Paediatric Critical Care (PCC)

Join us and you'll be working for a world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK.

Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) at Oxford University Hospitals consists of 17 co-located Level 2 and 3 critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN) and beyond.

We are a leading neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre, with specialties including:

spinal
craniofacial surgery
oncology
respiratory
ear, nose and throat (ENT)
plastics
multi-level surgery.

PCC is part of Oxford Children's Hospital, which delivers care to neonates, children and young people across a wide range of general and specialist medical and surgical inpatient and ambulatory services.

Children's Hospital Alliance

Oxford Children's Hospital is one of 12 specialist children's hospitals that form the national Children's Hospital Alliance, working together to improve the quality, access and experience of hospital care for children and families.

Our partners

Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT)

We work with University Hospital Southampton to provide a joint retrieval service, Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT), which offers expert advice to our partner district general hospitals on stabilising critically ill children before transfer.

SORT is staffed by doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) and nurses from both trusts, with Oxford providing our own retrieval team 24/7.

Critical Care Outreach Service

We also run a Critical Care Outreach Service comprising a team of experienced nurses who support all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children in all areas of Oxford Children’s Hospital including the emergency department (ED), wards and neonatal unit.

The team follows up children after they leave PCC and supports children and families throughout the critical care journey.

Advanced Clinical Practitioners

Our growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners works across PCC and SORT, with trainee ACP routes supported in collaboration with the Evelina Children’s Hospital and London South Bank University.