year - including weekends and bank holidays.

About us
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is a leading centre of clinical excellence, renowned for pioneering patient care, advanced medical research, and a collaborative multi-speciality environment. We are the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester is the largest health academic campus in Europe - a great place to progress your career.

With over 30,000 employees, a turnover exceeding £3 billion, and 10 hospital and community services, join our team to help us deliver outstanding healthcare to our diverse communities.We offer an engaging and supportive environment, with access to state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge technology. Research and Innovation are at the heart of our work, offering opportunities to lead research that shapes the future of medicine, working alongside experts, advancing clinical practice, and improving patient outcomes.

At MFT, we foster a culture where every colleague is valued and empowered to thrive. Your expertise is recognised, your ambitions are supported, and your impact is felt at every level. Whether you want to develop your clinical skills, pursue research interests, or seek leadership opportunities, MFT provides the ideal environment to achieve your medical or professional aspirations.If you are dedicated to driving clinical innovation and delivering compassionate patient care, join us to shape tomorrow's healthcare; where clinical excellence, innovation, and your career will thrive.

Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

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Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Full GMC registration and licensed to practice
• MRCPCH/FRCA or equivalent
• Significant PICM experience in a unit approved for training
• Experience in the transportation of critically ill children
• Anaesthetic experience
• APLS/EPLS provider

Desirable

• On GMC specialist register for Paediatrics (+ PICM), Anaesthetics or equivalent via CESR
• MD or PhD
• PGCert
• APLS instructor

Experience & knowledge
Essential

• Significant training in an approved paediatric intensive care medicine department including PICM transport, or completed PICM grid training in an approved unit and been signed off by GMC (approval via PICM ISAC) or oExisting practising consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine including transport
• Extensive experience in the care of neonatal and paediatric patients with life-threatening medical and surgical conditions
• Extensive experience in management of cardiac patients including post-op cardiac surgical patients
• Extensive experience in the transportation of neonatal and paediatric patients receiving intensive care
• Level 3 Safeguarding training

Desirable

• Special interest in education including simulation
• Extensive experience in management of patients on ECMO
• Credentials supporting management training
• Knowledge of research governance procedures

Skills and abilities
Essential

• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels across the region Teaching skills and experience
• Competent in practical skills relating to paediatric intensive care
• Ability to triage / prioritise workload
• Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff
• Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns.
• Excellent oral/ written communication skills in English

Desirable

• Good leadership skills and people management skills
• Experience and training in simulation and debrief techniques
• Ultrasound
• Experience of quality and safety improvements - e.g., critical incident and mortality reviews.

Leadership-specific Competencies
Essential

• Leading change through people
• Holding to account
• Empowering others
• Effective and strategic influencing
• Collaborative working

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Competent in practical skills relating to paediatric intensive care
• Self-motivated to set and achieve targets for self and others

Desirable

• Good leadership skills and people management skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.