Junior Locally Employed Doctor in Paediatric Surgery

Job summary

Junior Locally Employed Doctor in Paediatric Surgery

The Department of Paediatric Surgery is the Specialist children's surgery centre in North West England including Neonatal, Oncological, Thoracic, Urology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and specialist Day-case Surgery, and the surgery of intestinal failure and short bowel; Supra-regional service supporting Exstrophy, hyperinsulinemia of the New-born, Metabolic disorders. There are over 250 neonatal admissions and over 4000 operations carried out per annum with supporting outpatient activity.

The Department is part of the Surgical Directorate of the RMCH and is headed by the Clinical Lead or Surgery. The department is staffed by 11 paediatric surgical consultants, 6 paediatric urology consultants and 9 Specialty Registrar run through trainees, ward-based Paediatric and Paediatric Surgical core trainees, and Locally Employed Doctors.

Main duties of the job

We require clinical fellows to work at Core Trainee level, as part of a surgical team. Daytime duties comprise clinical activity on the wards, in theatres and out-patient clinics. There are two Locally Employed Doctors/CTs allocated to paediatric urology and three to paediatric surgery. During the day the successful applicant will be expected to cover elective and acute commitments in paediatric surgery and urology. One pager is carried 1:5 during the day. Out of hours cross cover arrangements will include ENT and orthopaedics supported by registrars and consultants in those specialties and robust induction will be provided to facilitate the out of hours crosscover.

There are opportunities for the successful candidate to become involved in current research projects and we have a newly formed research meeting to facilitate this. There is an expectation that the applicant will be involved in an audit project with the opportunity to complete audit cycles and present findings at local meetings. The urology department will offer an opportunity to be involved in preparing abstracts for the main national and international scientific meetings with an opportunity of presenting the work and subsequently writing a scientific article under expert supervision.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.