Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

This is a full-time NHS clinical fellow post in a tertiary training centre for paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. The applicant will join a busy and progressive team delivering paediatric endocrinology and diabetes services within Birmingham, the West Midlands and beyond. This post is fixed term for 12 months to cover a gap within the service., This full-time tertiary clinical fellow post will enable the successful candidates to receive training in paediatric endocrinology and diabetes as defined by ESPE and BSPED (www.bsped.org.uk). However, it is not recognised for training by the Postgraduate Dean and does not form part of the paediatric run-through training programme. The applicant must have reached CCT in paediatrics or completed stage ST6 (or equivalent) in paediatric training. Therefore, the post is either a post-CCT fellowship or an Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) post, subject to approval by the applicant's local deanery. Applicants are expected to have previous paediatric endocrine exposure and research interest. The post involves clinic commitment covering the whole spectrum of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes, including highly specialised clinics, as well as inpatient care covering patients on wards and the Medical Day Care Unit. There is no commitment to acute/general paediatrics, hospital@night and out of
hours on-call involved.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.