Clinical Fellow Paediatric Gastroenterology | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG7 2UH |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7014280/164-7014280 |
Summary
This is aFull-time Clinical Fellow postin Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (PGHAN) based at the Nottingham Children’s Hospital, QMC, Nottingham and available from March 2025 for 12 months. This post will also be suitable for a trainee with paediatric experience who would like to obtain further clinical experience in Paediatric Gastroenterology prior to considering a career in the specialty or for those wishing to obtain experience within a paediatric sub-specialty as part of their paediatric training. Experience with paediatric endoscopy can be provided depending on the stage of experience of the individual and the overall needs of the PGHAN service. It is not suitable for those with no paediatric experience. There is no expectation for the post holder to work on the general paediatric rota or provide cover out of hours and therefore this post will suit those candidates wishing to work in a well-supported environment within a multidisciplinary team during working hours whilst maintaining a work life balance.
The department of Paediatric Gastroenterology at the Nottingham Children’s Hospital based within the Queen’s Medical Centre is a tertiary service serving a population of 2.6 million. We provide comprehensive tertiary inpatient and outpatient Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition services for the local community in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and parts of Leicestershire. Within the children’s hospital, the department provides the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic services, including urgent and emergency endoscopies. It works closely with the neonatal surgical service and runs the nutritional rehabilitation programme including looking after children on home PN. There is a collaborative working arrangement with the adult gastroenterology department with whom we look after a growing cohort of adolescents with IBD going through the transition programme. At present the service has access to 7 endoscopy lists each month. In addition to Nutritional consults the specialty provides consultations for a number of co-located services including surgery, renal transplant, neonates, paediatric intensive care, spinal surgery, oncology and general paediatrics.
The appointee will be expected to fulfil all duties described.
Hospital services for children in Nottingham merged onto a single site at Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham Children’s Hospital was created within it.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist services for children in Nottingham, together with tertiary paediatric and neonatal services to the adjacent areas of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire (Trent SHA catchment area), surgical services for Stoke on Trent in the Midlands and neurosurgical services for Leicestershire. We also provide supra-regional services for paediatric spinal surgery, rheumatology, nephro-urology and cystic fibrosis. Paediatric cardiac surgery and hepato-biliary surgery are not resourced locally.
The Childrens Hospital is situated in East Block on D and E floors, with out-patient departments on B floor and comprises:
• Eight wards - 121 Beds, including critical care
• Critical care unit – 14 beds
• An Oncology Day Case Unit with anaesthetic facilities,
• A Short Stay unit for observation of the acutely ill child
• A large Hospital school.
• The Academic Division of Child Health (University of Nottingham School of Human Development).
• A 22-bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (situated on B floor adjacent to the delivery suite)
• A separate children’s Emergency Department sees in excess of 40,000 children per year and a new purpose built facility has been built as part of the Accident and Emergency extension plans (situated on A floor).
• 2 outpatient areas on B Floor, South and East
Please see the attached Job Description for more in-depth detail.
The appointee will be expected to fulfil all duties described and within the agreed Job Plan.
This advert closes on Thursday 1 May 2025