This six-month fixed-term post sits in the Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, starting February or March 2027. The fellow manages transports of critically ill children from referring centres to intensive care, from the referral call through to handover, while keeping the child stable en route. The service completes around 1000 transports a year by land and air, with protected time for audit and teaching. Full GMC registration, or eligibility for it, is required.
What the job involves
- Manage all aspects of transports from the referring centre to the accepting intensive care unit
- Give advice at the initial referral call
- Coordinate transports by land (ambulance, rapid response vehicle) and air (fixed wing, helicopter)
- Stabilise critically ill children before and during transfer
- Ensure continuity of intensive care during transfer
- Keep a logbook of transports and discuss issues arising with the supervisor
- Take an interest in the organisational aspects of transport medicine
- Take part in clinical audit and quality assurance projects
- Present at transport forums
- Undertake research in transport medicine and paediatric intensive care
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent primary medical qualification
- MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
- Accreditation to the Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health and/or Anaesthesia, or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration, obtained by the designated start date
Experience
- Two years SpR-equivalent training, or 6 months in a tertiary PICU, or higher paediatric anaesthesia training with PICU experience
- Experience of teaching and presenting
- Experience of audit activities
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Organising and prioritising own workload
- Working under pressure in a multidisciplinary environment
- Prioritising clinical needs
- Procedural skills: central line, arterial line, airway and intubation (ages 0-16), chest drain insertion
Other
- Commitment to GOSH culture and values: collaboration, respect, curiosity
Nice to have
- Higher degree (MSc or MPhil) in a related discipline
- Clinical experience in related paediatric specialties
- Published research in peer-reviewed journals
- Recognising and stabilising acutely unwell children
- Experience in paediatric transport
- Experience of congenital heart disease management
What’s offered
- Full training in the transport of critically ill children
- Supernumerary flexible time for audit and individual training needs
- Every transport supervised, by an accompanying consultant or close telephone contact
- Formal appraisal from the supervisor at the end of the service term
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
