Trust Specialty Registrar (ST3+) in Paediatrics

Job overview

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust have a great opportunity for a Trust Specialty Registrar (ST3+) to join their Paediatric Department. The post is available from September 2026 and is a permanent opportunity. The appointee will have day to day responsibility for the care of inpatients on the general paediatric ward and neonatal unit, sharing this responsibility with trainees in post. Consultant led ward rounds are held daily. Appropriateness of their clinical and delegation skills will be monitored through regular colleague & patient feedback and appraisals. The post holder will also be involved in care of more complex in-patients under the supervision of consultants. A weekly MDT is held on Tuesdays in the neonatal unit and on Wednesdays in the general paediatric ward where all the in-patients are reviewed by the whole team, including the community nurses, the liaison heath visitor and social worker. When on acute duties, the post holder may be asked to give medical paediatric advice to paediatric Surgical, Orthopaedic, Plastic and Burns, ENT or Ophthalmology patients. All applicants MUST hold a full GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice in the UK. We anticipate that this will be a popular post, this advert may close earlier than the advised end date. We therefore welcome and encourage interested applicants to apply early.

Main duties of the job

This post is to start from September 2026 to fill a vacancy on the speciality training (ST3-8) rota. This is a full time post and will be a permanent appointment. This opportunity is to join our dynamic and enthusiastic paediatric department and support our team of Middle Grade doctors. The post provides an ideal opportunity for a suitably qualified individual looking to continue to develop skills in general paediatrics, neonatology. This post will be based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital with some duties at Wycombe Hospital.

The post holder will be encouraged to actively participate in teaching and clinical governance activities besides clinical activities for their continuous professional development. The post holder will have regular supervision meetings and appraisal to ensure that your appraisal covers your whole practice, including any non-clinical roles as part of the process of revalidation.

The successful applicant will have general paediatric and neonatal duties, including on call shifts for general and neonatal paediatrics. As part of the middle grade rota, the successful candidate will share on call commitments and shifts with the middle grade doctors.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The post holder must:

• Carry out his/her duties with full regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
• Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Trust's Health and Safety arrangements and report any accidents/incidents, defects with work equipment or inadequate safety arrangements.
• Co-operate fully with all policies and procedures relating to Infection Control.
• Accept individual responsibility for ensuring a suitable, clean, uncluttered and safe environment for members of the public, staff, patients/clients and their relatives.
• To use correctly work items provided by the Trust in accordance with training and instructions, including personal protective equipment.
• Comply with the Trust's Smoke Free Policy.
• Treat those whom he/she comes into contact with in the course of work, in a courteous manner.
• Accept that this job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and should be regarded as providing guidance within which the individual works rather than something which is rigid and inflexible.
• Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time by the Director.

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.