Paediatric Fellow

Job summary

Applicants are invited to join the enthusiastic and dedicated team in acute neonatal medicine and paediatrics at Glan Clwyd District General Hospital in North Wales. This is a 12-session post (equivalent to 48 hours/week) and the successful candidate will be expected to provide middle-grade support for both inpatient and outpatient services.

Duties will include assessment and management of children referred acutely via the emergency department or their general practitioner and babies admitted to the neonatal unit. Further responsibilities will be in providing supervision and support to less experienced, first on-call tier trainees and non-training doctors. Day-to-day ward cover for the paediatric and neonatal inpatient services will also form part of the working week. This post is part of a 1:10 middle-grade rota.

We anticipate, for the successful applicant, to work on the Tier 1 rota for at least 6 months initially to help adapt to NHS (particularly if no previous experience of working in NHS).However; if the successful applicant has NHS experience, they will commence on the Tier 2 rota.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be based at Glan Clwyd Hospital and will provide middle-grade support for in-patient and outpatient services. Duties will include assessment and management of children referred acutely via the emergency department or their general practitioner as well as providing supervision and support to less experienced, first on-call tier trainees and non-training doctors. Day-to-day ward cover for the paediatric and neonatal inpatient services will also form part of the working week. The post-holder will participate in our 1:10 middle-grade rota.

We anticipate, for the successful applicant, to work on the Tier 1 rota for at least 6 months initially to help adapt to NHS (particularly if no previous experience of working in NHS)

There will be opportunity and support to become involved in service-improvement projects such as clinical audit and guideline development and the post-holder will gain valuable insight and experience in the strategic and team-management aspects of running a service in a district general hospital. The paediatric fellow will be actively involved in our in-house teaching programs for trainees in the foundation program, general practice and paediatrics and there will be opportunities to extend a teaching repertoire to include nurses and other professionals.

About us

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £1.7 billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board providesprimary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 communityhospitals and a network of over 90 healthcentres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB alsocoordinates or provides the work of 113 GP practices andthe NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.