Locum Consultant in CATS Paediatric Critical Care Transport (10PAs)

The post is for a period of 6 months from September 2026 to support increased clinical activity in line with Winter Pressures funding., This position has a weekday on-call commitment of approximately 1 in 8 with prospective cover.

The post holder will be allocated office space and secretarial support.

The role of the consultant will be to contribute to the paediatric intensive care transport service for North Thames in all its aspects. They will be responsible for service delivery, setting standards, audit of the service in addition to and training medical and advanced clinical staff.

The service comprises 6.6 WTE Consultants, 1 WTE Operational and Lead Nurse, 12.0 WTE Clinical Fellows (ST6/7/8 OR equivalent), 3 WTE Advanced Nurse Practitioners and a core team of 6 WTE Band 6 CATS Nurses. Additionally, an established team of Rotational CATS Nurses provide support from each of the North London PICU's.

Administrative support is provided by 1 WTE Band 5 Service Support Manager and 6 WTE Band 4 A&C Staff Administrators.

The consultant will be expected to accompany clinicians new to the service or for challenging transports in addition to providing close distant supervision of the clinical transport team.

The successful candidate will have had at least two years specialist paediatric intensive care training and specific experience in paediatric transport. The post will be in paediatric intensive care transport.

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.

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