Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics

This is an amazing opportunity to take advantage of an exciting post as Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics at Queens Hospital in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire for 12 months. All posts come with the opportunity and supervision to develop an interest within the paediatric department and are ideally suited to a candidate who is ready to take on middle grade decision making or a post CCT candidate to develop and complete a project that will help make them more competitive in the Consultant Job Market.

This is a 12 month fixed term post for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust based at Queen's Hospital, Burton. It includes a requirement to work across other UHDB sites should the need arise Any applicant unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed; modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Associate Director, but the out of hours commitment is fixed. Queens Hospital Burton is part of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust which merged with Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton in July 2018. Burton was authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1st November 2008. NHS foundation trusts are a fundamental part of the current NHS reform programme. They reflect the move from a centrally managed service to one that is managed locally and so more responsive to patients. We provide hospital-based services from four main sites - Queens Hospital, Burton-Upon-Trent - acute hospital services, including an Emergency Department the Treatment Centre, on the Queens site - a dedicated centre for day case surgery and treatments. Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, Lichfield - local services, including a midwife-led maternity unit., As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in ED 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.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff