Fixed term for 6 months.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. It is the largest children's hospital in the UK with 371 beds. The hospital provides children's emergency, secondary and regional tertiary services.
The Department of Paediatric Surgery is the specialist children's surgery centre in North West England including Neonatal, Oncological, Thoracic, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and specialist day-case surgery, and the surgery of intestinal failure and short bowel supra-regional service supporting exstrophy, hyperinsulinaemia of the New-born, Metabolic disorders.
Main duties of the job
We require Senior Locally Employed Doctors to work at ST3-8 level, as part of a surgical team with Junior Locally Employed Doctors and Consultants. Daytime duties comprise clinical activity on the wards, in theatres and out-patient clinics. A 1:10 on-call rota will be undertaken with the other middle grade trainees and Locally Employed Doctors.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
* Medical degree
* Significant postgraduate work experience working in an acute setting (or equivalent gained on part-time or flexible basis), in a specialty training programme in paediatric surgery / urology or as a fixed term specialty trainee in paediatric surgery / urology.
* Demonstrable experience working in paediatric surgery / urology and assessing and managing common paediatric surgical emergencies
Desirable
* MRCS
* APLS accreditation
Audit
Essential
* Experience of Audit
Academic Achievements
Desirable
* Research & Publications
* Distinctions or Prizes during undergraduate training
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
* Organisation skills
* Communication skills
* Team working skills
Other Requirements
Essential
* Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration: an active licence, ceased license or pending application with the GMC at the point of application. Candidates who do not fit this criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.
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