Detailed job description and main responsibilities

-Your job plan will cover clinical work as part of the general paediatric team covering acute admissions to the Children’s Hospital and ward based care (in normal working hours), and as part of the middle grade on-call rota coving all paediatric specialities (excluding PICU, NICU and cardiology) during evenings, weekends and nights.

-You will have the opportunity to be involved in the Children’s Hospital’s extensive education programme, with regular training offered from speciality paediatric teams, radiology, safeguarding and departmental case reviews. 

-You will provide undergraduate clinical teaching in Child Health for Medical students from Southampton University Faculty of Medicine along with the General Paediatric Consultant team at University Hospital Southampton

-You will collate feedback from students and work with educational leads to improve the undergraduate course.

-You will be supported to contribute to the work-based assessment of Medical students from Southampton University Faculty of Medicine

-You will support post graduate educational activities within Southampton Children’s Hospital by coordinating and managing educational teaching programmes for junior trainees and coordinating wider MDT educational sessions.

-You will be supported to evaluate, review, and help to redesign the delivery of Child Health Undergraduate teaching in Southampton.

What we’re looking for

-An enthusiastic trainee who is keen to develop their skills in the management of general paediatric and speciality paediatric patients in a busy tertiary hospital. 

-An enthusiastic trainee with experience of teaching who is keen to contribute to a well-established undergraduate teaching programme

-This role would suit a trainee looking to take time out of run through training or who is looking to develop additional skills toward the end of their training.

-Ability to work independently out of hours to support the paediatric services with the appropriate clinical skills to conduct this role

-Completion of MRCPCH clinical examination or equivalent

-GMC registration with a license to practice   

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  

Appointment will be made under local contractual terms and conditions of service for Trust appointed fellow doctors and dentists.  Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship should ensure they meet the Home Office application criteria prior to submitting an application. 

Successful candidates will have an educational framework equivalent to training grade doctors, and there will be a named educational supervisor assigned at the start of the post. The opportunity for Continued Professional Development (CPD) is highly supported and encouraged by the Trust, with options available to take study leave. 

Grades for Trust appointed fellows will be paid a basic salary at a nodal pay point linked to the grade, at the rate set out in the National Medical and Dental pay circular. Basic salary plus any additional remuneration (as applicable) for hours set out in the doctors work schedule (e.g. additional hours, weekend allowance, and any hours which attract enhanced pay)

Salary will be assessed based on experience and skills. Eligibility criteria for appointment to a Nodal Point 5;

-Have a minimum of 6 years of Specialty training    
-Hold relevant higher specialty exam (e.g FRCP, FRCA, FRCS)
-A portfolio of evidence that demonstrates they meet the criteria for progression (in line with the Curriculum for the speciality similar to deanery trainee)

Proposed interview date: TBC

This vacancy closes on or before 24th March 2026