Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatrics

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a qualified individual for a replacement post in a busy general paediatric department. This role offers training opportunities and support in achieving educational objectives while providing essential medical care within a community-focused healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications include MB BS and GMC registration.
• Experience in Paediatric clinics and training required.
• NLS/APLS/PALS course completion is essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in General Paediatric middle grade Rota.
• Support training and education objectives.
• Care for patients in A&E and wards.

Skills

Significant experience in recognised Paediatric SHO training post

Outpatient experience

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualifications

MRPCH/MRCP (part I)

Job description

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

This is a replacement post and ideal opportunity for a suitably qualified individual looking to develop skills within a busy general paediatric department. The position will also allow the candidate to continue to meet their training and education objectives within their clinical responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

The post holders would take part in the General Paediatric middle grade Rota. There are no neonatal duties as part of this post. The post holder would be offered the same training opportunities as the specialist registrars on the rota with dedicated teaching sessions, educational supervision and opportunities for study leave. Lewisham Hospital has a long track record in supporting its doctors who are not on the paediatric training scheme and supporting them where appropriate in successful entry to paediatric run through training.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder would take part in the Paediatric acute rota.

The rota is EWTD (European Working Time Directive) compliant.

Two separate middle grade full-shift rotas run; one team covers the A&E/ ward area with the other team covering the NICU/ labour ward. This post is for the ward and A & E rota.

3 Community SpRs from the Lewisham Community Paediatric team participate in the acute on-call rotas.

There are 8 SHOs who are on a full shift rota in general paediatrics. There is also a pre-registration house officer F1.

The Children's A&E and NICU have separate full shift teams of SHOs.

At times there may be adult A&E middle grade staff on secondment to the Children's A&E department.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualifications
• MRPCH/MRCP (part I)
• Full current GMC registration

Desirable criteria

• MPCH Part II

Training & Experience

Essential criteria

• NLS/APLS/PALS Course
• Significant experience in recognised Paediatric SHO training post and must have appropriate neonate experience at SHO level
• Outpatient experience of at least 20 (post registration) paediatric clinics

Desirable criteria

• Paediatric A&E post middle grade Experience

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 437.9KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)