Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent: 2 posts
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 214-W&C25-7363276
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kings Mill Hospital
- Town
- Mansfield
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Speciality Doctor in Acute Paediatrics
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
The successful candidates will be joining a well organised department providing a wide range of services at specialty and sub-specialty level. We work together collaboratively and supportively, and we are always looking to improve the care for our patients across the organisation.
The continued expansion and development of quality services within the department and the Trust is essential and has the support of senior management and the executive team and we are working with colleagues in other specialties and in other settings in order to achieve this.
We have close working relationships with community teams and primary care, and we have been successful in creating effective pathways for our patients in order to improve their care and experience across the healthcare system.
Main duties of the job
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
You will be expected to undertake the following duties:
· Provision of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department
· the post holder is expected to contribute towards the teaching and training of medical students
· participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD
· the post holder must carry out his/her duties with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy
· It is the responsibility of all employees to comply with Trust Health and Safety policies
· All employees have an individual responsibility to have a knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice.
· in line with GMC it is the responsibility of the post holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work
· Comply with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1998, in line with the Trust’s policies
· the post holder is responsible for data quality and complying with the policies, procedures and accountability arrangements throughout the Trust for maintaining accuracy and probity in the recording of the Trust’s activities
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
You will be expected to undertake the following duties:
· Provision of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department
· the post holder is expected to contribute towards the teaching and training of medical students
· participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD
· the post holder must at all times carry out his/her duties with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy
· It is the responsibility of all employees to comply with Trust Health and Safety policies and maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff
· All employees have an individual responsibility to have a knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice and to ensure adherence to the requirements in the Infection Control Manual
· in line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work
· Staff who have access to or transfer data are responsible for that data and must respect confidentiality and comply with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1998, in line with the Trust’s policies
· the post holder is responsible for data quality and complying with the policies, procedures and accountability arrangements throughout the Trust for maintaining accuracy and probity in the recording of the Trust’s activities
· the post holder is expected to comply with Trust policies and procedures
· Staff is required to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in line with Trust Policy
· Any other duties which may be required from time to time.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- MRCPCH – written exams completed and working towards completion of full MRCPCH qualification
Desirable criteria
- MRCPCH - Full
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a parttime or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty
- Must have equivalent experience and competencies
- Must have equivalent experience and competencies including EPALS/APLS and NLS
- Have worked on a tier 2 paediatric rota within the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Current experience of working within the NHS
Research
Essential criteria
- Able to appraise research
- Understanding of Evidence Based Medicine
- Understanding of the principles of medical audit and clinical governance
- Completed at least one audit project related to Paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals
Management and Administrative experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the current structure of Health Services
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with the recent initiatives and changes in NHS
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Recognised teaching qualification
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of teaching medical students, nursing or paramedical staff
Other
Essential criteria
- Communication skills – to have language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely & competently
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and cooperate with all staff
- Professional attitude towards work Prepared to work flexibly
- Ability to organise and manage priorities
Desirable criteria
- Self-motivated Familiarity with IT and computer skills
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Rhodes
- Job title
- Clinical Director - Paediatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
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