Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care

The Evelina PICU is a large unit admitting approximately 1100 children per year into a 20 bedded tertiary, and 5 to 10 bedded level two critical care area- all situated over 2 floors. The critical care unit has the capacity to flex up to 33 beds during the busiest times.
Forty-five percent of the case load relates to cardiology and cardiac surgery, including provision of post-cardiotomy and respiratory Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Fifty percent of admissions are as acute emergencies from the South Thames Paediatric Network catchment covering the South East of England. The South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) is integrated with, and delivered from within the staffing structure of the PICU. Clinical management of referrals is led by the on-call PICU consultant team.
The PICU and retrieval service, STRS, act as the critical care lead centre and hub of an extensive managed clinical network of district general hospitals (DGH) and other paediatric intensive care units in South London. This critical care network manages critically ill children in South London and the South East of England under the banner of the South Thames Paediatric Network (STPN)., This is an excellent opportunity to join a team based in a central London location in a large quaternary Paediatric referral centre and closely associated with partner paediatric intensive care unit at the Royal Brompton site, working as one paediatric critical care directorate, and co-located neonatal and adult intensive care services at the Evelina and St Thomas's hospital, sharing the same site in central London. All newly appointed PICU consultants across both Evelina and RBH sites will be expected to be able and willing to undertake clinical service on either site., The PICU currently has 15 consultants in post. All consultants cover both the Paediatric Critical Care Units (PICU and PCCU) and the South Thames Retrieval Service. Individually, consultants have key areas where they provide additional consultant leadership for the PICU or retrieval service and other key positions within the Trust. The consultant team is seeking a locum consultant appointment to provide consultant cover for clinical activities and all the other areas related to both the PICU and retrieval. We are seeking individuals from either anaesthetic or paediatric backgrounds
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The Department of Paediatric Intensive Care is seeking one locum consultant full-time equivalent appointment. This is to cover consultant retirement while the consultant workforce for paediatric critical care is reviewed. Applicants are sought from a background of anaesthesia or paediatrics with appropriate super-specialty training or experience in paediatric intensive care, with a proposed start date in November 2024.

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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.