GPST LAS in Paediatrics
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Job summary
This is a full time fixed term (4 month -04/12/2024- 01/03/2025)hospital post to cover a vacant post. The job entails responsibilities in acute paediatrics and neonatal care. Previous paediatric experience is desirable but not essential
The Children's Unit, opened in February 2002, is on the second floor of the building. The ward has 20 in-patient beds, including 1 HDU bed and a 4 bed area used for elective admissions for theatre or investigations. The Children's Unit includes a play area and a parent's unit. As well as taking paediatric medical patients, the ward admits children under 17 years from all other specialties. The adult ITU provides short-term intensive care for children whilst retrieval by regional Paediatric ICU is organised. The Children's Outpatient Department is adjacent to the Children's Ward.
Please Note: This advert may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Main duties of the job
Duties - The successful candidates will be responsible for
Care of emergency and elective admissions
Routine work in the Children's Ward and on SCBU.
Attendance at high risk births and neonatal resuscitation when required
Completion of Newborn Infant Physical Examination for all babies within 72 hours of life
Review of babies on postnatal ward receiving transitional care
Review of babies and children in the Rapid Access Clinic
The post holder can expect appropriate senior supervision at all times.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
24 September 2024
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£43,923 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
4 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-JC-SD-6651611
Job locations
County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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