Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery

Job overview

We are seeking to employ a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery and Urology (6 months, with possibility of extension/ longer contract) to assist cover of general paediatric surgery and urology inpatient and outpatient clinical care.

Main duties of the job

The main objectives of the post are to:

• Support inpatient surgical management of elective and emergency workload
• Outpatient clinic duties including administration
• Outpatient and day surgery support to outreach hospitals in North-West London
• On call commitment in line with European working time directive

Responsibilities will include:

• To support, with colleagues in Paediatric Surgery/Urology, an integrated elective and emergency Paediatric & Neonatal Surgery service.
• To provide high quality clinical care for all children referred to the service and to be available to attend paediatric surgery/urology patients when on call.
• To provide appropriate and adequate supervision for junior medical staff within the Paediatric Surgical and Urology team.
• To participate in regular unit and personal audit of clinical practice

General paediatric Surgical on call rota:

The on call rota covers general paediatric surgical and urological inpatients as well as neonatal ward in-patients including high dependency and emergency admissions. The post holder will do a 24 hour non resident on call shift as part of a 1: 8 rota.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached for a detailed description of responsibilities and roles.

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.