Job summary
- Main area
- Paediactric
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153 - M3422
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £63,152 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatrics
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
The senior clinical fellow post supports the middle grade rota in paediatrics according to the experience of the candidate and includes out of hours working, with the opportunity to develop an area of special interest and progress either in a training programme at ST3+ level or to a speciality doctor and beyond. The successful senior clinical fellow applicant should have valid APLS and NLS certification. There is the opportunity of undertaking clinics and supporting the neonatal unit.
Main duties of the job
Main duties - To provide middle grade cover to the Acute Paediatric rota.
Core responsibilities:
- Demonstrates skill in the management of life-threatening illness and conditions across the paediatric spectrum, from the neonate and infant to the child and young person.
- Should hold valid APLS, NLS and Level 3 safeguarding certificates
- Works within the paediatric multidisciplinary team (MDT), by providing a holistic approach to care.
- Recognises, assesses, anticipates and manages the full range of symptoms experienced as disease and illness progress.
- Prescribes, reviews and monitors pharmacological treatment and non-pharmacological interventions necessary to care for paediatric patients
- Works together with patients, families and professionals to facilitate decision-making.
- Possesses the procedural skills necessary to practise competently and effectively as a middle-grade paediatrician, and able to advise and support others.
- Opportunity to develop an interest to support the department e.g. research, teaching, diabetes, allergy.
Opportunity to springboard into either the Wessex Deanery ST4+ paediatric training programme or progress through to speciality doctor and further via the CESR route.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
There is a planned move for this service anticipated 2025 when this role and base of work will relocate to Royal Bournemouth site. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A GMC registered Medical Practitioner
- Achieved Part1 MRCP
- Valid APLS, Level 3 safeguarding and NLS certificate from a Resuscitation Council (UK) registered courses
Desirable criteria
- Full Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of the United Kingdom
- Good Clinical Practice certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- To be competent in managing common Medical emergencies
- To have a good understanding of general Medicine
- Demonstration of enthusiasm and interest in a career in a Medical specialty
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working within the NHS
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Tighe
- Job title
- Clinical Director Paediatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4460
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