Job overview

We seek a 6 PA general paediatrician for our busy district general hospital. The post is a locum 6-month fixed term post, pending substantive, with no night shifts or on-calls. The post includes resident duties covering weekends on the Children’s Assessment Unit. The role support our general paediatric services.  

The post holder will mainly be involved in clinical work in general paediatiatrics, but will also be expected to participate in the junior doctor teaching programme. There are no neonatal duties in this post.

The post holder will take part in a rota with 6 other consultants on a similar job plan working a 1 in 7 attending week rota. The post holder will work an average of 6 PAs per week including the out of hours CAU shifts. Weekends covering the Child Assessment Unit (CAU) are at a frequency of 2 in 14 (one 2 pm to 10 pm and one 9 am to 5 pm shift with prospective cover for annual leave). During attending weeks the post holder will work 3 days each week covering the general ward, CAU and paediatric ED. There are 3 attending week consultants on the general side each day on Mondays to Fridays with two at weekends. There is a separate attending consultant covering the Neonatal Unit (NNU) each day. There is also a separate consultant non-resident on call out of hours rota for general paediatrics and a separate one for NNU. Over weekends these consultants are also available for the ward rounds on each side

Main duties of the job

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Working for our organisation

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.

We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.

Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,000 babies and almost half a million people have outpatient appointments with us.

We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,500 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.