We are looking for an enthusiastic postgraduate trainee who wants to pursue a career in Paediatrics or simply wants to try something different.
This post will link across our Paediatric Specialty Inpatient and outpatient areas, covering a 1 in 8 rolling rota.
Responsibilities include:
1. To provide a service that is tailored to meet the needs of the individual and to understand what our patients need, being adaptable and responsive.
2. Support the wider medical team while learning.
3. Provide safe, high-quality healthcare at the right time, in the right place to support the children of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.
4. Be part of a team with a shared vision of support and empowerment.
5. Feel like you are making a difference.
Louisa Cary Ward is a 22-bed paediatric ward, including 3 Paediatric HDU beds and a 6-bedded adolescent area. Attached to this is a Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Unit open Monday to Friday 9.00-21.00 for the assessment of acutely unwell children referred in by GPs or from the Emergency Department, led by the paediatric acute consultant (PAC) with junior tier doctor and nurse practitioner support.
There is a Special Care Baby Unit which forms part of the South West Peninsula Neonatal Network. Neonatal resuscitation, stabilization, and intensive care are provided prior to the retrieval of very premature and sick infants by the Peninsula Retrieval Team. Routine neonatal care is provided in Torbay for premature infants of 30 weeks and above.
Outpatient facilities include 4 clinic rooms, hosting extensive specialist clinics supported by visiting tertiary specialists. The John Parkes Unit Child Development Centre provides means for multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with developmental impairment. There is a Children’s community nursing team caring for those with life-limiting/life-threatening conditions. Peripheral clinics are undertaken in a variety of community hospital and special school settings.
For further details/informal visits, contact:
Name: Dr. James Dearden
Job title: Consultant Paediatrician
Email address: charlotte.aitken4@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01803655365
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