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    Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4-8

    equivalent)
    In Paediatrics

    JOB DESCRIPTION
    About our organisation
    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two
    main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University
    Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

    We have nearly 6,000 members of staff that care for nearly one million people locally,
    regionally, nationally and internationally. Both hospitals provide full clinical services,
    including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-
    based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
    We are one of the best performing Foundation Trusts in London for A&E waiting times,
    and mortality rates are better than average. Since the Care Quality Commission last
    inspected our hospitals we have taken on responsibility for a range of new services. Our
    new services include:
     Cardiac catheter service and a paediatric assessment unit on the West
    Middlesex site
     Surgical assessment unit on the Chelsea site
     New sexual health clinic at 10 Hammersmith Broadway
     Virtual fracture clinics
     Learning disabilities passports

    Our priorities
    1. Deliver high-quality patient-centred care
    Patients, their friends, family and carers will be treated with unfailing kindness and
    respect by every member of staff in every department and their experience and
    quality of care will be second to none.
    2. Be the employer of choice
    We will provide every member of staff with the support, information, facilities and
    environment they need to develop in their roles and careers. We will recruit and
    retain people we need to deliver high-quality services to our patients and other
    service users.
    3. Deliver better care at lower cost
    We will look to continuously improve the quality of care and patient experience
    through the most efficient use of available resources.

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    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2
    Our staff
    Our staff survey results show that our Trust continues to have high levels of job
    satisfaction. Striving to improve this even further remains our priority of being an
    employer of choice. This means not only attracting staff, but keeping them through
    investment in learning and development, career progression and attention to work/life
    balance.

    Trust Values
    The Trust has launched its values to patients and members of the public to demonstrate
    the standard of care and experience they should expect from any of our services.
    These values form the mnemonic PROUD:
    Putting patients first
    Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
    Open, welcoming and honest
    Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity
    Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care

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    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 3
    Job title Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

    Band ST4-8 equivalent | 2002 Contract.

    Division Women’s and Children

    Responsible to Service Directorate for Acute Paediatrics

    Accountable to General Manager Paediatrics

    Type of contract Fixed term – 6 months extendable

    Hours per week 40 hours per week + on calls.

    Location Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

    Job Summary

    We are looking to recruit Senior Clinical Fellows to the General Paediatric Department.
    The posts provide an opportunity to develop paediatric clinical skills and are suitable for
    those not currently in the training programme, as well as for trainees looking for out of
    programme experience or want to start a special interest module (SPIN). The posts are
    ideally suited for those who want to expand and consolidate their experience in
    paediatrics with exposure to subspecialty paediatrics and paediatric HDU.
    The post will be tailored to meet needs of the successful applicants, who will have the
    same training opportunities as senior paediatric trainees. The post holders will work
    with the existing paediatric team (the posts do not cover the Neonatal Unit).

    Acute/In patient paediatrics in Chelsea and Westminster


    The Paediatric department is a large unit, comprising an inpatient base of over 70 beds
    including a 12 bedded adolescent unit, a 12 bedded HDU, a large outpatient department
    and Paediatric Emergency Department that sees over 45,000 children a year. There is
    a comprehensive community Paediatric service, which is fully integrated with the
    Paediatric department.
    The acute paediatric service caters for over 4,000 acute admissions per year. The
    inpatient unit caters for a whole range of specialties, addition to acute paediatrics,
    including neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory, and cardiology as
    well as paediatric general and specialist surgery, trauma & orthopaedics, ENT,
    ophthalmology, dental and maxillofacial, craniofacial. A full range of imaging services
    is on site including MRI, supported by paediatric anaesthetic team.
     Trainees have rated us as a top training institute for post-graduates
     24 hour resident consultant presence
     Paediatric High Dependency Unit
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     Paediatric Gastroenterology
     Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
     Paediatric Neurology and Neurodisability
     Paediatric Emergency Department
     Regional centre for Paediatric Surgery

    The Trust also provides tertiary paediatric cardiology, respiratory dermatology, allergy,
    infectious diseases, burns, plastics and a range of other services including craniofacial
    and orthopaedic surgery.
    The post is part of a 1:10 full shift rota providing out of hours cover to the general
    paediatric inpatients and emergency admissions. The out of hours team is made up of
    a resident Paediatric Consultant, a Paediatric Medical Register, a Paediatric Surgical
    Registrar and junior doctors (ST1-ST3 equivalent). This provides both an excellent level
    of care for the child and also opportunities for extensive out of training.

    Key working relation relationships


     All members of the multidisciplinary paediatric team
     Educational supervision by consultant paediatric educational supervisors

    Roles and responsibilities


     Provide day to day support on site for the Paediatric wards and Paediatric
    outpatients Department
     Work in collaboration with specialist teams on site
     Participate in the out of hours middle grade rota.
     Participate in the Audit/ QI / Research program of the department.
     Contribute to the departmental and undergraduate teaching program including
    simulation

    There is a wide range of teaching opportunities including development of undergraduate


    training, regular simulation programmes/ courses, acute and specialist paediatric multi-
    disciplinary teaching. The post holders will be working alongside London deanery
    trainees and trainees from General Practice, Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine
    backgrounds and will have access to all the same educational opportunities. The post
    holders are encouraged to keep an e-portfolio and will have an allocated educational
    supervisor.

    This job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the
    service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and
    his/her manager.

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    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 5
    All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure.
    You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge
    level. If you are unsure you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.

    Salary
    All out of training clinical fellows are paid on the MN37 payscale of the 2002 doctor’s
    agreement. The salary range for MN37 is £33,790 - £53,132 per annum with an
    incremental grade with each year post F2 equating to one spine point.

    On call ‘banding’ is applicable for this post in addition to the salary range and works
    out as an additional 50% (1A) or 40% (1B) of the basic salary, depending on the
    frequency and intensity of the on calls as outlined in the rota.

    London weighting is currently £2,162 per annum.

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    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6
    Person Specification

    Job title Senior Clinical Fellow Paediatrics

    Band ST4-8 equivalent

    Division Women and Children

    Evidence for suitability in the role will be measured via a mixture of application form,
    testing and interview.
    Essential: E Desirable: D
    Trust Values
    Putting patients first E
    Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff E
    Open, welcoming and honest E
    Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity E
    Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care E
    Education and Qualifications
    MB BS or Equivalent E
    Full medical registration E
    BSc D
    MRCPCH D
    Experience
    Completed Foundation training or equivalent E
    Previous paediatric experience E
    Previous experience working at middle grade level D
    Skills and knowledge
    Competencies relevant to completion of Foundation training E
    Competencies relevant to completion of ST1-3 training (or equivalent) E
    Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams E
    Enthusiasm for teaching, both undergraduate and post-graduate E
    Child protection experience/training E
    EPLS or APLS E
    Competent in full range of paediatric practical skills E
    Personal qualities
    Team Working E
    Enthusiastic E
    Good Communicator E
    Innovative D
    Problem solving approach D

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