Trust Doctor ST1/F3 IN PAEDIATRICS AND NEONATES
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Job summary
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a doctor, from F3 onwards, who may be looking to expand paediatric knowledge, with an aim to working within Paediatrics or General practice, who wishes to work in a large District General Hospital setting, acting as member of a team providing General and acute Paediatric and Neonatal care within the Department of Paediatrics.
The post arises to work alongside the Tier 1 doctors, who are GP registrars and Foundation Y2 doctors as well as 4 Paediatric trainees.
We are a busy, dynamic Department and we value learning. We are friendly and supportive with a particularly strong track record of supporting LED doctor's both during service as well as with longer term development.
We are able to offer some flexibility around rotas to suit the requirements of the candidates, as long as a service commitment is provided.
Main duties of the job
Trainees will be well supported in all clinical areas with a full induction programme. Although this is a non-training post you will be allocated an Educational Supervisor.
The responsibilities of LAS Trainee in Neonatology will include:
- Ensuring continuity of medical care for babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and transitional care.
- Assisting in the jaundice clinic
- Undertaking routine newborn examinations
- Attending high risk deliveries and performing newborn resuscitation (when deemed competent)
- Participation in the tier 1 on-call rota
The responsibilities of the LAS Trainee in General Paediatrics will include:
- Reviewing children referred by GPs for an urgent paediatric opinion on PAU
- Reviewing children referred by our paediatric ED department
- Medical supervision of Day Case treatments and investigations eg. Blood transfusion, food challenges, infusions
- Co-ordination of care of children admitted to HDU and the children's ward
- Ensuring timely communication with primary care when children are discharged
- Participation in the tier 1 on-call rota
- Participation in post-take handover following a night on-call
The post holder will be encouraged and supported to develop other areas of expertise which might be a clinical service or a technical skill.
About us
The GRH redevelopment scheme opened in November 2004 to include the new purpose-built Children's Centre including a spacious Children's outpatients, a 4-bed high dependency unit, a dedicated oncology unit with isolation cubicles and a designated area for teenagers. Both medical and paediatric surgical admissions are admitted to the ward.
We have a designated paediatric assessment unit that is operational 24hours per day. We work closely with our colleagues in primary care and the emergency department.
We operate a consultant 'week on take' covering the ward and PAU separately. During this week all other fixed commitments are cancelled. This has consolidated a consultant led service, and has contributed to shortened lengths of stay, ensured appropriate admissions and resulted in improved training and supervision of trainees. There is a consultant resident on site between 09:00 and 22:00 on weekdays and 09:00 to 21:00 at weekends.
Children requiring intensive care are transferred initially to the adult intensive care unit in the main hospital. Following initial assessment on ITU and discussion with the regional transport team (WATCh) and Bristol Children's PICU, some children with short term Level 2 requirements would stay in Gloucester, but all children with complex Level 2 or with Level 3 conditions are always transferred to a PICU.
Details
Date posted
19 July 2023
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£40,257 a year 0
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
318-23-PAED
Job locations
Gloucetser Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Glouectser
GL1 3NN
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Gloucetser Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Glouectser
GL1 3NN
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