Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Paediatric Critical Care Transport
Job Description
Job summary
3-4 posts to start August / September 2025
NWTS Senior Locally Employed Doctor (SLED) post is a full-time post with NWTS and is ideal for senior trainees (ideally post-CCT) in anaesthetics, paediatrics, emergency medicine, pre-hospital medicine and paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, who want to gain further experience in the management of the acutely sick child and transport medicine.
The SLED is an integral part of the multidisciplinary paediatric critical care regional transport team, and the main role of the clinical fellow is to manage all aspects of a transfer, including giving advice at the initial referral call, co-ordinating the logistics of transport, stabilising the patient and ensuring a safe, efficient and cohesive transfer from referring centre to the accepting intensive care unit. It is expected that the clinical fellow will take an interest in an audit, guideline or quality assurance projects. In addition, the clinical fellow is part of the NWTS education team and is expected to be involved with the design and delivery of a wide variety of education and training projects run by NWTS.
Due to the short-term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application, whether it be an active licence, ceased licence or a pending application -MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for vacancies less than 12 months fixed term.
Main duties of the job
Role will involve working on a rotational shift system. Shift pattern includes long days (7:30 to 20:00), nights (20:00 to 08:00), twilight shift 11:30 - 00:00 and educational days.
The senior clinical fellow will be expected to:
- Complete referral and transport documentation to an appropriate legible standard.
- Give advice as necessary, according to NWTS/APLS guidelines.
- Liaise with NWTS and tertiary centre paediatric intensive care staff.
- Arrange and undertake transport.
- Maintain the NWTS database
- Daily check of NWTS transport equipment
- Maintain an up-to-date personal National Paediatric Critical Care Transport Passport
- Discuss issues of importance arising from transport e.g. incidents and excellence
- Attend and actively participate in monthly regional PICM training
- Complete an audit or quality assurance project
- Be involved in delivery of NWTS education, simulation and training
- Involved in co-ordination of trainees rotating from tertiary PICUs and their rota
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating the most exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We're proud to be one of the major academic research centres and education providers in England and Research and Innovation is the heart of all we do, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We're also excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable and tackling climate change.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Join us and you'll work with some of the best people in the NHS, thriving in a Trust united in its values, purpose and commitment to our patients and a drive for continual innovation and improvement.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Medical Degree
- ST6 or above in their parent specialty
- MRCPCH/MRCP/FRCA or equivalent
- GMC registration and a License to Practice at the point of application
- Experience in paediatric or adult intensive care
- APLS
- Experience in transportation of critically ill patients
Desirable
- CCT in relevant specialty
- Experience in anaesthesia including higher level paediatrics
- Experience in managing patients with congenital cardiac disease
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Basic training in intubation
- Basic training in venous access (including central)
- Basic training in arterial line insertion
Audit and Education
Essential
- Previous experience on organisation and delivery of educational activity
- Experience of audit
Desirable
- Postgraduate certificate in Medical Education
- Simulation training and experience
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Effective Communication Skills
- Team Working Skills
- Motivated and enthusiastic individual
- Excellent organisation Skills
- Able to cope well under pressure
- Good insight in to own limitations
- Confidence in dealing with emergency situations
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
NWTS, Newton House
Faraday Street, Birchwood Park
Warrginton
WA3 6FW
