Job summary
Acute Paediatrics
Wards - There are 2 general paediatric wards, Lion & Dolphin, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, situated alongside each other and sharing a playroom. Dolphin ward is a 23 bed ward containing 5 high dependency beds, and Lion ward has capacity for 23 beds. They take all acute medical, surgical and orthopaedic admissions; and there are special suites for oncology patients.
Children's Emergency Department - This is alongside the adult Emergency Department and is where all walk-ins and GP referrals are seen. This is where a ST 1-3 is based with registrar support.
Paediatric short stay area - If children seen in Children's A & E who need a period of observation up to 6 hours before a decision to admit/discharge them is made. This area is opposite to the paediatric wards.
Main duties of the job
Specialist interest in Paediatric HDU or Paediatric Ambulatory Care
This is a post for a 10 PA Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will share the responsibility for the management of general and neonatal paediatrics at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The post holder will be expected to take part in the consultant of the week rota for general paediatrics and neonates . The out of hours on call commitment for both general paediatrics and the Neonates is one in six. Clinical responsibility and managerial leadership within the Paediatric Department will be shared by the Consultant paediatricians
About us
The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading's biggest employer:
The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will share clinical and managerial leadership within the Paediatric Department with the present consultant paediatricians. The post holder will take part in the consultant of the week in general paediatrics 1 in14, the post holder will cover both acute general paediatrics and neonatology on a 1 in 6 rota on call (negotiable if not adequately qualified). An office base with secretarial and administrative support will be provided at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation trust. If the Applicant does not have tertiary neonatal experience within ST6-8 training, then the neonatal component of the post is negotiable.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will share clinical and managerial leadership within the Paediatric Department with the present consultant paediatricians. The post holder will take part in the consultant of the week in general paediatrics 1 in14, the post holder will cover both acute general paediatrics and neonatology on a 1 in 6 rota on call (negotiable if not adequately qualified). An office base with secretarial and administrative support will be provided at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation trust. If the Applicant does not have tertiary neonatal experience within ST6-8 training, then the neonatal component of the post is negotiable.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- oThe applicant is on the specialist register or can provide evidence that they are within 6 months of award of a CCT at the time of interview.
- GMC registration
Desirable
- Educational qualification
additional
Essential
- oMRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. PhD/ MD submitted/awarded
Person Specification
essential
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
- oThe applicant is on the specialist register or can provide evidence that they are within 6 months of award of a CCT at the time of interview.
- GMC registration
Desirable
- Educational qualification
additional
Essential
- oMRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. PhD/ MD submitted/awarded
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
