Job summary

We have Senior Fellow 2 posts available within the Emergency Medicine team. 1 role is full time (40 HPW) and the other is 0.54 WTE (21.5 HPW)

The post holders will support the current PEM consultant as part of the recently established PEM team. The team have been central in developing an acute paediatric pathway with real potential for further quality improvement projects.

Main duties of the job

Role Responsibilities

- Provide day to day support on site in the Paediatric Emergency Department- Integral member of the paediatric resuscitation team- Participate in the out of hours rotas- Contribute to the departmental and undergraduate teaching programme including simulation- Participate and be creative in the audit/research programme of the department

About us

The Emergency Department (ED) at West Middlesex Hospital sees 55,000 patients a year of which approximately 30% of these are children, providing the service to a large urban population.

The dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department and the adjoining UCC, is open 24/7, which treats over 34,000 children per year with 18,000 being referred to PED.

Job description

Job responsibilities

PED is staffed entirely by paediatric nurses and medical staffing is jointly from general paediatrics and the emergency medicine teams. It is co-located with the main Emergency Department with a separate audio-visual waiting room. Our department is a 9 bedded space, including an HDU space, a mental health room, a separate isolation room and a paediatric dedicated bay in the 4 bedded resuscitation area.

There is a newly appointed paediatric emergency medicine who is dedicated solely to the Paediatric Emergency Department.

As such we are looking for an enthusiastic Paediatric Senior Clinical Fellow with expertise in all aspects of working with emergency care of children to working with the Paediatric and Emergency Team.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or Equivalent
• Full GMC/medical registration

Desirable

• BSc
• MRCPCH

Experience

Essential

• Completed Foundation training or equivalent

Desirable

• Previous Paediatric or Emergency Medicine experience
• Teaching qualification

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Competencies relevant to completion of Foundation training
• Competent in full range of practical skills
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Enthusiasm for teaching, both undergraduate and post-graduate

Desirable

• Child protection experience/training
• EPLS or APLS
• Competent in full range of paediatric practical skills

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