Main area Paediatric Surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (12 months fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 164-7497487
Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen's Medical Centre Town Nottingham Salary £65,048 - £73,992 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2025 23:59
Paediatric Medical Spinal Liaison Fellow
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Join Nottingham Children’s Hospital as a Paediatric Medical Spinal Liaison Fellow and become a key part of our paediatric spinal pathway. You’ll work alongside a named paediatrician and the paediatric spinal surgical teams to provide daily senior medical oversight for children after complex spinal surgery covering high‐dependency post‑op care, pain optimisation, early escalation and coordinated discharge planning. The post sits within a supportive MDT that includes spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons, critical care outreach and an experienced pain team, with strong links across allied health professions.
This role is central to our enhanced, protected bay model designed to reduce reliance on HDU beds, improve waiting times and cut cancellations ultimately improving experiences for children and families. As our dedicated paediatric spinal unit expands activity (from 90 scoliosis cases per year towards 132), you’ll help the team deliver safe, well coordinated care at pace.
You’ll be based at Queen’s Medical Centre (NUH), one of Europe’s largest university hospitals, with access to weekly paediatric teaching, grand rounds and excellent library/IT facilities within the University of Nottingham Medical School. We’re a friendly, ambitious team and welcome applicants keen to contribute to audit/QI and perioperative MDTs, with opportunities to present at reputable conferences.
Main duties of the job
You will provide consistent senior ward‑based medical care for children following spinal surgery in our protected bay. That includes daily assessment and review, investigations and treatment planning, timely escalation for the acutely unwell child, and optimising recovery in partnership with the paediatric pain team and AHPs (nutrition, respiratory care, mobilisation). You’ll lead coordinated, criteria‑led discharge planning, ensuring clear documentation, TTOs and safety netting for families.
Working at the centre of the MDT spinal surgery, neurosurgery, anaesthetics, critical care outreach, paediatrics and therapy colleagues you’ll help deliver a reliable pathway that reduces avoidable HDU use and cancellations. You’ll communicate clearly with children, young people and families, contribute to peri‑operative MDTs, and support teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students.
You will participate in audit, QI and clinical governance, maintain high‑quality records and handovers, and uphold NUH standards for safeguarding, infection prevention and health and safety at all times.
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) was established in 2006 and we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham.
NUH are, by any measure, a large, complex, person‑centred organisation. With over 17,000 employees from a wide range of professional backgrounds, they are one of the region’s largest employers.
NUH has an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of their patient care and for their research, education and innovation. They have strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for their students, as well as being a major research organisation.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have various staff benefits. Some of the benefits of working for NUH include:
* Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our 24‑hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks
* Access to Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
* Salary sacrifice schemes
* Cycle to work and travel passes
* NHS discounts
Details of these and other benefits can be found on our intranet pages which you will have access when you commence with Team NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This new post will help to support the exciting development of the spinal unit which will in turn allow new and improved pathways, for scoliosis patients, to flourish. The opportunity to care for spinal patients in a specialised dedicated bay with an enhanced medical and nursing approach will reduce the reliance on HDU bed availability; thus improving waiting times and cancellation rates. Most importantly this would contribute hugely to improving the experience for the patients and their families.
Please see full job description for the main responsibilities, which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications and Registrations
* MBBS or equivalent
* Full registration with the GMC
* PLS or equivalent
* MRCPCH Foundation of Practice and Theory and Science exams
* MRCPCH Applied knowledge in Practice and Clinical exams
* APLS
Experience
* Training in core paediatric competencies
* Minimum two years’ experience in paediatrics including general paediatrics or paediatric critical care
* Experience in paediatric subspecialty relevant to the post
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
* Able to work within a team
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Demonstrate understanding of importance of Audit and Research
* Demonstrate understanding of key principles around clinical governance, capacity, consent, duty of candour
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Flexible and responsive to change
* Able to make an initial management plan for an unwell patient
Physical Skills
* Able to respond to urgent situations
* Able to move around the site as and when required
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
* Stay in full‑time education, for example at a college
* Start an Apprenticeship
* Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part‑time education or training
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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.
Name Alison Silverman Job title General Paediatric Consultant and Spinal Liaison Email address alison.silverman@nhs.net Telephone number 0115 9249924 Additional information
For further information please contact
Dr Karen Aucott or Dr Gabbi Parker General Paediatric Consultant Leads 0115 9249924 ext 84226
Dr Alison Silverman General Paediatric Consultant and Spinal Liaison, 0115 9249924 ext 84226
Mr Shakil Patel or Mr Edward Bayley Consultant Spinal Surgeons 0115 9249924
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