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Consultant PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (PICU) with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in OXFORD
The Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) is a busy 18-bed unit serving the local population and 5 district-general hospitals in the Thames Valley (TV) Area andsupporting district hospitals across the Thames Valley and Wessex. The paediatric critical care transport and retrieval service is called the Southampton Oxford Retrieval Service (SORT). It is a joint venture run as a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year service with teams available from both Oxford and Southampton sites. We support a variety of specialist services including paediatric neurosurgery, craniofacial surgery, ENT, cardiology, respiratory and haematology/oncology in conjunction with the specialist teams. We are a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) and the hub for the Thames Valley major trauma network, responsible for the care of over 1000 adult and child major trauma cases per year. We have a vibrant clinical research portfolio contributing to a variety of national and international clinical trials. We jointly run and staff a 24-hour paediatric critical care transport and retrieval service in conjunction with University Hospitals Southampton (SORT). Principal Activities The post holder's duties will be to provide tertiary specialist intensive care to children presenting to the John Radcliffe Hospital and other hospitals primarily in the Thames Valley and Wessex paediatric critical care retrieval network. Clinical The Paediatric Critical Care Unit in Oxford admits around 850-900 children per year. The Unit provides high dependency (Level 2) and intensive (Level 3) care to children in the Thames Valley and Wessex region. The unit supports medical specialities such as tertiary-level respiratory, cardiology, infectious disease and immunology, haematology and oncology, and gastroenterology. We are a major trauma centre and provide emergency and elective paediatric neurosurgery. We also have nationally recognised cleft lip and palate, ENT, plastic surgery, and craniofacial services, all of which depend on Oxford PCCU for post-operative care. There are 8 whole-time equivalent posts and these posts have been made with increased funding from NHSE for the expansion of the SORT retrieval service in Oxford to allow 24-hour cover from both Oxford and Southampton. The consultant group includes people with both anaesthetic and paediatric backgrounds who have a diverse range of interests including point-of-care ultrasound, echocardiography, clinical and academic research and education and simulation. About us Outline Job Plan Weekly Provisional Programmed Activities A draft indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below. The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the team and clinical director upon appointment and will be subject to renegotiation at least annually. Job plans in PICU are fully annualised. Day Time Work Frequency Category PA/week Monday 08:00-17:00 Supervised time in theatres for non anaesthetists. 1 week/year DCC 0.043 08:30-18:00 Consultant of The week (ICU). 6 weeks/year DCC 0.339 09:00-17:00 DGH outreach days 3 days per year DCC 0.115 Tuesday 08:00-17:00 Supervised time in theatres for non anaesthetists. 1 week/year DCC 0.043 08:30-18:00 Consultant of The week (ICU). 6 weeks/year DCC 0.339 16:30-08:00 Overnight 1st on call 29 nights/year DCC 2.04 Wednesday 08:00-17:00 Supervised time in theatres for non anaesthetists. 1 week/year DCC 0.043 08:30-18:00 Consultant of The week (ICU). 6 weeks/year DCC 0.339 20:00-08:00 Overnight 2nd on call (Regional transport cover) 26 nights/year DCC 0.619 Thursday 08:00-17:00 Supervised time in theatres for non anaesthetists. 1 week/year DCC 0.043 08:30-18:00 Consultant of The week (ICU). 6 weeks/year DCC 0.339 08:30-18:00 2nd on Daytime work (transport, HDU, seeing internal referrals, supporting 1st on) 23 days/year DCC 1.3 Friday 08:00-17:00 Supervised time in theatres for non anaesthetists. 1 week/year DCC 0.043 08:30-18:00 Consultant of The week (ICU). 6 weeks/year DCC 0.339 Various timings during week Internal MDT meetings (transport MDT, consultant meeting, XR meeting, Governance, M+M etc) Weekly DCC 0.24 Saturday + Sunday 08:30-16:30 Weekend daytime work (1st on) 5 weekends per year DCC 0.634 16:30-08:00 Weekend 1st on call 5 weekends per year DCC 0.754 1 PA per 12 hours (unpredictable) Weekend 2nd on call 5 weekends per year DCC 0.476 Flexible Flexible Clinical Admin work to support above Flexible DCC 0.404 Additional agreed activity to be worked flexibly (details discussed in individual job plan meetings) Quality improvement Education Governance Research Service improvement etc SPA 0.5 CPD, Appraisal and Revalidation SPA 1.0 Total DCC 8.5 Total SPA 1.5 Programmed activity Number Direct clinical care (including unpredictable on-call) 8.5 Supporting professional activities 1.5 Other NHS responsibilities External duties TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES 10 Anticipated on-call availability supplement 1 in 5 Agreed on-call rota e.g. 1 in 5: A Agreed category (delete): 5% On-call supplement %: