Clinical: Contribute to the day to day running of the GNCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the North East and Cumbria Transport and Retrieval Contribute to GNCH PICU and NECTAR on-call rotao Responsibility for the paediatric intensive care unit including managing referrals and new admissionso Deliver and supervise transfer of critically ill childreno Provide remote advice in the management of acutely ill children in their local hospitalo Provide decision support for patient transfers within the region facilitated by NECTAR Administrative: To undertake general administrative duties within the wider context of Clinical Board Directorate and Trust aims and objectives. Excellent documentation of GNCH PICU activities. Excellent documentation of transport activities including discussions with clinicians for shared decision making. Timely review of NECTAR transfers and feedback on governance issues.
Oversight of timely production of discharge summaries for patients on PICU. Maintain Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) or relevant College. Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary quality and safety activities in the care of children and their families. The aims of this process will include: o ensuring compliance with national guidelines relating to the care of children;o creating an environment of continuously seeking to improve the quality of that care Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review.
It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on individual requirements and interests as well as service requirements and Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays. Research: Participation in the GNCH PICU & NECTAR research programme Enabling learning: Contribution to and further development of the NECTAR regional education programme Contribution to GNCH PICU and NECTAR team teaching programmes, including training for GRID trainees, NECTAR fellows and APCCPs Participate in enabling learning of any other health care professionals within the department and Clinical Board Participate in NECTAR regional teaching activities. Participate in enabling learning of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne during their attachments in Child Health. There will be opportunity for the appointee to be awarded Associate Clinical Lecturer status, at Newcastle University, for significant contributions.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to enabling learning of all levels of paediatric postgraduate Trainees. Active involvement is expected in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department

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