Senior Clinical Fellow - Paediatrics and Neonatology

Job summary

Owing to a Deanery Gap, we are seeking to employ a Paediatric Clinical Fellow (ST4-8 equivalent) in Paediatrics for a fixed time period of 6 months.

The post will be based in acute Paediatrics with Neonatology at West Middlesex Hospital. In all work, the post-holder will be working alongside London Deanery trainees from general practice and paediatrics on a combined rota, with the same access to educational opportunities, including the daily teaching sessions and the simulation sessions.

The Special Care Baby Unit is based within the Queen Mary Maternity and has 16 cots, 2 of which are open cots designated for Intensive Care. Infants under 1kg or 30 weeks gestation are stabilised prior to transfer to the perinatal unit within the North-West London Network.

There is a commitment to teaching and learning at all levels with an active weekly teaching programme.

The posts cover all paediatric inpatient and new-born areas of clinical care, working with the existing paediatric team. They are ideally suited to trainees who want to gain clinical skills in a general hospital setting of undifferentiated presentations. The combined rota gives clinical experience in management of general paediatric patients and neonatology, including stabilisation of critically ill children and new-borns prior to transfer to other tertiary units for on-going care.

The post would be suitable for a clinician who has 2+ years of paediatric experience (with at least 6 months of neonatal experience).

Main duties of the job

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide day to day care for children in partnership with the consultants and the multidisciplinary team.
• Prepare and contribute to Paediatric MDT meetings and journal clubs
• Participate in paediatric and neonatal resuscitations with the team
• To participate in out of hours rotas
• To help with acute paediatric emergencies as part of the paediatric resuscitation team
• Contribute to the postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programme
• Participate in audit, guideline development and clinical research within the department

The post would be suitable for a clinician who has 2+ years of paediatric experience (with at least 6 months of neonatal experience).

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals,

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's,

in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for -

our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe,

effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an

'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster

and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.