Senior Fellow in Paed Critical Care and Retrieval Medicine

Senior Fellow in Paed Critical Care and Retrieval Medicine

Closing date: 25 February 2026

Clinical Fellow posts in Paediatric Intensive Care and Paediatric Retrieval Medicine

GRADE: Equivalent to ST5 and above

SPECIALITY: NF2

SUPERVISING CONSULTANTS: Paediatric Critical Care at OUH and Children Acute Transport Service

FULL - TIME / PART - TIME: Full time

John Radcliffe Hospital

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed term 12 months post

Duration: 12 months posts. Either as a standalone post at OUH PCC or as a rotational post with 9 months spent at OUH PCC and 3 months with CATS.

This post offers a structured training in Paediatric Critical Care and Retrieval Medicine. It is aimed at senior trainees in Paediatricians, Intensive Care Medicine, emergency medicine and Anaesthetics who wish to improve their skills in assessment, stabilisation and management of the critically ill child.

Supervised practical instruction will be given in:

• Airway skills:
  Basic & Advanced
• CVP, Arterial, and Intracranial pressure access and interpretation
• Cerebral function analysis monitoring
• Ventilation - standard techniques, BIPAP pressure and volume controlled modes, pressure release ventilation, high frequency oscillation and Non-invasive techniques.
• Advanced renal support
• Application of Brain Death Criteria
• Talking to Parents in Critical situations
• Stabilisation and Transport of sick infants and children

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The post holders principle duties are patient review and monitoring and the implementation of management plans decided upon these ward rounds. They are also responsible for the admission and discharge of children, and liaison with specialty teams, the review and stabilization of deteriorating children on the wards and attending the Emergency Department for critically ill and injured children.

Paediatric Intensive Care retrievals from the Oxford region and the neighboring District General Hospitals are managed on a 24-hour basis jointly with Southampton General Hospital under the umbrella of the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT). SORT provides support to over 15 District General Hospitals in the combined South Central Region. Successful applicants will work both on the Paediatric Critical Care Unit and as part of SORT - Oxford, available for retrievals and outreach educational activities to the district general hospitals as well as engage in an agreed project (Research / Education / Quality Improvement).

• Full GMC registration
• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCA or MRCPCH or equivalent
• APLS or equivalent course in date
• Higher medical degree

• A minimum of 4 years training in paediatrics / anaesthetics / ICM / Emergency Medicine
• A minimum of one year at a registrar level
• Experience of teaching and presenting
• Experience…