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Job overview

General Clinical Duties

The appointee will be contracted for an average of 10 programmed activities per week. Job plan will be agreed on commencement of post. It will include:

• 1 in 7 hot weeks and 1 in 7 on call with weekend in General paediatrics (TBC)
• In ‘non hot weeks’ 2 to 3 clinics a week: General paediatrics new & follow-up and Diabetes clinics.
• Core CPD and any remaining SPA to contribute to activities of the department. You will be educational supervisor for 1 or 2 trainees, contribute to induction and post graduate education, undergraduate education, governance activities, audit and research. A new Job planning framework has been agreed with LNC recently.
• 1 in 7 resident evenings till 8PM (Mon- Friday) as resident consultant for POAU & admissions (TBC).

This post is based at Wythenshawe hospital, there will be a need for cross site working . We would like the post holder to support the paediatric Diabetes  service.

Main duties of the job

Currently the service Hot week runs from 5 pm Friday till 5 pm the following Friday. During the working week there is one consultant on for general paediatrics, covering from 8.30am-5pm weekdays. The Hot week consultant is responsible for leading a daily ward round, review admitted patients (ensuring RCPCH 7 day service standard met), attend MDT/strategy meetings, supervise trainees and be available for all paediatric emergencies at Wythenshawe and also be available to support trainees in management of acute emergencies from 0830 to 1700. After 1700 the on call consultant will take responsibility. During hotweek you will be responsible for all general paediatric admissions, HDU patients, POAU referrals and attendance in ED for any emergency.  Day to day decisions about the management of common acute paediatric problems are discussed on the daily morning ward round which is led by a consultant every day including weekends and bank holidays. There are guidelines for the treatment of common paediatric conditions. General Paediatric Consultants lead on the care of children with safeguarding issues. They will also review patients under the surgical teams when help is needed in management of medical problems. The consultant on-call will be called to attend the Emergency Department to advice on management of paediatric medical emergencies out of hours.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & 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.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.