Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic Paediatric team at a leading NHS Trust as a middle-grade doctor. The role involves managing paediatric patients and supervising junior doctors while participating in outpatient clinics. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to high-quality patient care in an innovative healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Hold MRCPCH and GMC registration.
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support certification required.
• Minimum of 3 years experience working in paediatrics and neonates.

Responsibilities

• Manage paediatric patients throughout their hospital stay.
• Deliver care to newborns in Neonatal Services.
• Supervise the work of junior trainees.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Management of acutely ill patients

Audit experience

Education

MRCPCH

Advanced Paediatric Life Support Certificate

Licence to practice from GMC

Job description

The appointee will join the Paediatric team at middle grade level, rotating between General Paediatrics and Neonates. The appointee will take part in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the consultant team and supervise the work of the junior trainees. Working patterns and timetables will be equivalent to those expected of the training grade registrars. This includes normal day work, weekends and nights.

Main duties of the job

• Managing paediatric patients throughout their hospital stay
• Delivering care to Newborns in the Neonatal Services
• Delivering care to the NICU/SCBU, labour ward & post-natal
• Assessment of referred babies
• The review of all babies as needed
• Supervising Foundation doctors
• Review of protocols as part of the team
• The appointee will be expected to work flexible across the service as required, as and when service needs change
• To take part in outpatient clinics under the supervision of the Consultant Paediatricians
• To participate in the department's teaching, audit and educational activities

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support Certificate or equivalent
• MRCPCH ( Member of Royal college of Paediatrics and Child Health)

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in paediatrics and neonates at least for 3 years
• Competencies equivalent to completion of ST3 ( Registrar) in Paediatrics
• Recognition of and ability to undertake the initial management of an acutely ill patient
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems

Desirable

• NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of audit

Fitness to Practice

Essential

• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

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