Trust Fellow in Paediatric Surgery (ST3+ equivalent)
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated Paediatric Surgery team based at the Great North Children's Hospital. You will support with the provision of specialist paediatric surgical services to the Northern Region, which will include three elective operating lists and two outpatient sessions per week, as well as ward assessment and management of elective and emergency admissions.
This post is available from March/April 2025 for 12 months. You will hold MRCS or equivalent and will be fully registered with the GMC at time of application. You will be an effective team worker with the ability to communicate well with both patients and staff at all levels. Previous clinical experience in both the UK or overseas in Paediatric Surgery would be desirable.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Main duties of the job
This post is based in the Department of Paediatric Surgery in the New Victoria Wing of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, which provides Specialist Paediatric Surgical services to the Northern Region.
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
* Ward assessment and management of elective and emergency admissions
* Experience in neonatal surgical and intensive care unit
* Three elective operating lists and 2 outpatient sessions per week.
* On-call duties on a 1 in 7 basis including prospective cover.
* Maintain high standards of clinical care, contemporary note keeping and adherence to the admission and discharge process.
* Responsibility for effective communication with other members of the clinical team to ensure the planned management for each patient is carried out
* Communication with patients and their relatives
* Arrange investigations for patients and ensure results available in a timely manner
* Undertake referrals to other clinical teams and ensure effective communication of the underlying problem
* Undertake a key role in planning and implementing effective discharge, including any communication with the relevant community care team
* Ensure medical students have opportunity to meet their own learning outcomes
* Participate in feedback and evaluation of the foundation programme
* Participate fully in educational programme and ensure that appraisal and feedback occurs in a timely manner.
Teaching:
* Regular postgraduate teaching.
Audit:
* Active participation in Clinical Audit is expected and time is set aside to encompass this.
Study and Training:
* The post is in a department recognised for run through training in Paediatric Surgery
* Subject to the exigencies of the service, time off with pay and expenses for approved courses and conferences is granted in accordance with Regional Policy
* Formal postgraduate education is mostly carried out at a once weekly Grand Round which occupies an entire morning. The session commences with formal teaching, a radiology conference conducted by the Consultant Paediatric Radiologist and a round on the Neonatal Surgical Unit.
* Weekly multidisciplinary meetings are held with the Departments of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Paediatric Oncology and Paediatric Nephrology, as well as the opportunities to attend prenatal counselling sessions for parents of infants with surgical conditions.
* The University medical library is located in the Medical School to which the Royal Victoria Infirmary is directly connected.
* Study facilities are provided by the University Department of Surgery and the University Department of Child Health.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Must hold full GMC registration at time of application
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCS or equivalent
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
* Competence at advanced cardio-respiratory arrest resuscitation in children (including team leadership)
* Good history and examination skills, relevant to critical care
* Ability to formulate a working diagnosis
* Able to order appropriate investigations relevant to critical care
* Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
* Legible writing of notes/charts
Maintaining Clinical Competence
* Work placed assessments
* Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments
Teaching
* Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors
* Contribution to departmental training sessions
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
* Experience of audit projects
* Understanding of research principles
* Organised or contributed to an audit project that has resulted in change
* Research experience
* Presentation of work to learned bodies
* Publication of peer-reviewed work
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
* Clear, fluent and articulate in verbal and written communication in English
* Ability to communicate effectively with other members of staff
* Relates effectively with professional colleagues
Personal Attributes
* Alignment with the Trust's Values
* A commitment to personal / unit CPD
* Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
* Flexible, resilient and able to cope with stressful situations
* Ability to work effectively in a team
* Good interpersonal skills
* Enquiring approach to work
* Evidence of leadership skills
* IT literate
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.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£61,825 to £70,425 a year per annum pro rata
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