Trust Fellow in Paediatric Critical Care Transport (NECTAR)

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team at NECTAR (North East and Cumbria Transfer and Retrieval). Applications are invited for Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Critical Care Transport. The post is for a period of 12 months.

The Paediatric NECTAR clinical fellow posts (ST3+ equivalent) require 2 years prior postgraduate training in PICU/ critical care / anaesthesia / paediatrics (including a minimum of 3 months post-foundation critical care experience) and candidates must already have basic Anaesthesia Competencies.Regional PICU at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust acts as the base unit for the regional NECTAR Transport team. It provides regional intensive care for medical patients and supra-regional services for children with surgical, neurosurgical and cardiac problems including ECMO & heart transplant.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for a one-year fellowship for a suitably qualified candidate to receive training and experience in paediatric retrieval. This post is predominantly to cover the paediatric service, but opportunities are available to work within the adult service when time allows too. The post would be ideally suited to someone interested in paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, paediatric or adult emergency medicine, anaesthesia, or prehospital medicine.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Qualification.
  • Full GMC registration.

Desirable

  • Post graduate intensive care qualification.

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or Intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine).
  • Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
  • Minimum 3 months prior paediatric &/or adult intensive care &/or anaesthetic experience
  • Good history & examination skills.
  • Able to formulate a working diagnosis & order appropriate investigations.
  • Image interpretation relevant to practice.
  • Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.

Desirable

  • 6-month Intensive care training.
  • 3-month Anaesthesia training.
  • Evidence of advanced airway skills
  • Additional general paediatric training.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

Essential

  • Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.

Desirable

  • Suitable procedural skills.

Teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Desirable

  • Experience of audit projects and research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 17 July 2026

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