2 x Full time, 6-month fixed term posts available.
This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics. This is a 6-month fixed-term whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Due to the imminent requirement to fill this post, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application. Candidates who are not GMC registered or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application will not progress through shortlisting stage.
There is a requirement for on-calls with this role, paid at banding supplement 1A.
Main duties of the job
This is a full-time post and the holder will be expected to work flexibly on the Tier 2 rota of 1 in 12. Duties will cover all areas in the Department including inpatients, the Children's Observation ward, Outpatients, the Neonatal Unit, Paediatric Emergency Department and Maternity Unit for high-risk deliveries.
The role also encompasses elements of Clinical Audit, Clinical Governance, teaching of medical students, nursing staff and junior doctors.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Department Facilities
The primary aim of the Paediatric Unit is to provide the best possible quality of acute medical care for the children from our local community. This includes services for the newborn as well as the care of children and young people. Our philosophy of care is one of quality, both in excellence of medical care and in the flexibility of service provision.
The Department has pioneered different approaches to Paediatric care. We have a successful Children's Hospital at Home nursing team which enables us to extend the range of acute care that we can offer in a way that is very responsive to the needs of children, young people and their families. It allows medical staff to concentrate on the most severely unwell children and babies and also offers our excellent team of children's trained nurses the opportunity to care for patients in a very individual and responsive way. All shift leaders on the wards are Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) trained.
Paediatric and Neonatal Facilities
Paediatric inpatient services at Whiston Hospital are as follows:
Ward 3F
Combines all inpatient speciality paediatric beds both medical and elective surgery including 2 dedicated paediatric high dependency beds, open 24 hours a day. The ward also accommodates the children's phlebotomy service.
Children's Observation Ward (ChObs)
Located adjacent to the dedicated Children's Emergency Department.
Neonatal Unit
The Neonatal Unit is a Level 2 unit, located adjacent to the Delivery Suite at Whiston Hospital. There are ventilators and nasal CPAP machines on the Unit and facilities to ventilate babies short-term prior to transfer out to a Level 3 unit. Babies under 27 weeks gestation and also those who require long-term ventilation/intensive care are transferred to the Regional Level 3 Neonatal Units. The Neonatal Unit also has a portable ultrasound scanner.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is a full-time post, and the holder will be expected to work flexibly on the 1 in 12 Tier 2 rota. Duties will cover all areas in the Department including inpatients, the Children's Observation Unit, Outpatients, the Neonatal Unit, Paediatric Emergency Department and Maternity Unit for high-risk deliveries.
The post holder will be allocated to support consultant outpatient clinics and undertake a Registrar review clinic to see ward follow ups on specific allocated weeks on the rota.
The role also encompasses elements of Clinical Audit, Clinical Governance, teaching of medical students, nursing staff and junior doctors.
Educational Supervision and Appraisal
The post holder will be allocated an educational supervisor who will meet with them at least 3 times a year to discuss training needs and progress.
Research and Audit
The department has very active audit and research programmes with lead consultant for Audit (Dr Elbadri) and lead consultant for Research (Dr Garr).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application.
* M.B.ChB or equivalent
* PALS
* MRCPCH Part 1, or equivalent
Desirable
* MRCPCH Part 2
* APLS & NLS
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* 12 months' experience of a broad range of medical specialties
* Three years knowledge and experience in Paediatrics and Neonates as a specialist trainee, or equivalent experience and competencies, including at least 6 months in Regional/sub-Regional Neonatal Unit in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland
Skills
Essential
* Experience and ability in specific Paediatric and Neonatal procedures
* Demonstrates skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
* Ability to work as in a team
* Willingness to base practice on best available evidence
Other
Desirable
* Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
* Commitment to continuing further postgraduate medical education and CPD
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