Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit & NWTS
- Grade
- MT04
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-MCH-6135112*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Manchester Childrens Hospital
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £55,329 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Locally Employed Doctor in PICU/NWTS
MT04
Job overview
It’s an exciting time to join Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. We are recruiting for a Senior Locally Employed Doctor to join our dynamic and developing teams within our Paediatric Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Complex Medicine (Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Stem Cell Transplant and Gene Therapy) Division. This is an amazing opportunity to join the team providing clinical and professional leadership, strategic development, and quality improvement.
Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration: an active licence, ceased license or pending application with the GMC at the point of application. Candidates who do not fit this criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.
Main duties of the job
Senior Locally Employed Doctor in PICU/NWTS (Clinical Fellow)
3 posts to start asap and 1 post to start in September 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working in a Paediatric Critical Care and develop the skills necessary to pursue a career in paediatric intensive care or in an allied field.
RMCH admits approximately 1650 critically ill children per year, of which 750 are admitted to PICU. The PICU at RMCH is the biggest general PICU in the UK. In addition there is an adjacent 17 bedded PHDU. All patient specialities with the exception of post-operative cardiac surgery are cared for.
The post is ideally suitable for candidates with previous experience in paediatrics, anaesthetics, emergency medicine (A&E) or adult intensive care. Experience of working in paediatric intensive care is desirable.
These posts offer a unique opportunity to gain experience in both paediatric critical care and paediatric transport medicine and is relevant to all acute specialties.
Role will involve working on PICU and PHDU on a rotational shift system. Shift pattern includes long days (8:30 to 21:30), nights (20:30 to 9:30), standard days (8:30 to 16:30), HDU days (8:30 to 20:30) HDU nights (20:30 to 09:00) and educational days.
Candidates will have to have full registration with the GMC before starting the post. The successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service.
For full details please read the job description
Working for our organisation
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Knowledge, Skills & Performance
Essential criteria
- Holds acceptable primary medical qualification
- Significant experience of full-time equivalent postgraduate training
- Competence in managing medical emergencies.
- Evidence of procedural competencies in PICU (intubation, central venous access, arterial line insertion etc.)
- An appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- A commitment to personal CPD
Desirable criteria
- Awards/distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree Valid Life Support Course (APLS, ATLS, ALS or similar)
- Experience in paediatric intensive care/ NICU/Anaesthesia/ adult ICU
- Experience in transportation of critically ill patients
- Involvement in Research & Publication
Safety & Quality
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the basic principles of evidence-based practice, patient safety, audit, clinical risk management, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
- Time management skills.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit/ Quality improvement project
Maintaining Trust
Essential criteria
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
- Certificate of Good Standing from current employer
Communication, partnership & Teamwork
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
- Self-awareness, with knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, impact and areas for development
- Interest in and knowledge of the importance of leadership and management for clinicians
- English Language Skills: Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues and be demonstrated by having ( the following scores in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7 Writing 7 or medicine version of OET with at least a grade ‘B’ in each testing area (speaking, listening, reading and writing) obtained in the same test
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of effective team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or workplace-based assessments
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 Sharmila Gopisetti
- Job title
- Consultant and Clinical Lead for PICU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01617018042
- Additional information
Dr Sharmila Gopisetti ([email protected]) on 01617018042
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