Job overview

Birmingham Children's Hospital are looking  to appoint a highly motivated Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine for a 12-month fixed-term post, provisionally commencing in September 2026.

This post is ideally suited for:

• Experienced trainees in Paediatric Critical Care
• Anaesthetists
• Trainees in Adult Intensive Care Medicine (ICM)
• Trainees in Emergency Medicine

This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain comprehensive experience in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, including:

• Cardiac Intensive Care, with exposure to ECMO
• Medico-surgical Intensive Care, including:
  • Neurocritical care
  • Liver transplantation critical care
  • Burns and trauma critical care
• Critical Care Outreach (HDU)
• Paediatric Critical Care Retrieval Medicine

Following a period of consolidation in Paediatric Intensive Care, there will be opportunities for rotations in:

• Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care
• Paediatric Emergency Medicine

This is an exciting opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills in a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Main duties of the job

Primary training period (initial 6 months)

• Principles of airway management, endotracheal intubation, basic Anaesthetic techniques.
• Recognition of the sick child
• Prompt initiation of resuscitation, with emphasis on airway, breathing, and circulation.
• Gain skills needed for arterial, intraosseous and central venous cannulation.
• Principles of mechanical ventilation
• Appropriate use of inotropic and vasoactive drugs.
• Principles of sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation
• Principles of emergency retrieval
• Principles of debriefing and teaming

Intermediate Training ( 6-12 months)

• Expand and develop the skills acquired during the primary training period.
• Act as 'team leader' and direct activities during a resuscitation.
• Gain an understanding of physiology and pathophysiology relevant to intensive care.
• Become independently proficient at central venous cannulation.
• Gain experience of more invasive monitoring techniques eg jugular venous bulb cannulation, intracranial pressure monitoring etc.
• Advanced Critical Care communication
• Elective rotation
• Rotation in Critical Care Outreach
• First rotation in Critical care retrieval (dependent on acquired competencies in PIC and progression of training)

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.