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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric anaesthesia
Grade
Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months
Hours
Full time - 47 hours per week (Includes Long Days, Nights and weekend working - same rota pattern as anaesthetic junior doctors)
Job ref
196-MED4440
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Evelina London Children's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£55,329 - £63,152 p.a. excl. LZ
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/05/2024 23:59

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Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Senior Clinical Fellow

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

Evelina London Children’s Hospital / Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Nodal Point - 5 : £63,152 p.a excl. LZ

Fixed term - 6 months

Full time -  47 hours per week [1:8 full shift system including normal days (07:30-17:30), long days (07:30-20:00), nights (19:30-08:00) and weekends

Main duties of the job

The Department of Anaesthesia is seeking to appoint Clinical Fellows with a special interest in Paediatric Anaesthesia to join our flexible, dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team.  This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.

This post is ideally suited to clinicians who wish to pursue a career in paediatric anaesthesia.  The post provides extensive training opportunities in tertiary level paediatric anaesthesia for all surgical specialities with the exceptions of neurosurgery and liver transplantation. There is a high volume of neonatal surgery as well as a large cardiac surgery service. The department has a special interest in teaching & training, regional anaesthesia, patient optimisation, enhanced recovery & difficult airway skills. There is close liaison and excellent working relationship with the PICU.

Working for our organisation

The Evelina London Children's Hospital opened on 31st October 2005 and is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Our vision is to be a world leading centre of life-changing care for children, young people and their families. The Evelina London Children’s Hospital achieved an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with Children’s Community Services rated ‘Good’.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will gain experience in all areas of paediatric anaesthesia undertaken at Evelina London Children's Hospital, including paediatric cardiac anaesthesia and neonatal surgery. This post will also include audit, quality improvement and management projects outside the theatre environment. The post holder will participate in the full shift rota (1:8), which includes Long Days, Nights and weekend shifts.

Applications are invited for three Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Anaesthesia - one each to start in August 2024, November 2024 and February 2025. The posts are for a fixed term of 6 months, however there may be a possibility to extend for a further period of up to 6 months subject to satisfactory appraisal and mutual agreement.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a License to Practice.

The post holder will have regular contact with children and therefore this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Closing date: 7th May 2024 at midnight

Person specification

Professional Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Eligible for full UK GMC registration with a license to practice
  • Final FRCA or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Additional medical qualifications related to paediatrics e.g. MRCPCH
  • Advanced paediatric resuscitation course within past 3 years e.g. APLS / PALS / EPLS
  • CCT in Anaesthesia or equivalent (or will be achieved within 6 months of start)

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive training and clinical experience in anaesthesia (minimum 5 years whole time equivalent) equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in anaesthesia
  • RCOA Stage 2 level training in paediatric anaesthesia or equivalent (minimum 6 months)
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia
  • Experience in other allied clinical specialties like Paediatric Emergency Medicine or PICU

Audit, Quality Improvement & Clinical Governance

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit, quality improvement and clinical risk management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in clinical guideline development
  • Presentation of completed clinical audit/quality improvement project to audiences outside place of work

Teaching & Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates, junior medical staff and related professionals
  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of personal contribution to original research
  • Publications in peer reviewed literature
  • Training/qualification in teaching

Management & Leadership

Essential criteria
  • Experience of management activities
  • Evidence of effective leadership
Desirable criteria
  • Formal management role or training/qualification
  • Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services

Communication skills & Team working

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Tahzeeb Bhagat
Job title
Training lead for paediatric anaesthesia
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For general enquiries or to arrange an informal discussion about this post please contact Dr Tahzeeb Bhagat at [email protected]

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