Paediatric Critical Care Airway and ECMO fellow

This job would suit senior trainees nearing the end of their training or post CCT. There are two posts and the appointed fellows are expected to work together as a team to participate fully in all aspects of the Paediatric critical care, ECMO and airway services. There will be opportunities to participate in the delivery of PCC and retrieval service as well. There will be two start dates available, with one post with a start date of March1st2027, and another post with a start date of September6th2027.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

To manage airway and ECMO patients under the supervision of the PICU consultants. An opportunity to gain airway and bronchoscopy skills in theatres and PICU. To be flexible with working patterns in recognition of the unpredictability of ECMO initiation and airway emergencies. In addition to ECMO and airway commitments, as one of 4‑5 senior fellows in PICU, both airway and ECMO fellows are expected to support the chief fellow role and provide clinical and procedural supervision for other PICU trainees in the PICU and retrieval setting. The senior fellows (Airway and ECMO included) contribute to weekend cover as chief fellow.

Administrative

Organise the weekly ECMO and airway meetings including delivering case reviews. Maintain the paediatric ECMO and critical care airway database database. To help organise and deliver the elective bronchoscopy lists.

Research and Audit

The ECMO team is developing a number of quality improvement projects and the successful applicant will be expected to participate in these. There are research opportunities both within the PICU and ECMO team and participation is encouraged. The aim is that they will lead one ECMO/airway research project during their post.

The post will be based at the Evelina Children's Hospital. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the trust, either on an on‑going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service. There will be opportunity to observe the adult ECMO service based on site at St Thomas'. The Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) has recently grown to 38 beds after merging with the Royal Brompton Hospital onto The Evelina site. There are now projected to be over 1,300 admissions annually with the majority cardiac in nature. The South Thames Retrieval Service operates from within the PCC and receives approximately 1,500 requests each year and transfers about 700 critically ill patients each year. The unit is accredited to undertake both Year1 and Year2 PICM training. Candidates, who have completed their training, in their parent specialty, may wish to seek employment for 12 months.