Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency (HDU+). This is a substantive consultant post (10 PAs, 7.5 DCC / 2.5 SPA), with clinical activity primarily on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (90%) alongside dedicated sessions supporting the HDU+ service (10%).

The successful candidate will join a highly experienced and supportive team of consultants delivering outstanding care, innovation and leadership in one of the UK's busiest paediatric critical care services.

Main duties of the job

Provide consultant-led care for critically ill children admitted to PICU (31 beds, ~1400 admissions per year) across a broad range of medical and surgical specialties, including cardiac surgery, transplantation, trauma, burns and ECLS.

Lead daily ward rounds and share responsibility for consultant cover on the unit, including out-of-hours on-call commitments.

Support the HDU+ programme, which delivers Level 2 critical care across BCH specialities, working alongside advanced practitioners, middle-grade teams and the hospital PACE outreach team.

Contribute to the ongoing development of the HDU+ model in line with GIRFT recommendations and Trust priorities.

Actively participate in audit, quality improvement, clinical governance and service development.

Provide education, supervision and mentorship for trainees, ANPs, nursing staff and undergraduates.

Engage in research activity and foster links with regional and national networks.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a nationally recognised centre of excellence, rated Outstanding by the CQC in 2016.

The PICU is one of the largest in the country, providing supra-regional care in hepatology, cardiac surgery, transplantation and burns, with strong expertise in safety, QI, education and research.

The HDU+ service is a growing programme supporting 20-30 Level 2 patients per day across cardiac, surgical and medical specialties. It enables effective prioritisation of PICU capacity and has a dedicated education and advanced practice workforce, with expansion plans aligned to national GIRFT recommendations.

Joining our team means becoming part of a collaborative, research-active and forward-looking service, with opportunities to shape the future of paediatric critical care delivery.