Senior Fellow in Paediatric Critical Care and Retrieval Medicine

The Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) department at Oxford University Hospital (OUH), Oxford, UK, invites applications for Paediatric Critical Care and Retrieval Fellow posts.

One Clinical Fellow (ST5-ST8) posts in Paediatric Intensive Care and Paediatric Retrieval Medicine (Southampton Oxford retrieval team (SORT -Oxford))

Fixed Term for 12 months

This post would be suitable for an enthusiastic candidate from a Paediatric, Intensive Care, Adult Intensive Care, Anaesthetic, or Emergency Medicine background, interested in training in Paediatric Intensive Care in accordance with the standards of the Intercollegiate Training Committee in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (ICTPICM). The appointee will work full-time within Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) Services at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The main responsibility would be to the PCC and SORT retrieval service. Duties would be undertaken within the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, the High Dependency service, and the retrieval service.

This role is fixed term for 12 months with the first month spent on OUH PCC before rotating with SORT Oxford.

This post offers a structured training in Paediatric Critical Care and Retrieval Medicine. It is aimed at senior trainees in Paediatrics, Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthetics, or Emergency Medicine who wish to improve their skills in the assessment, stabilisation, and management of the critically ill child.

Supervised practical instruction will be given in:

•             Airway skills: Basic & Advanced

•             Vascular access: Central venous & arterial

•             CVP, Arterial, and Intracranial pressure access and interpretation

•             Cerebral function analysis monitoring

•             Ventilation - standard techniques, BIPAP pressure and volume controlled modes, pressure release ventilation, high frequency oscillation and Non-invasive techniques.

•             Neuro intensive care

•             Advanced renal support

•             Application of Brain Death Criteria

•             Talking to parents in critical situations

•             Stabilisation and Transport of sick infants and children

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

• PICU Retrieval JD (PDF, 688.3KB)