Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (On Call element to be discussed)
- Job ref
- 370-MEDST3PCHD-1100
- Employer
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warrington Hospital
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £61,825 on call element to be discussed
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
ST3+ Paediatric doctor
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
Job overview
This post is based at Warrington Hospital. The post is at ST3+ level and the duties will include seeing paediatric referrals from A&E and primary care, care of paediatric inpatients both on the Paediatric ward and the assessment unit, seeing newborn babies on the postnatal ward and attendance at high-risk deliveries and preterm deliveries.
Main duties of the job
The postholder supports the 1in 7 middle grade rota including weekends and nights. There is opportunity to get outpatient experience for developing skills which also supports paediatricians who want to do membership exams and progress in career. The postholder gains additional safeguarding experience with seeing cases referred for child protection medicals, preparing medical reports and participating in multiagency monthly peer reviews
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The department is a busy general paediatric department. Acutely ill patients are referred either directly by their General Practitioners or by the Accident and Emergency Department. Referrals mostly go the six bedded Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) on B10. If they need a longer admission then they are transferred to either B11 Bays which has two six-bedded areas and two cubicles, or B11 Cubicles which has ten cubicles, one of which is a designated High Dependency Area. Both areas take medical and surgical (including subspecialties) patients up to 18 years of age. There were five thousand medical admissions/PAU attendances per year. Also, on B10 is a six bedded bay and a cubicle which are used for day case surgery (ENT, General surgery, Dental, Ophthalmic).
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in all aspects of Paediatrics and Neonates.
- At least 2 years experience in Paediatrics including neonates
- At least 6 months in level 2 neonates
- Effective Communicator, able to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Leadership qualities
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
- Ability to work with colleagues in other specialities to develop local services
- Professional attitude towards work
- Good record of attendance
- Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups
- • To be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English both verbally and in writing
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Wide experience in all aspects of Paediatrics and Neonates.
- • At least 6 months in level 2 neonates
Desirable criteria
- At least 6 months experience in UK
- At least 6 months in level 3 neonate
- Full MRCPCH or equivalent
- Good presentation skills
- Demonstration of initiated projects
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent
- Medical defence membership
- MRCPCH Part 1 or equivalent
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
- Liz Jones
- Job title
- Assistant CBU Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01925662956
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