Job summary
We are recruiting to a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
You will:
- Work exclusively in the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED)
- Have no overnight shift or on call commitment
- Earn a full salary
- Spend 20% dedicated and protected time to develop your skills, drive quality improvement and research projects, plan and deliver education to the multidisciplinary ED team, and for studies towards relevant qualifications e.g. Masters qualification
- Opportunity to apply for the Executive Masters in Medical Leadership at Bayes Business School, City University currently fully funded under the apprenticeship scheme (subject to candidate committing to the post/another post at Whittington Health NHS Trust for the duration of the course)
Main duties of the job
The Paediatric Emergency Department at The Whittington Hospital is part of the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre and prior to Covid 19 would see around 25,000 patients each year making it the busiest PED in South NCL.
There is a dedicated Children's Ambulatory Unit admitting children requiring care beyond the 4-hour window, and there is a separate Paediatric Day Care Unit co-located with the paediatric ward. The hospital also has a well-established Hospital at Home service with plans to expand this across the sector.
The Paediatric Emergency Department sees children requiring both Emergency and Urgent Care and this post would therefore be an excellent opportunity for applicants wishing to develop skills in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Minor Injuries. There are dedicated PEM Consultants who will provide clinical supervision and support for the applicant to be able to pursue their individual training needs. Both the Paediatric Department and the Emergency Department have well-established excellent teaching programmes and the applicant will be encouraged to engage in relevant training. The Whittington Hospital is also a registered PERUKI site and there will be opportunities to be involved in research in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead shifts at registrar level in PED, contributing to providing 12 hour / day middle grade cover. There will be no night shift commitment in this post.
- Assess and manage your own patients.
- Assist and supervise the junior doctors.
- Help manage patient flow, with particular focus on achieving the 4-hour target.
- Gain excellent experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, and in education, management, and quality improvement.
There is shop-floor consultant cover seven days a week from 0800-2230. There is a consultant dedicated to supervising the PED during weekdays until 1700.
The ED Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of these posts. You will be allocated a PEM consultant as your Educational Supervisor, helping you gain the development and competencies you seek and to support you with PEM or GRID subspeciality applications if required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead shifts at registrar level in PED, contributing to providing 12 hour / day middle grade cover. There will be no night shift commitment in this post.
- Assess and manage your own patients.
- Assist and supervise the junior doctors.
- Help manage patient flow, with particular focus on achieving the 4-hour target.
- Gain excellent experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, and in education, management, and quality improvement.
There is shop-floor consultant cover seven days a week from 0800-2230. There is a consultant dedicated to supervising the PED during weekdays until 1700.
The ED Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of these posts. You will be allocated a PEM consultant as your Educational Supervisor, helping you gain the development and competencies you seek and to support you with PEM or GRID subspeciality applications if required.
Person Specification
Evidence
Essential
- full GMC
- four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty
- Completion of Foundation Programme or equivalent experience.
- Experience of 2 years or more working in Emergency Medicine or Paediatrics.
Desirable
- APLS or similar qualification
- 6 months experience PEM or Acute Paediatrics in a UK
- QI or teaching
- understands national 4hr target
- Audits or conferences
essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
Person Specification
Evidence
Essential
- full GMC
- four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty
- Completion of Foundation Programme or equivalent experience.
- Experience of 2 years or more working in Emergency Medicine or Paediatrics.
Desirable
- APLS or similar qualification
- 6 months experience PEM or Acute Paediatrics in a UK
- QI or teaching
- understands national 4hr target
- Audits or conferences
essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
