Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 359-MSD7649349-PAED
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tunbridge Wells Hospital
- Town
- Tunbridge Wells
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Specialty Doctor
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Job overview
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Paediatric Speciality Doctor to work at a brand new, state-of-the-art, modern hospital (the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury). The hospital is all single-roomed and offers all the facilities and services of a large District General Hospital. It opened fully in September 2011.
This post is available due to a specialist doctor moving into the Paediatric training programme.
This post will be mainly based at Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury, with some daytime duties at Maidstone.
Main duties of the job
This post is part of the doctor paediatric rota at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust, which comprises 14 doctors. The 14 doctors include Speciality Doctors and paediatric trainees at ST4 and ST levels.
All doctors work the same 12 PA rota, which covers the neonatal unit, delivery suite, postnatal ward, paediatric ward and paediatric assessment units in rotation. There are also shifts allocated to attend outpatient clinics and community paediatric clinics.
The Paediatric department at the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury consists of the outpatient department, a general paediatric medical ward (Hedgehog ward) with 23 cots and bed spaces, a Level 2 neonatal unit with 18 cots( including three cots staffed and equipped to provide neonatal intensive care), and an assessment unit (Woodlands) with 18 beds. There is a fully functioning A&E department, with all associated facilities and specialities. The hospital has been selected as a major trauma centre.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff, we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.
Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.
Looking for flexible working?
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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
- Blue Light card eligibility
- And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a whole-time post in paediatrics employed by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
The working pattern is distributed over a 114-week cycle. During that period, there are the equivalent of two weeks of night shifts (8:30 pm to 9:30 am) split into two spells, Monday to Thursday and Friday to Sunday. A normal day is between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm. In addition, doctors will work some late shifts (until 9 pm) at both Tunbridge Wells Hospital and the assessment unit at Maidstone. We have 2-10 Paediatric A & E shifts.
The doctors provide prospective cover for annual and study leave for the other doctors on the junior doctor rota. Leave cannot be taken when the doctor would be working nights or weekends, so prospective
cover only extends to missed evening sessions, equivalent to less than 2 hours per week on average.
The postholder will be expected to work closely with the nursing staff and allied health professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide effective care and will supervise the junior doctors. They will take
a full part in departmental clinical governance and audit activity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS (or equivalent)
- APLS/ EPLS/ NALS
- 4 years full-time post graduate training, at least 2 of which will be in a speciality training programme in a relevant speciality
- GMC Registration
Experience/Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Sound notekeeping skills
- Sound manual dexterity
- Completed 3 years or equivalent of paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- Paediatric specific experience
- RCPCH defined non-essential procedures
- Experience of clinical risk management
- Level 3 NNU experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Communication skills (ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate)
- IT skills
- Appropriate defined level of clinical knowledge
- Clear logical thinking
- Application of evidence-based practice
- Shows awareness of own limitations
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rajesh Gupta
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01892 638896
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