Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care
| Posting date: | 14 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 December 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS1 3EX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | C9298-MED-868 |
Summary
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST To deliver care to patients with critical illness including: Contribution to the First on (Lead); Second on (Support) and third on (HDU) roles in the department Manage General Medical patients Manage Medical and Surgical Cardiac patients Manage patients on Extracorporeal Life Support Manage Specialist surgery patients including Neurosurgery; Spinal surgery; Liver transplant and Renal transplant Be familiar with equipment, operational policies and staffing levels/competencies Liaise with Embrace and DGH colleagues regarding admission of Time Critical and other referrals Contribution to PCCU department and Governance meetings as well as active engagement with hospital wide and other speciality meetings 2.2 To work with consultant colleagues in PCCU to deliver acute on call (this is currently 1 in 9). This includes acute ward rounds and unit management during normal working hours and regular out of hours commitment on the on-call rota. 2.3 To link with Consultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within the Childrens Hospital and across the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and with colleagues in District General hospitals, Sheffield Childrens Hospital Foundation Trust and other regional transport services. 2.4 To contribute to research, teaching and new developments within the PICU. The post holder will be encouraged to facilitate and contribute to the current clinical research programs in the department. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centered Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change. WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.