Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer opportunities for highly motivated, ambitious individuals to join our well integrated team at NECTAR (North-East and Cumbria Transfer and Retrieval). Applications are invited for Trust Fellows in Paediatric Critical Care Transport (NECTAR). The posts are for a period of 12 month; 1 available from February 2026 and 1 available May 2026.
The Paediatric NECTAR clinical fellow posts (ST3+ equivalent) require 2 years postgraduate training in PICU/Critical Care/Anaesthesia/Paediatrics (including a minimum of 3 months post-foundation critical care experience) and candidates must already have basic anaesthesia competencies.
Regional PICU at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust acts as a base unit for the regional NECTAR Transport team. It provides regional intensive care for medical patients and supra-regional services for children with surgical, neurosurgical and cardiac problems including ECMO & heart transplant.
Main duties of the job
These posts are at registrar level, and successful candidates will be expected to have prior experience in Paediatrics and/or intensive care and to be competent to work with indirect supervision.
The paediatric NECTAR service provides transport for critically ill children within the North East & North Cumbria, and occasionally further afield.
The posts are intended to provide experience in paediatric critical care (general & cardiac) paediatric anaesthesia, transport & retrieval medicine including paediatric ECMO retrievals and training equivalent to that recommended by the Paediatric Intensive Care Society and Royal College of Paediatric & Child Health.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Interhospital transfer of critically ill children (with an appropriate level of supervision) by land and air
- Supporting NECTAR practitioners with triage and delivery of practitioner led transfer
- Preparing and presenting case reviews
- Develop communication and shared learning Teaching on stabilisation training days
- Multidisciplinary team teaching and simulation
- In addition to workplace-based assessments, successful applicants will be expected to gather evidence to use towards the PICS passport and optionally adult critical care transport competency framework.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Interhospital transfer of critically ill children (with an appropriate level of supervision) by land and air
- Supporting NECTAR practitioners with triage and delivery of practitioner led transfer
- Preparing and presenting case reviews
- Develop communication and shared learning Teaching on stabilisation training days
- Multidisciplinary team teaching and simulation
- In addition to workplace-based assessments, successful applicants will be expected to gather evidence to use towards the PICS passport and optionally adult critical care transport competency framework.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration at time of application.
Desirable
- Post graduate intensive care qualification.
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or Intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine).
- Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
- Minimum 3 months prior paediatric &/or adult intensive care &/or anaesthetic experience
- Good history & examination skills.
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis.
- Able to order appropriate investigations.
- Image interpretation relevant to practice.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
Desirable
- 6-month Intensive care training.
- 3-month Anaesthesia training.
- Evidence of advanced airway skills
- Additional general paediatric training.
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
Desirable
- Suitable procedural skills.
Teaching
Desirable
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Desirable
- Experience of audit projects and research
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC registration at time of application.
Desirable
- Post graduate intensive care qualification.
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Satisfactory completion of at least 2 years of post- foundation training in anaesthesia and/or paediatrics and/or Intensive care and/or paediatric emergency medicine).
- Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
- Minimum 3 months prior paediatric &/or adult intensive care &/or anaesthetic experience
- Good history & examination skills.
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis.
- Able to order appropriate investigations.
- Image interpretation relevant to practice.
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.
Desirable
- 6-month Intensive care training.
- 3-month Anaesthesia training.
- Evidence of advanced airway skills
- Additional general paediatric training.
Maintaining Clinical Competence
Essential
- Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.
Desirable
- Suitable procedural skills.
Teaching
Desirable
- Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Desirable
- Experience of audit projects and research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
