Junior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

Job summary

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 e-discharges, 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 on call paediatric consultant on site until 9pm and on call from home after 9pm. (5pm at weekends).

There is a 12-person consultant team leading the department. There are multiple nurse specialists and senior nursing support including advance nurse practitioners in CED. CED is also supported by clinicians from the emergency department. You will be allocated a consultant to act as an educational supervisor whilst in post.

Main duties of the job

As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a world class service for allwe have created the UHCW Improvement (UHCWi) System in partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle; this involves a structured approach to removing waste and putting the patient first using a lean management system and methodologies. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices and methodologies of UHCWi. You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this. This may include Lean for Leaders, Advanced Lean Training, and the Human Factors Programme, amongst others. Full attendance and completion of identified courses is considered essential and a prerequisite for this post.

This job is working at an ST1 - ST2 level within the Paediatrics or the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department.

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.