Job Overview
Provision of a comprehensive General Paediatric service to UHDB NHS Foundation Trust & surrounding areas, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis & treatment of illness and the proper functioning of the department. Responsibility for the continuing care & treatment of patients in your charge & personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to & training of your staff.
Key Responsibilities
* Prevent, diagnose and treat illness in the paediatric population.
* Provide continuing care and treatment for patients in your charge.
* Personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan.
* Take full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patients across the wide spectrum of paediatric disorders.
* Teach undergraduate & postgraduate students, supervise F1, F2 & ST trainees, and deliver clinical skills training.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience of & commitment to teaching undergraduates & postgraduate.
* Experience supervising F1, F2, ST trainees.
* Ability to offer expert opinion and take full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patients across the wide spectrum of paediatric disorders.
Benefits
* Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
* On‑going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts About Our Trust
* We see on average 4,810 OP appointments per day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week.
* An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&E’s across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Working Hours & Flexibility
For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part‑time, reduced hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, fixed or flexible shifts, annualised hours, term‑time hours or hybrid working – working partly in the Trust and partly at home. We cannot promise a specific arrangement but we promise to work with you to explore all available options.
Equal Opportunity & Inclusion
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. We actively encourage applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, as these groups are under‑represented in our organisation. The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities. A Guaranteed Interview Scheme is available for veterans who meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
Application Information
Most posts are subject to a DBS check. Please ensure your application is submitted via the Trust’s recruitment system. All correspondence will be sent to your emails. Non‑UK residents (excluding citizens of the Republic of Ireland) must obtain the necessary UK visas or immigration clearance before travelling here. Please refer to our privacy notice for more detail: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/information-governance.
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