Specialty Doctor - Paediatrics

Job overview

You will join an enthusiastic and friendly department, which is an integral part of the Division of Women and Children at the QEH. The team pride themselves on being a very caring and supportive department; the consultants always work as part of the team and are readily available to give advice, practical assistance and hands on acute care.

The department provides services for the King’s Lynn area based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Wisbech area based at the North Cambridgeshire Hospital. All the inpatient beds are at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The Children’s Ward has 22 beds and a 5 bedded co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit.

The neonatal unit is equipped for 3 neonatal intensive care/high dependency cots and has a total complement of 12 cots. The unit policy is to care for infants of 27- 28 weeks and over including ventilation but to transfer antenatally, if possible, infants less than 27 weeks gestation. The neonatal work is in close collaboration with the regional Neonatal Network and the nearest level 3 Neonatal Unit is at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital in Norwich.

There is an on-site purpose-built children’s centre for outpatients and child development work  for all general paediatric outpatient activity. Additional outpatient clinics are held in Wisbech at the North Cambridgeshire Hospital. Visiting Consultants come regularly to the hospital.  Subspecialty training is strongly encouraged and supported in the department.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the continued delivery of high-quality care to patients within the trust and to contribute to the further development of the Paediatric service.

To further develop clinical knowledge and skills in Paediatrics to aid preparation for working as a Consultant Paediatrician.

The training opportunities will mirror those given to Specialist Trainees with support from departmental teaching, career development, training budget, Quality Improvement Projects (QIP), participation in outpatient elective activity and allocation of a clinical supervisor to support career development. Advanced Life Support (ALS) can also be organised at the Trust but is desirable to have before starting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive but provide an indication of the range and complexity of the work to be undertaken.