Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Fellow (middle grade) to join the General Paediatrics team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation. This post does not involve any cover for the tertiary Neonatal unit within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Summary of clinical duties:

• Attending to and managing acute Paediatric cases referred to Paediatric Assessment Unit.
• Attending to Paediatric emergencies attending Emergency Department.
• Managing Paediatric cases on the Paediatric wards.
• Supervising junior doctors’ work, reviewing patients they see and giving advice regarding their managements.
• Conducting ward rounds, usually with the consultant, but sometimes on their own, on the Paediatric wards.
• Provide advanced resuscitation to Paediatric cases when required, coordinating their work with Paediatric consultants, anaesthetists, ED doctors and with consultation with NWTS team.
• Second on call duties out of hours for Paediatric emergencies.
• Assisting the consultant in communication with parents.
• Dealing, under the supervision of the consultant, with child protection issues.
• Conducting outpatient clinics alongside the consultant Paediatrician.
• Cover for unexpected short term sickness of a colleague.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team