Specialist Doctor in Paediatric Surgery

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and busiest paediatric surgical units in the country as part of a new, four person specialist doctor rota. Each specialist doctor will assist the department in providing both emergency and elective services within RMCH and the wider region. This will include elements of both supervised and independent practice. Specialist doctors be linked with one of the subspecialty teams (Lower GI, Oncology and Upper GI/Thoracic) who will provide further mentorship.

The Department of Paediatric Surgery is the specialist children's surgery centre in North West England including Neonatal, Oncological, Thoracic, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and specialist day-case surgery, and the surgery of intestinal failure and short bowel; supra-regional service supporting exstrophy, hyperinsulinaemia of the New-born, Metabolic disorders., The main purpose of this role will be to support the department to provide both a high quality emergency and elective service.

Duties will include both supervised and independent clinical activity on the wards, theatre and outpatient clinics.

Independent practice would include areas such as: hot clinics, general surgery of childhood, haematology lists and vascular access

Participate in the teaching and mentoring of resident doctors, contributing to the professional development of the department.

Engage in continuous professional development, revalidation and keep up-to-date of the latest developments in paediatric surgery.

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

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