Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

This is an exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic, well-motivated and generally awesome team - as a full-time 10 programmed activity (PA) post in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Alder Hey Children's Hospital Applicants for this post must have in-depth experience of general medical, neonatal surgical, neurosurgical & cardiac paediatric intensive care. They must have extensive experience in the provision of extra-corporeal support for children with extreme cardio-respiratory failure., The post holder will contribute to a rota which provides 24/7 cover for PICU in combination with other consultant colleagues. A total of 10 PAs are payable with a breakdown as follows: 8 DCC + 2 SPAs (as detailed in the job plan section of this document). Additional clinical PAs may be available by mutual agreement.

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

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