Junior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has one of the largest paediatric units in the West Midlands. We provide general paediatric care to a child population of 65,000 within Coventry and work in partnership with local trusts to provide Neonatal and some subspecialist care to children from Warwickshire and neighbouring counties.

The paediatric department has a designated Children's Emergency Department which sees over 36,000 attendances per year, 3 inpatient paediatric wards consisting of 61 infant and children's beds including a 12 bed adolescent unit, 6 High Dependency beds, 19 infant beds and 24 beds for older children, with over 4,500 admissions per year. The paediatric department also has a designated outpatient department that delivers over 12,000 appointments and a 6 bedded medical day unit facility. The department is located in the West Wing of the hospital.

The post holders will join the clinical team and will contribute to the delivery and organisation of the paediatric service.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a 1 in 16 person Full-time rolling rota out of hours shifts including evenings nights and weekends. When working you will either be in the inpatient paediatric department (wards 14, 15, 16) or the Children's Emergency Department.

In the inpatient department you will be responsible for reviewing patients, making initial managing plans liaising with colleagues in the nursing team and with senior colleagues, prescribing medication and intravenous fluids, performing blood tests and lumbar punctures, preparing edischarges, etc.

In the Children's Emergency Department you will be responsible for assessing patients, making management plans, performing basic procedures and liaising with colleagues to support discharge home or admission to inpatient paediatric department.

You will be expected to discuss cases including any safeguarding concerns with senior colleagues. You will be well supported within the medical team by a full time onsite paediatric registrar. There will also be an oncall paediatric consultant on site until 9pm and oncall from home after 9pm. (5pm at weekends).

You will be expected to be able to demonstrate competencies at an FY2 level or above. You will be expected to have had some past experience working in paediatrics. Any RCPCH exams will be an advantage.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.