Job summary
Successful candidates will join a dynamic acute workforce treating a wide spectrum of emergency and acute paediatric medicine presentations. This is a great opportunity to broaden your experience while working in a friendly and supportive environment.
There is a strong training culture incorporating lecture-room teaching and clinical supervision, opportunities to attend relevant clinics and courses, and full immersion simulation sessions. The post holders will work up to 48 hours per week (including night shifts and weekend duties).
As well as providing an excellent foundation in general paediatrics, the post provides an opportunity to broaden outpatient skills with visiting consultants in neurology, endocrinology and urology from Addenbrookes and cardiology from London.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities: The Paediatric department is run as a team and the clinical fellow will be responsible for the patients of all consultants. The main duties will be on the Children's Assessment Unit, Paediatric General ward (Rainbow) and the Neonatal unit. This will include assessment of unwell children on CAU, Emergency department and conducting ward rounds on Paediatric ward and NNU, attending at risk deliveries in delivery suite and supporting and supervising Tier 1 doctors. The post holder will work in the middle grade rota (Tier 2) 1:6 including evenings and weekends. There will be opportunities to do general clinics under supervision. Within the Paediatric department at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, the middle grade doctors will be able to undertake general paediatric training, subspecialist training with opportunities to gain extra experience in diabetes, allergy, respiratory disease, neurology. Neonatal training will continue through the post. About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community.
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job responsibilities
The CAU and Rainbow ward is a bright and cheerful environment for children, parents and staff alike. The unit comprises a 9 bed Children's ward with isolation cubicles linked to a Children's Short Stay Assessment and Observation Unit (CAU) with 6 beds and cubicles. The beds are used flexibly to accommodate paediatric medical and surgical patients. There is an HDU room, to allow intensive monitoring of children. We have good relations with the adult ITU staff at the hospital and admit critically sick children there for stabilisation, prior to transfer to PICU (usually Addenbrookes Cambridge). The department aims to provide comprehensive care for all patients under the age of 16 years but liaises closely and transfers, when appropriate, to Addenbrookes Hospital those patients who require regional services.
There is a twelve cot Neonatal Unit (NNU) with two fully equipped intensive care cots. The NNU has been upgraded and re-equipped to provide a more efficient and comfortable working environment. The number of deliveries at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust continues to rise and is currently around 2,629 per year. Dr Aamir is the neonatal lead. Paediatric Out-Patient Clinics are held in the Rainbow Out-Patients department. There is a wide variety of local sub-specialist paediatric clinics for a District General Hospital including preterm, newborn, neurodevelopmental follow up clinics, neurology/epilepsy, asthma, allergy, urology/nephrology, echocardiography, dermatology, diabetes/endocrinology, oncology and psychology.
Joint multidisciplinary outreach clinics for paediatric cardiology occur 10 times a year with visiting specialists from the Royal Brompton Hospital and from Evelina Children's Hospital (Guys and St Thomas Hospital). Other outreach paediatric speciality clinics include endocrinology, neurology, genetics, urology and nephrology with visiting specialists from Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge and Norfolk and Norwich hospital.
For Paediatric cardiology the main links are to London (Evelina and Brompton) although there is a lot of liaisons with Addenbrookes who link into a different tertiary cardiology centre.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
MBBS MRCPCH Part 1 Full, current GMC registration with a licence to practise NLS and APLS Certificate Desirable
MRCPCH part 2 Clinical experience
Essential
Appropriate experience in Paediatrics & Neonates to be working on the middle grade rota. Tertiary level neonates at ST1/2/3 level Management and administration
Essential
Supervision of ST1/ST2 level when admitting acute paediatric & neonatal emergencies Resuscitation Team Leader Ability to manage full spectrum paediatric & neonatal emergencies. Neonatal intubation Lumbar puncture Insertion of UAC, UVC and long lines Communication skills - to be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English. Teaching experience
Essential
Committed and strongly motivated. Research
Essential
Flexibility of approach to duties Willingness to learn new skills and to undertake new duties. Ability to deal with stress of supervising acute emergency take. Personal Skills and Qualities
Essential
Willingness to participate in unit audit programme. The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate. Applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. ? PLAB1 ? PLAB2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence. Assessment: Application Desirable
Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out the post. Appraisal
Essential
Willingness to assist in routine firm management e.g. study leave, rotas etc. Standards
Essential
To have a thorough knowledge and demonstrable understanding of 'Good Medical Practice' from the GMC. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Successful candidates will join a dynamic acute workforce treating a wide spectrum of emergency and acute paediatric medicine presentations. This is a great opportunity to broaden your experience while working in a friendly and supportive environment.
There is a strong training culture incorporating lecture-room teaching and clinical supervision, opportunities to attend relevant clinics and courses, and full immersion simulation sessions. The post holders will work up to 48 hours per week (including night shifts and weekend duties).
As well as providing an excellent foundation in general paediatrics, the post provides an opportunity to broaden outpatient skills with visiting consultants in neurology, endocrinology and urology from Addenbrookes and cardiology from London.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities: The Paediatric department is run as a team and the clinical fellow will be responsible for the patients of all consultants. The main duties will be on the Children's Assessment Unit, Paediatric General ward (Rainbow) and the Neonatal unit. This will include assessment of unwell children on CAU, Emergency department and conducting ward rounds on Paediatric ward and NNU, attending at risk deliveries in delivery suite and supporting and supervising Tier 1 doctors. The post holder will work in the middle grade rota (Tier 2) 1:6 including evenings and weekends. There will be opportunities to do general clinics under supervision. Within the Paediatric department at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, the middle grade doctors will be able to undertake general paediatric training, subspecialist training with opportunities to gain extra experience in diabetes, allergy, respiratory disease, neurology. Neonatal training will continue through the post. About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community.
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job responsibilities
The CAU and Rainbow ward is a bright and cheerful environment for children, parents and staff alike. The unit comprises a 9 bed Children's ward with isolation cubicles linked to a Children's Short Stay Assessment and Observation Unit (CAU) with 6 beds and cubicles. The beds are used flexibly to accommodate paediatric medical and surgical patients. There is an HDU room, to allow intensive monitoring of children. We have good relations with the adult ITU staff at the hospital and admit critically sick children there for stabilisation, prior to transfer to PICU (usually Addenbrookes Cambridge). The department aims to provide comprehensive care for all patients under the age of 16 years but liaises closely and transfers, when appropriate, to Addenbrookes Hospital those patients who require regional services.
There is a twelve cot Neonatal Unit (NNU) with two fully equipped intensive care cots. The NNU has been upgraded and re-equipped to provide a more efficient and comfortable working environment. The number of deliveries at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust continues to rise and is currently around 2,629 per year. Dr Aamir is the neonatal lead. Paediatric Out-Patient Clinics are held in the Rainbow Out-Patients department. There is a wide variety of local sub-specialist paediatric clinics for a District General Hospital including preterm, newborn, neurodevelopmental follow up clinics, neurology/epilepsy, asthma, allergy, urology/nephrology, echocardiography, dermatology, diabetes/endocrinology, oncology and psychology.
Joint multidisciplinary outreach clinics for paediatric cardiology occur 10 times a year with visiting specialists from the Royal Brompton Hospital and from Evelina Children's Hospital (Guys and St Thomas Hospital). Other outreach paediatric speciality clinics include endocrinology, neurology, genetics, urology and nephrology with visiting specialists from Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge and Norfolk and Norwich hospital.
For Paediatric cardiology the main links are to London (Evelina and Brompton) although there is a lot of liaisons with Addenbrookes who link into a different tertiary cardiology centre.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
MBBS MRCPCH Part 1 Full, current GMC registration with a licence to practise NLS and APLS Certificate Desirable
MRCPCH part 2 Clinical experience
Essential
Appropriate experience in Paediatrics & Neonates to be working on the middle grade rota. Tertiary level neonates at ST1/2/3 level Management and administration
Essential
Supervision of ST1/ST2 level when admitting acute paediatric & neonatal emergencies Resuscitation Team Leader Ability to manage full spectrum paediatric & neonatal emergencies. Neonatal intubation Lumbar puncture Insertion of UAC, UVC and long lines Communication skills - to be clear, fluent and articulate in communication in English. Teaching experience
Essential
Committed and strongly motivated. Research
Essential
Flexibility of approach to duties Willingness to learn new skills and to undertake new duties. Ability to deal with stress of supervising acute emergency take. Personal Skills and Qualities
Essential
Willingness to participate in unit audit programme. The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate. Applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. ? PLAB1 ? PLAB2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence. Assessment: Application Desirable
Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out the post. Appraisal
Essential
Willingness to assist in routine firm management e.g. study leave, rotas etc. Standards
Essential
To have a thorough knowledge and demonstrable understanding of 'Good Medical Practice' from the GMC. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
