Teaching Fellow In Paediatric ENT Surgery

The post is an appointment for a post core surgical trainee for 12 months as a Teaching Fellow in Paediatric ENT Surgery at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust., This post has been established to enhance the teaching of medical students in the Trust and the University of Liverpool School of Medicine. There is an Undergraduate Co-ordinator based at the Trust who is able to support the organisation of teaching within the Trust., The post holder will teach and co-ordinate students to ensure that students are able to achieve their learning objectives. There will be close liaison with the Undergraduate Co-ordinator in the Trust.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year. It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees.Alder Hey offers 20 specialist services including being the designated national centre for Craniofacial Surgery and a Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Oncology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology and Orthopaedics. It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and 400 nursing students each year. A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an in-patient unit based at the Trust. Recent expansion has seen the provision of additional theatres (there are 13 operating Theatres in total) and the opening of a new Neuro-sciences development.

Alder Hey serves not only the children of Liverpool but is the tertiary referral centre for children from Merseyside, Cheshire, parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales for many sub-specialties of paediatrics. The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home carers and a child development centre. The hospital has over 300 beds, including day beds for surgery, a medical day care unit and Emergency Decision Unit.

A purpose built Education Centre is situated on the hospital site and is available for all postgraduate educational activity