We are an expanding team of consultants with a range of interests to support your clinical and non-clinical development. As a post-CCT fellow you would be providing clinical work as a senior clinical fellow on the full shift tier 2 rota. In addition we would support your specific post-CCT development goals in leadership and management and assist your preparation for future consultant interviews and roles.
All Paediatric SCFs at WMUH work alongside all levels of London Deanery trainees from Paediatrics, as well as from General Practice. All fellows are on a combined rota with trainees and have access to the same clinical and educational training opportunities as the trainees.
Please only apply for this post if you have a CCT in paediatrics or are expecting to obtain CCT within the next 6 months.
Candidates who do not meet the above minimum criteria will not be shortlisted .
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day to day care for children in partnership with the consultants and the multidisciplinary team (Play therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Dieticians, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Child and Mental Health Services – CAHMS).
- Prepare and contribute to Paediatric MDT meetings and journal clubs
- Manage paediatric and neonatal emergencies as part of the paediatric/neonatal resuscitation team
- To participate in and out of hours rotas
- Contribute to the postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programme
- Participate in audit, guideline development and clinical research within the department
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
Our values
Our PROUD values demonstrate to staff, patients and the public the standards of care and experience they should expect from our services:
P utting patients first
R esponsive to patients and staff
O pen and honest
U nfailingly kind
D etermined to develop
Clinical work includes daily ward rounds in paediatrics and neonates, accurate and timely documentation on the Electronic Patient Record (Cerner), liaising with tertiary specialties by phone and email, leading resuscitations and stabilising critically ill children and neonates prior to transfer to other tertiary units for on-going care, prioritising the clerking, examining and managing of all patients in the extremely busy paediatric emergency department, as well as leading clinical shifts in paediatrics, in the paediatric emergency department (PED) and on the neonatal unit, out of hours.
The post-CCT role is ideally suited to those doctors wanting to build on their excellent clinical skills and experience, in an environment where they will be supported to step up and develop further as a clinical leader.
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