Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7497487
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen's Medical Centre
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £65,048 - £73,992 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Medical Spinal Liaison Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Join Nottingham Children’s Hospital as a Paediatric Medical Spinal Liaison Fellow and become a key part of our paediatric spinal pathway. You’ll work alongside a named paediatrician and the paediatric spinal surgical teams to provide daily senior medical oversight for children after complex spinal surgery covering high-dependency post op care, pain optimisation, early escalation and coordinated discharge planning. The post sits within a supportive MDT that includes spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons, critical care outreach and an experienced pain team, with strong links across allied health professions.
This role is central to our enhanced, protected bay model designed to reduce reliance on HDU beds, improve waiting times and cut cancellations ultimately improving experiences for children and families. As our dedicated paediatric spinal unit expands activity (from 90 scoliosis cases per year towards 132), you’ll help the team deliver safe, well coordinated care at pace.
You’ll be based at Queen’s Medical Centre (NUH), one of Europe’s largest university hospitals, with access to weekly paediatric teaching, grand rounds and excellent library/IT facilities within the University of Nottingham Medical School. We’re a friendly, ambitious team and welcome applicants keen to contribute to audit/QI and perioperative MDTs, with opportunities to present at reputable conferences.
Main duties of the job
You will provide consistent senior ward based medical care for children following spinal surgery in our protected bay. That includes daily assessment and review, investigations and treatment planning, timely escalation for the acutely unwell child, and optimising recovery in partnership with the paediatric pain team and AHPs (nutrition, respiratory care, mobilisation). You’ll lead coordinated, criteria led discharge planning, ensuring clear documentation, TTOs and safety netting for families.
Working at the centre of the MDT spinal surgery, neurosurgery, anaesthetics, critical care outreach, paediatrics and therapy colleagues you’ll help deliver a reliable pathway that reduces avoidable HDU use and cancellations. You’ll communicate clearly with children, young people and families, contribute to peri operative MDTs, and support teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students.
You will participate in audit, QI and clinical governance, maintain high quality records and handovers, and uphold NUH standards for safeguarding, infection prevention and health and safety at all times.
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) was established in 2006 and we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham.
NUH are, by any measure, a large, complex, person-centred organisation. With over 17,000 employees from a wide range of professional backgrounds, they are one of the region’s largest employers.
NUH has an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of their patient care and for their research, education and innovation. They have strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for their students, as well as being a major research organisation.
For information about the Trust, including business plans, annual reports, and services, visit their website.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have various staff benefits. Some of the benefits of working for NUH include;
- Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our 24hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks
- Access to Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Cycle to work and travel passes
- NHS discounts
- Flexible working
Details of these and other benefits can be found on our intranet pages which you will have access when you commence with Team NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This new post will help to support the exciting development of the spinal unit which will in turn allow new and improved pathways, for scoliosis patients, to flourish. The opportunity to care for Spinal patients in a specialised dedicated bay with an enhanced medical and
nursing approach will reduce the reliance on HDU bed availability; thus improving waiting times and cancellation rates. Most importantly this would contribute hugely to improving the experience for the patients and their families.
Please see full job description for the main responsibilities, which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications and Registrations
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full registration with the GMC
- PLS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MRCPCH Foundation of Practice and Theory and Science exams
- MRCPCH Applied knowledge in Practice and Clinical exams
- APLS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Training in core paediatric competencies
- Minimum two years’ experience in paediatrics including general paediatrics or paediatric critical care
Desirable criteria
- Experience in paediatric subspecialty relevant to the post
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
- Able to delegate appropriately
- Able to work within a team
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate understanding of importance of Audit and Research
- Demonstrate understanding of key principles around clinical governance, capacity, consent, duty of candour
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential criteria
- Flexible and responsive to change
- Able to make an initial a management plan for an unwell patient
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Manual handling
- Able to respond to urgent situations
- Able to move around the site as and when required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Alison Silverman
- Job title
- General Paediatric Consultant and Spinal Liaison
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9249924
- Additional information
For further information please contact
Dr Karen Aucott or Dr Gabbi Parker General Paediatric Consultant Leads 0115 9249924 ext 84226
Dr Alison Silverman General Paediatric Consultant and Spinal Liaison, 0115 9249924 ext 84226
Mr Shakil Patel or Mr Edward Bayley Consultant Spinal Surgeons 0115 9249924
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