Profile

Jonathan is a Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Intensivist. He works at St. George's Hospital in Tooting, London. He is a Professor of Practice in Clinical Education in the Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education at City St. George's, University of London.

Clinical

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at St. George's is a 15 bed facility, caring for around 600 critically ill children each year. Our admissions are varied, with large numbers of Oncology patients, Neurosurgery and other surgical patients in addition to general paediatric patients. Approximately 30% of our admissions from other hospitals in the South Thames area. Others are from our Emergency Department (well known from Channel 4's 24 hours in A+E), wards and theatres.

Medical Education

Jonathan leads the delivery of paediatric teaching at City St. George's, both for the undergraduate and graduate MBBS courses, working alongside a brilliant and dedicated team. He teaches also in the Interprofessional Common Foundation course, the Global Health Course, a Genetics masters course and on several nursing and paramedic courses.

He is an external examiner at Kent and Medway Medical School and the Faculty for Forensic and Legal Medicine.

Research

Jonathan is involved in research into areas relevant to his clinical and educational practise. These include:

Postgraduate Medical Education
Critical Care in Paediatric Oncology
Technology in Medical Eduation
Medical Error
Virtual Patients

Past Roles

Jonathan has served in a number of medical leadership posts alongside his clinical, education and research work. These include:

NHS E's Head of The London School of Paediatrics (2019-2025)
St George's Director of Medical Education (2016-2019)
St George's Clinical Director for Children's services (2013-2016)
St George's Care Group Lead for Paediatric Medicine (2008-2013)
St George's University Lead for Knowledge Examinations (2010-2016)