Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics; Paediatrics and Neonatal; ST

This post is a 6-month full time Neonatal or Paediatric Clinical Fellow post based at Whittington Health, North Central London.

The successful applicant will join a strong clinical team in our level 2 neonatal intensive care unit/ Acute Pediatrics, participate in the Neonatal/Paediatric SHO rota and have the same educational opportunities as doctors in formal training posts. All trainees are allocated educational supervisors and are expected to work towards Level 1 (ST1-3a) RCPCH competencies.

Our paediatric department provides excellent training in general and neonatal paediatrics and has been highly rated in the GMC trainee and London School of Paediatrics surveys.

Applications are invited from those considering a career in Paediatrics and subsequent application for run-through training and would also suit obstetric, anaesthetic, or paediatric surgical trainees wishing to gain neonatal experience.

Please note that this post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Please refer to the attached full job description and person specification for full and further information about the job role.

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH Part 1A and/or 1B. NLS APLS
• Delivery of good acute clinical care
• Maintaining good medical practice
• Good relationships and communication with patients
• Good working relationships with colleagues
• Professional behaviour and probity

• Foundation year 2 (or equivalent) with paediatric experience
• 6 months paediatric neonatal experience

• Applicant to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues

• Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice)

• Limited or Full GMC registration
• Provision of complete details of employment history

• Capacity to communicate effectively at different levels, e.g. young people and their families
• Capacity to work cooperatively with others in a multidisciplinary group.
• Capacity to bring a range of approaches to solving problems.
• Capacity to manage acute situations under pressure
• Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances. Organisation ability to achieve a balance between urgent and important demands

• Takes responsibility for own actions. Displays honesty, integrity & awareness of ethical issues.
• Understands importance of advocacy, children's rights, safety, confidentiality & consent.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experiencedepending on nodal point plus London Weighting Allowance.