Trust Fellow in Paediatric Critical Care Transport (NECTAR)
The closing date is 17 July 2026.
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team at NECTAR (North East and Cumbria Transfer and Retrieval). Applications are invited for Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Critical Care Transport. The post is for a period of 12 months.
The Paediatric NECTAR clinical fellow posts (ST3+ equivalent) require 2 years prior postgraduate training in PICU/critical care/anaesthesia/paediatrics (including a minimum of 3 months post-foundation critical care experience) and candidates must already have basic Anaesthesia Competencies. Regional PICU at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust acts as the base unit for the regional NECTAR Transport team. It provides regional intensive care for medical patients and supra-regional services for children with surgical, neurosurgical and cardiac problems including ECMO & heart transplant.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a one-year fellowship for a suitably qualified candidate to receive training and experience in paediatric retrieval. This post is predominantly to cover the paediatric service, but opportunities are available to work within the adult service when time allows too. The post would be ideally suited to someone interested in paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, paediatric or adult emergency medicine, anaesthesia, or prehospital medicine.
Job responsibilities
- Provide transport for critically ill children within the North East & North Cumbria, and occasionally further afield.
- Deliver paediatric critical care (general & cardiac), paediatric anaesthesia, transport & retrieval medicine including paediatric ECMO retrievals.
- Gain experience equivalent to that recommended by the Paediatric Intensive Care Society and Royal College of Paediatric & Child Health.
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams and challenging decision‑making processes due to the broad range of cases and involvement of various paediatric subspecialties.
- Suitability as a stand‑alone fellowship, out‑of‑programme experience or as a post‑CCT fellowship; part‑time application accepted.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration.
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
- Completion of at least 2 years of post‑foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine.
- Previous NHS clinical experience as a doctor.
- Minimum 3 months prior paediatric and/or adult intensive care and/or anaesthetic experience.
- Good history and examination skills.
- Ability to formulate a working diagnosis and order appropriate investigations.
- Image interpretation skills relevant to practice.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
- Evidence of advanced airway skills.
- Additional general paediatric training.
Maintaining Clinical Competence
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date, e.g. workplace assessments.
Teaching
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
- Experience of audit projects and research.
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.
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