This post is for a full time Resident Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics. This post offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a 6 month fixed term post so you must have GMC registration and right to work in UK at time of application to be able to progress to shortlisting.
Full Time - 40 hours
1 in 12 on call rota
Duties Are
Regular Departmental activities include:
- Routine work on the Neonatal Unit.
- Initial examination and examination on discharge and general care of babies
on Post Natal Wards.
- Cover for resuscitative procedures in Delivery Suite and Operating Theatre,
Emergency Department and Community Dental Suite (situated in Children
and Young Peoples Outpatients)
- Routine work on general Paediatric Wards including the Childrens
Observation Ward.
- Cover for referrals from the Emergency Department at Whiston Hospital.
- Cover for referrals from the Surgical Team
- Attending Outpatient Clinics for education
- Cover for emergency paediatric referrals from General Practitioners
- Actively participating in Audit and Grand Rounds.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 15th May 2025
Closing date: 22nd May 2025
Shortlisting date: 23rd May 2025
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This advert closes on Thursday 22 May 2025
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