Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

This is a whole time, 1 year Locum, 10PA consultant NHS appointment at St. Mary's Hospital, London. The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at St Mary's has 11 intensive care beds and 4 High Dependency beds.

Modalities of treatment offered include invasive ventilation, HFOV, non-invasive ventilation (both positive and negative pressure), pharmacological cardiovascular support, haemofiltration and peritoneal dialysis. The Department is a partner with Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals in a combined North London retrieval service, CATS, to which it contributes consultant, middle grade and nursing staff.

Services on site include paediatric surgery, a highly regarded national and international paediatric haematology and bone marrow transplant programme, infectious diseases and one of the leading paediatric allergy and immunology units in the United Kingdom. The hospital has a busy emergency department and is one of 4 Major Trauma Centres for children and adults in London.

The unit cares for children with life threatening conditions including major trauma, severe infections, airway and respiratory problems, neurological conditions and those who have undergone surgery. Medical services supported include acute emergency paediatrics, respiratory medicine, allergy and immunology, rheumatology, haematology, oncology, neurology, and surgery.

Applicants must be trained in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine or equivalent and have the required experience and training in managing critically ill children. Applicants must be included on the GMC's Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT (CCT) or have equivalent training, by the date of interview.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our first class paediatric intensive care team based at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London. We are a busy, friendly department fully accredited for training in Intensive Care Medicine.

The St Mary's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is one of the leading units in the sector and the only unit offering level 3 general intensive care in the North-West London region. This is an exciting time to be part of the service as the unit has recently expanded to become a 15 bedded unit comprised of 11 ITU beds and 4 HDU beds., At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.