Paediatric Registrar (ST3+)

This is a locum approved for service (LAS) post to fill in the gap created by speciality paediatrician moving to neonatal rota. It is based at Warrington Hospital. The post is at middle grade level and the duties will include seeing paediatric referrals from A&E and primary care, care of paediatric inpatients both on the Paediatric ward and the assessment unit, seeing newborn babies on the postnatal ward and attendance at high-risk deliveries and preterm deliveries. The postholder supports the 1in 7 middle grade rota including weekends and nights. There is opportunity to get outpatient experience for developing skills which also supports paediatricians who want to do membership exams and progress in career. The postholder gains additional safeguarding experience with seeing cases referred for child protection medicals, preparing medical reports and participating in multiagency monthly peer reviews., 1: 7 weekdays and weekends with out of Hours Commitment. On-call duties will be shared with colleagues. The post holder participates in the second on call tier, which includes a full shift rota with weekends, nights and evenings to support both Paediatric wards and neonatal unit. There is an additional neonatal middle grade tier and paediatric junior tier with resident consultant support for daytime/evening hrs for weekdays and weekends excluding nights. Support by non-resident consultant cover is provided for nights.
The Supporting Professional Activities will be used for non-clinical administrative duties, audit, research, clinical governance, teaching and training, and reflective practice.
The role is middle grade,
ND: Normal day 9 am-5.00 pm based on the Paediatric wards, neonatal unit or clinics
LD:Long day 9am -9.30pm and Nights: 9pm- 0930 am
You will be taking referrals via bleep from A&E, GP, PART team, delivery suite and postnatal wards.
Study leave is available as per the Terms and Conditions and subject to agreement with the clinical lead.

Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.