Job overview

It’s an exciting time to join Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. We are recruiting for a Senior Locally Employed Doctor to join our dynamic and developing teams within our Paediatric Critical Care, Anaesthetics and Complex Medicine (Paediatric Oncology, Haematology, Stem Cell Transplant and Gene Therapy) Division. This is an amazing opportunity to join the team providing clinical and professional leadership, strategic development, and quality improvement.

Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration: an active licence, ceased license or pending application with the GMC at the point of application. Candidates who do not fit this criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.

Main duties of the job

Senior Locally Employed Doctor in PCC (Clinical Fellow)

1 post to start asap hoping for February / March 2025 starts.

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience of working in a Paediatric Critical Care and develop the skills necessary to pursue a career in paediatric intensive care or in an allied field.

RMCH admits approximately 1650 critically ill children per year, of which 750 are admitted to PICU. The PICU at RMCH is the biggest general PICU in the UK. In addition there is an adjacent 17 bedded PHDU. All patient specialities with the exception of post-operative cardiac surgery are cared for.

The post is ideally suitable for candidates with previous experience in paediatrics, anaesthetics, emergency medicine (A&E) or adult intensive care. Experience of working in paediatric intensive care is desirable.

These posts offer a unique opportunity to gain experience in both paediatric critical care and paediatric transport medicine and is relevant to all acute specialties.

Role will involve working on PICU and PHDU on a rotational shift system. Shift pattern includes long days (8:30 to 21:30), nights (20:30 to 9:30), standard days (8:30 to 16:30), HDU days (8:30 to 20:30) HDU nights (20:30 to 09:00) and educational days.

Candidates will have to have full registration with the GMC before starting the post. The successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service.

For full details please read the job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification:

Safety & Quality

Essential

• Understanding of the basic principles of evidence-based practice, patient safety, audit, clinical risk management, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Ability to prioritise clinical need
• Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
• Time management skills.

Desirable

• Experience of audit/ Quality improvement project

Maintaining Trust

Essential

• Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
• Certificate of Good Standing from current employer

Knowledge, Skills & Performance

Essential

• Holds acceptable primary medical qualification
• Significant experience of full-time equivalent postgraduate training
• Competence in managing medical emergencies.
• Evidence of procedural competencies in PICU (intubation, central venous access, arterial line insertion etc.)
• An appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
• A commitment to personal CPD

Desirable

• Awards/distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree Valid Life Support Course (APLS, ATLS, ALS or similar)
• Experience in paediatric intensive care/ NICU/Anaesthesia/ adult ICU
• Experience in transportation of critically ill patients
• Involvement in Research & Publication

Communication, partnership & Teamwork

Essential

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
• Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
• Self-awareness, with knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, impact and areas for development
• Interest in and knowledge of the importance of leadership and management for clinicians
• English Language Skills: Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues and be demonstrated by having ( the following scores in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7 Writing 7 or medicine version of OET with at least a grade ‘B’ in each testing area (speaking, listening, reading and writing) obtained in the same test

Desirable

• Evidence of effective team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or workplace-based assessments