Junior Clinical Fellow in General Paediatrics

Job Summary

Closing Date due to be 29/04/2025, Shortlisting due week commencing 05/05/2025, and Interview due week commencing 12/05/2025.

The successful applicant will be joining an enthusiastic, dedicated team led by 24 consultant general paediatricians who cover a wide range of different specialties and provide general and sub specialist paediatric care. There is a full complement of junior staff working on full shift rotas, 2 senior ANPs and 2 Specialty Doctors and is separate from the neonatal rota.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful applicant will be joining an enthusiastic, dedicated team led by 24 consultant general paediatricians who cover a wide range of different specialties and provide general and sub specialist paediatric care. There is a full complement of junior staff working on full shift rotas, 2 senior ANPs and 2 Specialty Doctors and is separate from the neonatal rota.

Option to attend a variety of different outpatient clinics to gain further experience: Diabetes, epilepsy, renal, cardiology, safeguarding, rapid access acute general paediatrics, rheumatology, endocrinology, neurology, respiratory, allergy, metabolic, genetics, haemostasis/haemoglobinopathy, surgery.

About Us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Date Posted: 15 April 2025

Pay Scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Doctor - other

Salary: £49,909 to £61,825 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time

Reference Number: 389-25-7129573

Job Locations

Bradford Royal Infirmary
Bradford
BD9 6RJ

Job Responsibilities

The Childrens inpatient provision consists of a purpose built childrens decision area/assessment (5 cubicle)/ 9 bed observation area and 41-bed childrens ward. There is also a day case ward.

Day time paediatric services are covered by 2 Consultants of the week. Out of hours, the service is provided by: on call Consultant, resident middle grade x 2 (Specialty Registrar ST3-8 or experienced ANP) and resident Tier 1 (FY2-ST2) doctor. Day time Foundation 1 (FY2) x 2 trainees. There is also is a fully staffed community paediatric & child development centre with 9 Consultants and a neonatal unit with 6 Consultants.

Bradford Neonatology provides neonatal care for over 6000 inborn deliveries a year. There is no input to the neonatology service in this post. Bradford has a diverse and interesting/complex cohort of patients including those with a vast array of general paediatric & complex neurodisability problems, metabolic conditions, bleeding disorders.

Clinical Training Requirements: BLS and Trust mandatory training, APLS or equivalent.

Workload / Rota Arrangements: Full time position on rota as 1 of 12 middle grade doctors/experienced ANPs.

Teaching Opportunities Available: Teaching & tutoring of medical students; paediatric department teaching.

Training Opportunities Available: Opportunity to be involved in department research projects and to complete audit/clinical improvement cycle. Attendance at outpatient clinics, including rapid access clinics, depending on rota. In situ simulation. Experience in safeguarding/child protection. Multidisciplinary team (MDT) working.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential:

• Previous experience relevant to the specialty
• Applicant knowledge is up to date and is fit to practise safely
• Commitment for managing professional development
• Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Out of hours experience relevant to job.
• Experience in the specialty beyond ST3 or equivalent

Desirable:

• Clinical governance / audit experience

Skills

Essential:

• Practical skills in relation to the speciality
• Proven ability to work in different clinical settings
• Clear communication skills
• Organisation and planning
• Empathy and sensitivity
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: - that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or - have achieved the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application - Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7. IELTS certificate to be presented at interview. If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence.

Desirable:

• Interest in teaching and management
• Multilingual

Knowledge

Essential:

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
• Acute care safe - up to date ALS
• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge
• Essential specialty specific competencies for the post should be listed along with required evidence.

Desirable:

• Specialist Knowledge Exam
• ALS Instructors Certificate

Qualifications

Essential:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by the time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
• Evidence of achievement of ST1 / CT1 competencies in the specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2 / CT2 competences in specialty by the start date of the post [In some specialties this level of specialty or core training may not provide the right skills to perform effectively in a specialty doctor post].

Desirable:

• Specialty specific requirements eg MRCP, FRCS, etc where appropriate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address:
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Bradford
BD9 6RJ

Employer's Website: https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk