ST4+ LAS Registrar in Paediatrics and Neonates - 12 month contract

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical., + Day to day clinical management of children on the two acute children’s wards, Dolphin and Lion, including medical aspects of surgical patients and close liaison with doctors involved from other specialties.

• Cover for paediatric problems on the Paediatric Accident & Emergency Unit.

• Provide cover for all acute paediatric referrals from any source.

• Supervision and teaching of the ST1-ST3 doctors on the Acute Children’s Wards and the Paediatric Day Bed Unit.

• Out of hours, nights and weekends cover both neonatal and general paediatrics.

• Take part in teaching medical students and physician assistant trainees.

• Active participation in supervised clinics.

Acute on-call rota covering nights and weekends in Paediatrics and Neonates

ST4+ in General/neonatal Paediatrics which is full time and will participate on the on call rota.

The post-holder will cover predominantly paediatrics during working hours (ward cover, acute GP referrals seen within Paediatric A&E, daybed patient reviews), although will need to cover neonates out of hours. There will be an opportunity to cover outpatient clinics. During on-call shifts (from 5pm and weekends) the registrar will cover a mix of both neonates and paediatrics. We have separate consultant rota for general paediatrics and Neonates.

Neonatal unit is a level 2 SCBU were we manage preterm above 28 weeks gestation. There are 2 ANP’s and separate neonatal SHO/FY2/ST trainees as a part of the neonatal rota