Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatric ED, Trauma,Ambulatory Care

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed NHS foundation trust in London is seeking a middle-grade fellow for the paediatric emergency department. This role requires clinical skills in managing medical and surgical paediatric patients and involves a commitment to teaching and research. The successful candidate should have relevant qualifications, including MRCPCH, and a strong interest in advancing their training in paediatric emergency medicine.

Qualifications

• Full registration with GMC with License to Practice required.
• Minimum 6 months of neonatal experience necessary.
• Familiarity with Health Service structure is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Clinical care in the Emergency Department focusing on paediatrics.
• Provide teaching assistance to undergraduates and junior trainees.
• Participate in research related to paediatric emergency medicine.

Skills

Effective communicator

Teamwork

Teaching experience

Education

MRCPCH Part 1 and Part 2 or equivalent

MSc or higher award

Tools

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)

Level 3 Safeguarding certificate

Job description

Overview

This is replacement post/s, the remit of the postholder/s will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for patients from Child Health, and to provide and develop services to the Trust's patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group. It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience.

About the paediatric department

The paediatric department at King\'s is a PAFTA-award-winning training centre offering specialty training to paediatric specialty trainees, GPVTS trainees, foundation doctors, and dedicated CESR support and key rotations for international trainees. This role is for a middle-grade fellow to join the paediatric emergency department with a one-day per week commitment to a specialist interest in simulation, trauma or ambulatory care.

Main duties

• Specialist interest: One day per week dedicated to either trauma, simulation or ambulatory care.
• Clinical: Remainder of job plan spent clinically in the ED, delivering all aspects of care of medical and surgical paediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department, supervision of more junior paediatric/emergency department colleagues in the department.
• General Paediatrics: Evening, nights and weekend cover for the general paediatric service at middle grade level as per rota.
• Teaching: Assistance in conjunction with consultants, lecturers and more junior trainees with the teaching of undergraduates.
• Research: The department is actively involved in PERUKI studies and the successful candidate will be encouraged to get involved.

Role description

This post is suitable for a junior doctor at middle grade level, interested in advancing their training in paediatric emergency medicine and skills in paediatric trauma/simulation/paediatric ambulatory care. The successful candidate will also develop their administrative skills in a teaching hospital environment. Ideally trainees will have completed their MRCPCH Part 2 and will have up to date certification for Advanced Paediatric Life Support training and L3 Children's Safeguarding.

Although this appointment is not accredited for training, the appointee will be given the opportunity to participate fully in the educational and training programmes within the department and the hospital, and the competencies gained could be used to form part of Level 3 training (depending on prospective deanery approval sought by the candidate). Appointees will have a named educational supervisor from child health and a named clinical supervisor from emergency medicine.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential

• MRCPCH Part 1 and Part 2 or equivalent.

Desirable

• MSc or higher award.

Registration

• Essential

• Full registration with GMC with License to Practice.

4.Training and Experience

• Essential

• Able to demonstrate competences expected of a new ST4 level paediatric trainee or above.
• A minimum of 6 months neonatal experience.
• APLS or equivalent.
• Level 3 Safeguarding certificate

• Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
• UK experience at middle-grade level

Audit & quality improvement

• Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

• Desirable

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of general paediatrics; publication of relevant review articles or case reports.

8.Teaching

• Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Personal Skills

• Essential

• Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff.

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