The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Fellow in Paediatric Critical Care Transport (NECTAR)
The closing date is 17 July 2026

Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team at NECTAR (North East and Cumbria Transfer and Retrieval). Applications are invited for Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Critical Care Transport. The post is for a period of 12 months.

The Paediatric NECTAR clinical fellow posts (ST3+ equivalent) require 2 years prior 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 the 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
This is an exciting opportunity for a one-year fellowship for a suitably qualified candidate to receive training and experience in paediatric retrieval. This post is predominantly to cover the paediatric service, but opportunities are available to work within the adult service when time allows too. The post would be ideally suited to someone interested in paediatric or adult intensive care medicine, paediatric or adult emergency medicine, anaesthesia, or prehospital medicine.

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

Details
Date posted: 01 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £67,325 to £76,582 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 317-TD-26-078-A
Job locations: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP

Job description
Job responsibilities
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.

Nectar fellows will have the chance to gain exposure to multidisciplinary teams and participate in challenging decision-making processes due to the broad range of cases and involvement of various paediatric subspecialities.

This post would be suitable as a stand-alone fellowship, as out-of-programme experience or as a post-CCT fellowship. Applicants wishing to take up a fellowship on a less than full time basis are welcome to apply.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC registration.

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 & 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

Employer details
Employer name: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
Employer's website: https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
HR Advisor
Victoria Cowan
victoria.cowan2@nhs.net