Job overview

Scunthorpe General Hospital provides a busy service giving wide experience in acute general paediatrics, surgery, ENT, dermatology, orthopaedic and dental children. 

With very few exceptions all children under 16 years requiring hospitalisation are on the Children’s Unit.  This consists of 18 in-patient beds used between surgery and medicine. There is a 4-bedded paediatric assessment and observation unit co-located on the children’s ward. A separate area on the Unit is used for adolescents and a further separate area for day cases and assessment. Two additional Paediatric High Dependency beds are situated on the ward.  We have a consultant of the week system, with one consultant doing daily ward rounds on both Disney ward and the neonatal intensive care Unit. 

There are approximately 2,200 acute medical paediatric admissions annually and 2,000 surgical admissions.  

The Neonatal Unit is located close to the Central Delivery Suite. Delivery rate is approximately 2,100 per year, and the Neonatal Unit has two Intensive Care Cots, 2 high dependency cots, 6 special care cots and 4 transitional care cots.  Babies below 26+6 weeks or those requiring cardiac intervention or neonatal surgery are currently transferred out in-utero.  Our Neonatal Service is part of North Trent Neonatal Network, and our unit is designated as a local Neonatal Unit (LNU) or level 2 Unit.  The Unit has state of the art monitoring and life support equipment. 

Main duties of the job

As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

·   To provide effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students  ·  

· To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies 

·   To provide effective leadership while supporting the junior trainees and nurse practitioners in assessing and managing patients from acute paediatric admissions, outpatients, central delivery suite, postnatal ward and neonatal unit. 

·    Participate in consultant led ward rounds and occasionally lead ward rounds. 

·   Attend clinics to maintain a high standard of first-class clinical service and care and ensure continuity of service. 

·  Undertake administrative duties as required for the efficient running of the service. 

·     You will be encouraged to develop or maintain a special interest, with the support of the consultants.

·   Occasionally may be required to work at Dianna Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.