Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Gastroenterology (ST3+ equivalent)

Job description

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

Employer heading

Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Gastroenterology (ST3+ equivalent)

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5a (MT05)

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

We are keen to welcome a candidate with prior experience as a paediatric registrar to this post. Some prior experience of ward and outpatient working within paediatric gastroenterology is desirable. The ability to work as part of a team and lead the junior medical team is required.

Main duties of the job

We are pleased to offer a trust grade post in paediatric gastroenterology offering a breadth of experience throughout the speciality in a large tertiary hospital. The expectation would be that the candidate would contribute to the general running of the inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology service whilst also expanding their own personal experience and contributing to the ongoing service development and research work within the department. This role will require flexibility to support areas of clinical need within the team when this is required.

Working for our organisation

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Sally Buxton on , or via email or Dr Paul Bellis via email

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Providing a continuity in ward cover alongside an SHO colleague

Regular middle grade led ward rounds

Acute reviews in the Emergency Department, on the day unit or via telephone

Contribution to weekly registrar clinic alongside middle grade colleagues

Providing support for junior colleagues within paediatric gastroenterology

Close working with MDT colleagues including specialist nurses, dieticians and pharmacists

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

Primary Medical Qualification.

Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Good history & examination skills.

Able to formulate a working diagnosis.

Able to order appropriate investigations.

Image interpretation relevant to practice.

Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague.

Previous experience at registrar level in the specialty.

Maintaining Clinical Competence

Essential criteria

Written evidence of satisfactory training to date e.g. workplace assessments.

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students & Foundation Doctors.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of teaching qualification.

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

Essential criteria

Experience of audit projects.

Desirable criteria

Presentation at national meetings

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Job Description (PDF, 691.0KB)

Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)

Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)

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Worksite address

carthage, MO, 64836, US

Who can apply

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