Flexible Trust Grade SHO in Paediatrics (ST1-2) Kettering, England
Job description
Come join our bank, flexible hours to suit you!
Applications are welcomed for an enthusiastic & motivated Trust Grade SHO's to join our friendly Paediatrics Team for our Bank.
Successful candidates should be available to start as soon as possible to pick up shifts to support the department.
Please note, this is a bank post and we can not sponsor.
You will have previous experience of General and Neonatal Paediatrics, as they will participate in the fully compliant SHO rota, rotating through the neonatal unit, general paediatric ward and paediatric outpatient clinics . The candidates will be well supported by Consultants and the Registrars in the department.
Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust is an Acute District Hospital providing a service to approximately 340,000 people with 600 beds. We have a modern well-equipped SCBU/NICU (Level two) , a bespoke paediatric patient facility and a wide range of outpatient services. There are also excellent links with the Community Paediatric Service.
Kettering is a medium sized market town in the centre of England, with excellent transport links to the rest of the UK. There are rail services from Kettering station to London every 30 minutes, delivering you to the centre of the capital, London in under one hour. There are numerous airports within easy reach including Birmingham, East Midlands, Stanstead and Luton. By road, Kettering is situated on the A14 offering rapid access to the motorway network to surrounding cities including London, Leicester, Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham etc.
Junior Doctors rotas are EWTD compliant. All Junior Doctor posts are recognised for training by RCPCH/ Deanery. Separate ST4-8 (SpR’s) covers Dolphin /PAU (general paediatrics), NICU and Clinics during the working day.
Evenings and nights are covered by one ST4-8 though a second ST4-8 is now rostered Mon, Tue and Thursday. During the working day, separate SHO covers Skylark, PAU, NICU and labour ward /postnatal wards. In the evening, separate SHO covers Skylark and PAU, with one SHO covering
NICU / labour ward. At night, one SHO each covers Skylark and NICU/labour ward.
The Trust recognises the importance of continuing medical education and the budget funded by the Trust is held by the Medical Director.
Excellent, teaching and education and library services are provided with an active Postgraduate Medical Centre. A new purpose built Library and Education Centre with a Clinical Skills Laboratory is available to further enhance the teaching facilities.
Protected teaching is provided on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes. A regular teaching programme including induction for junior doctors is in operation. Final year medical students are allocated to the Department from Leicester University for their training– all consultants share in the programme. Regular supervision and workplace based assessments for junior doctors are in place and the successful consultant would share in these duties. Research and audit is supported by an active Clinical Governance Support Unit.The Consultants operate a Paediatrician of the week rota for the Children’s wards. Following the
weekend on-call commencing Friday 1 pm, all general paediatric and neonatal admissions are admitted under the duty paediatrician. The Paediatrician of the week is responsible for the emergency
on-call during the week with out of hours on-call shared amongst the consultant colleagues. Attendance at morning and evening handover is expected. Clinics are cancelled during the Duty Paediatrician week to provide full ward / emergency cover.
