Locum Consultant in CATS Paediatric Critical Care Transport (10PAs)

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

And The Institute of Child Health

Heart and Lung Division

LOCUM CONSULTANT WITH THE CHILDRENS ACUTE TRANSPORT SERVICE IN PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT

We are seeking a locum Consultant with an interest in Paediatric Intensive Care Transport.

The Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) is a collaborative service based at Great Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust and is designed to make intensive care rapidly available to critically ill children in North Thames.

The service provides 24 hour, 365 day, Consultant led telephone advice and a triaging facility for all referrals and is committed to improving and developing the provision of critical care and critical care transport for all patients within its scope of care. CATS remains the busiest dedicated paediatric intensive care (PIC) transport service in the UK, handling over 2000 referrals and undertaking over 1000 intensive care transports a year.

You will be joining a friendly and dynamic team and this post offers the opportunity to develop an interest in education, training and research.

The successful candidate will have had at least two years specialist paediatric intensive care training and specific experience in paediatric transport. The post will be in paediatric intensive care transport.

The post is for a period of 6 months from September 2026 to support increased clinical activity in line with Winter Pressures funding.

Main duties of the job

This position has a weekday on-call commitment of approximately 1 in 8 with prospective cover.

The post holder will be allocated office space and secretarial support.

The role of the consultant will be to contribute to the paediatric intensive care transport service for North Thames in all its aspects. They will be responsible for service delivery, setting standards, audit of the service in addition to and training medical and advanced clinical staff.

The service comprises 6.6 WTE Consultants, 1 WTE Operational and Lead Nurse, 12.0 WTE Clinical Fellows (ST6/7/8 OR equivalent), 3 WTE Advanced Nurse Practitioners and a core team of 6 WTE Band 6 CATS Nurses. Additionally, an established team of Rotational CATS Nurses provide support from each of the North London PICU's.

Administrative support is provided by 1 WTE Band 5 Service Support Manager and 6 WTE Band 4 A&C Staff Administrators.

The consultant will be expected to accompany clinicians new to the service or for challenging transports in addition to providing close distant supervision of the clinical transport team.

About us

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.

We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti-racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.

We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women's Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.

Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.

Person specification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

• Always welcoming
• Always helpful
• Always expert
• Always one team
• Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent qualification
• MRCPCH or FRCA or equivalent qualification
• Full GMC Registration
• Completion of all competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine (minimum of 2 years) in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH National GRID training programme with evidence that this has been signed off, including a minimum of six months of anaesthetic training OR equivalence
• OR an existing practicing Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Desirable

• On Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT by date of interview
• Higher degree - PhD, MD or equivalent
• Formal teaching qualification
• Management qualification

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of leading in Clinical Audit processes
• Experience of teaching students and multi-disciplinary team
• Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance through experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects
• Published research in peer reviewed journals in relevant area
• Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks
• Experience of recruiting patients to clinical research trials

Desirable

• Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks
• Experience of clinical leadership or management

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• High level written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Presentation skills
• Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Ability to work on own initiative within an ever changing environment.
• Leadership skills