Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Permanent: To include on-call rota
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-MD109-0324-A
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £37,737 - £59,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatrics
Senior Clinical Fellow
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
The post-holder will join the friendly and enthusiastic clinical team based at the Princess of Wales Hospital as a Senior Clinical Fellow covering general paediatrics.
The post holder will participate on an On-call rota.
Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Conducting daily ward rounds in the Children's Ward, Neonatal Unit and report to the consultant in charge.
Supervision to Junior medical team and acts as a source of advice and support to the nursing staff.
See Patients in Emergency Department when required based on clinical and team situations.
To carry out safeguarding medical examinations when adequately trained.
Attend specialist clinics as per area of interest.
See new and follow up general Paediatric patients in the clinics under supervision of consultant.
Participate in clinical/medical audit, teaching and research within the children’s service.
Managing the acute paediatric assessments working alongside clinical team with consultant support.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be responsible to the Clinical Director of Child and Family Care Group.
During normal working hours the consultant supervision will be provided by the consultant assigned to the general Paediatric Wards, the Neonatal Unit, Paediatric Assessment Unit and the outpatient clinics.
Out-of-hours the consultant on-call provides support and supervision. The post-holder will be expected to have the skills and experience to competently manage neonates and children presenting acutely unwell and Paediatric emergencies. The post should engage with the consultant on-call for additional support as needed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Full GMC registration • MB, BS or equivalent • MRPCH part 1 a & b
Desirable criteria
- • MRCPCH or equivalent •Relevant higher degree e.g. MD; PhD; MSc
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Minimum 4 years or equivalent postgraduate training two of which must be in Paediatrics. • NLS provider • EPLS or APLS Provider
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of multi-agency working. • Leadership skills. • Experience in other areas relevant to child health e.g. general practice, child mental health, obstetrics, public health
Ability
Essential criteria
- • Able to keep good medical notes. • Good written and oral communication skills • Able to demonstrate understanding and willingness to work without immediate supervision, but with an awareness of one’s individual limitations. • Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team • Understanding of child safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team • Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively e.g. report writing, thesis • Level 1- 3 child protection training
Audit
Essential criteria
- • Participate clinical audit and quality improvement projects • Familiar with Research methodology
Desirable criteria
- • Presentation at Regional meetings. • Formal research training • Demonstrate ability to design a research or audit project
Management
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS. • Understanding of management issues including medical discipline, clinical governance and service planning • Willingness to lead service developments
Desirable criteria
- • Shows interest and demonstrated ability • Demonstrate ability to manage e.g. project work, mentoring staff
Teaching
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors. • Willingness to teach medical undergraduates. • Participation in departmental teaching
Desirable criteria
- • Organisation of further training programmes in medical education. • Formal training in teaching methods • Demonstrate ability in teaching and training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Shikha Jain
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752752
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