Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic resident doctor who has an interest in Paediatrics and wants experience before committing to a full training programme. 

The successful candidate will join the existing team in a modern hospital with a well equipped children’s department and Local Neonatal Unit (level 2).  

While this post does not carry formal training recognition, it does provide an opportunity to care for a tremendously varied group of patients in a large paediatric department in a busy District General Hospital. This post holder would join a team of Consultants, Specialty Doctors, and resident doctors.

The responsibilities will include a combination of Registrar level night duties alongside day shifts, and an opportunity to develop outpatient skills.

There will be opportunity for teaching, and a focus on supporting the middle grade trainees would be expected.

You will be assigned a clinical supervisor who will oversee your continued professional development. Applications from doctors who would like to work part time will be considered.

Main duties of the job

•      Provide care of acute patients under the guidance of the senior staff 

•      Be encouraged to participate in audits

•      Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.

•      Comply with Infection prevention and control procedures which is the responsibility of everyone. Employees are required to strictly adhere to the infection control policy

This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected of the post holder, and other duties may be required, in line with the role and the banding. It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder to take account of changing organisational need.

Working for our organisation

Our three core values, supported by the behaviours that underpin them, shape everything we do. They define the standards we expect from our staff in how they care for patients, support visitors and service users, and work with one another.

This is an exciting time to develop your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected Trusts. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has a strong reputation and a proud history of delivering high‑quality care.

We remain committed to improving health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. Significant investment continues across our sites, including a £10m upgrade to the maternity unit, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and the opening of a new £100m state‑of‑the‑art Heatherwood Hospital. Further expansion in diagnostics and inpatient capacity is underway at Frimley Park, and we have recently secured approval to build a new hospital as part of the national New Hospitals Programme, due for completion by 2030.

Significant investment into our Quality Improvement and Digital Programmes has been made to support our vision and will help to ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality of healthcare to our patients.    

Our EPR – Epic – went live in June 2022 and we are beginning to reap the benefits of this investment.