Job summary
Children's Medicine and Neonatology Directorate
Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Post: Clinical and Education Fellow in Paediatric Allergy
Part time: 4 days (0.8WTE)
Fixed Term for 12 months starting September
The Children's Allergy Service is seeking a part time 0.8 WTEclinical fellow in Paediatric Allergy to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team as a fixed term position for 12 months from Sept 2024 to Sept 2025. This post can be used by trainees as an Out of Programme Training post to use towards Allergy SPIN or Out of Programme Experience to gather experience prior to applying for Paediatric Allergy Subspeciality Training (GRID). It is also suitable for doctors post CCT who are wanting more experience in clinical paediatric allergy and it is suitable for all doctors as a standalone fellow post (subject to fulfilling the criteria to practice in the UK).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to take an operational role as Education Fellow in managing the Allergy Academy for 1 day per week. The Allergy Academy is the department's post-graduate teaching institute. The role involves interfacing between a wide range of clinical health professionals, opinion leaders, academic institutions and logistic experts. The emphasis of this role is on clinical and educational innovation, to enable quality improvement within both fields. An able candidate may wish to consider applying for a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy as a post-graduate teaching qualification. This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
The post holder will also spend 3 days a week as a Clinical Fellow covering 3 general paediatric allergy outpatient clinics per week (new and follow up patients) and they will have involvement with the patient query rota jobs (prescribing drugs for day care challenges, patient queries, ward queries, day case reactions / queries and in triaging referrals). The successful candidate will have a clinical and educational supervisor from the consultant team.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
Evelina London is part ofGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women's and specialist children's services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through four clinical directorates: Neonatology and Medical Specialties, Surgical Services, Theatres and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children's Community Services and Women's Services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The department was founded in 2006 and has grown rapidly since and is now the largest of its kind in the UK. We are currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold a Licence to Practice and have extensive experience in Paediatric Allergy. The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
This clinical fellow post is suitable for a doctor who has completed ST4 training or equivalent (pre or post CCT) hoping to pursue allergy as a special interest or hoping to gain additional allergy experience. If the applicant is a trainee who would like to do allergy SPIN then it is possible to start the application process for OOPT while waiting for shortlisting and interview. In view of the shortage of allergy posts for SPIN training it may be approved as OOPT. If you wish to discuss this further please contact kate.swan@gstt.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The department was founded in 2006 and has grown rapidly since and is now the largest of its kind in the UK. We are currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.
You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold a Licence to Practice and have extensive experience in Paediatric Allergy. The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
This clinical fellow post is suitable for a doctor who has completed ST4 training or equivalent (pre or post CCT) hoping to pursue allergy as a special interest or hoping to gain additional allergy experience. If the applicant is a trainee who would like to do allergy SPIN then it is possible to start the application process for OOPT while waiting for shortlisting and interview. In view of the shortage of allergy posts for SPIN training it may be approved as OOPT. If you wish to discuss this further please contact kate.swan@gstt.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise.
- Training in Paediatrics ST5 +
Desirable
- Accredited training in paediatric allergy
Clinical Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience working in an allergy department in either a tertiary allergy centre or a DGH setting with a developed allergy service.
- Up to date paediatric life support qualifications: minimum level PILS
- Experience of managing a range of common allergic problems independently and the ability to manage severe and complex allergy in children with supervision with a drive and enthusiasm to develop these skills further.
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to plan and participate in the training of clinical staff.
Desirable
- Experience in supervising and administering challenges
- Experience in research
- Publications in the field of Paediatric Allergy
- Experience in designing and running study days or educational events
Management
Essential
- Experience of clinical governance, quality improvement, clinical audit and management.
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.
Desirable
- Evidence of initiating and leading on service development and quality improvement projects
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise.
- Training in Paediatrics ST5 +
Desirable
- Accredited training in paediatric allergy
Clinical Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience working in an allergy department in either a tertiary allergy centre or a DGH setting with a developed allergy service.
- Up to date paediatric life support qualifications: minimum level PILS
- Experience of managing a range of common allergic problems independently and the ability to manage severe and complex allergy in children with supervision with a drive and enthusiasm to develop these skills further.
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to plan and participate in the training of clinical staff.
Desirable
- Experience in supervising and administering challenges
- Experience in research
- Publications in the field of Paediatric Allergy
- Experience in designing and running study days or educational events
Management
Essential
- Experience of clinical governance, quality improvement, clinical audit and management.
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.
Desirable
- Evidence of initiating and leading on service development and quality improvement projects
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
