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Applications are invited for the post of locum consultant (full time) to work with the ScotSTAR Paediatric Retrieval Service operated by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS). This is a fixed term position for 6 months from September 2024 until March 2025.
The post is suitable for specialty trainees who have recently completed specialty training (or who will CCT within the next 6 months) or equivalent in the following: paediatric intensive care medicine, paediatric anaesthesia, adult intensive care and/or anaesthesia (with regular exposure to paediatrics) or paediatric emergency medicine (with regular exposure to paediatric intensive care medicine).
The retrieval service provides a secondary critical care patient transfer service for paediatric patients (<16 years) in Scotland.
The majority of retrievals undertaken by the Paediatric team are by road in our Paediatric Intensive Care Road Ambulance however approximately 25% are by air on rotary and fixed wing aircraft operated by the SAS and the Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter.
The post is 10PA/week with the ScotSTAR Paediatric Retrieval Service however there is the option of up to 2PA/week in Glasgow Paediatric Intensive Care Unit as part of this job.
The post is based at the ScotSTAR West base at Glasgow Airport.
For formal enquiries, please contact:
• Dr Christina Harry, Paediatric Retrieval Clinical Lead consultant on 07946787431; email: Christina.Harry@ggc.scot.nhs.uk