Locum Consultant Embrace Neonatal & Paediatric Critical Care Transport

Specific duties:

• Take clinical and managerial responsibility for the transport service while on duty


• Be familiar with equipment, operational policies and staffing levels/competencies


• Facilitate conference calls for patients requiring immediate high priority transfer


• Provide initial advice; facilitate conference call between referring clinician, identified accepting unit consultant and any other specialist required


• Triage calls to determine the composition of the transport team


• Provide advice to the transport team on the management of the transfer


• Perform transfers including when patient acuity dictates a consultant level of care


• Support training and development, including supervised transports, for new members of the team


• Utilisation review


• Reporting of incidents as part of a just culture


• Involvement in audit and research


• Adherence to policies agreed by the service


• Be involved in the management of the service


• Provide mentoring support to medical and nursing staff
  
  The post holders should be able to demonstrate appropriate experience in primary and/or secondary critical care transport.
  
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1. Outstanding Patient Care

1. Brilliant Place to work

1. Leaders in Children's Health

We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.

As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.

As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health