Job overview

Clinical Fellow ST1-3 equivalent  in Paediatrics

1 fixed term post for 6 months

3 fixed term posts for 12 months.

These roles will be located within the Children’s Emergency Department or paediatric wards, including the Paediatric Critical Care Unit and Day Case Unit.

The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, known locally as the ‘Alex’, is developing as the children’s hospital for the South East Coast region. Opened in 2007, it is a purpose-built facility designed by children, with children, for children and has won several major awards.

It brings together paediatric services at UHs and provides a first class environment to continue to develop a broad range of specialised services for children and young people alongside more general services for our local population.

Please join our exciting team by the coast to improve and move forward your paediatric career.

Main duties of the job

The clinical duties of the post include the day-to-day care of the patients who are seen in the Children’s Emergency Department and inpatient medical wards, Critical Care Unit and Day Case Unit.

During the attachment at RACH, trainees gain experience in general paediatrics embracing paediatric medicine, paediatric surgery, ambulatory care and emergency paediatrics.  The experience obtained is extensive and is enhanced by the fact that all consultants have special interests.  The consultant of the week provides close supervision and teaching at the bedside, and leads daily ward rounds. There are opportunities to attend outpatient clinics in general paediatrics and paediatric surgery. There are also specialised clinics run by local paediatricians, and joint clinics with visiting consultants from teaching centres.

You will work a combination of day shifts, long days, night shifts and weekends as part of a European Working Time Directive compliant rota of approximately 13 full-time equivalent people.

Working for our organisation

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme  for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. 

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.