Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specifications for further details of this vacancy.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria

• Completion of Core training (minimum 2 years) in base specialty
• Previous experience in either Paediatrics, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Paediatric Surgery or Emergency Medicine

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working within the NHS
• Previous ECMO/ECLS experience
• Exposure to intensive care medicine (adult, paediatric or neonatal)

Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria

• Good communication skills with colleagues and families
• Ability to cope with stressful situations and maintain good relations with medical and nursing colleagues
• Ability to work in a multi professional team
• Ability to fit in with shift based working system

Desirable criteria

• Flexibility with scheduling

Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria

• Medical Degree
• GMC Full Registration (or application underway)
• First part of Postgraduate medical qualifications e.g. MRCPCH, FRCA, FRCS or equivalent if non UK trained

Desirable criteria

• Full MRCPCH, FRCA, FRCS (or equivalent)
• Membership of defence organisation
• Evidence of current accreditation in paediatric/neonatal life support (APLS,PALS,NLS or EPLS)

Additional & Aptitudes
Essential criteria

• Respecting Everyone
• Embracing Change
• Recognising Success
• Working Together

Public Sector Language Competency
Essential criteria

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston-super-Mare, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all of our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

With strong links to the University of Bristol and University of West of England we are the major medical research and training centre in the region, using findings to continually improve our patient care and attracting the highest calibre clinical staff from across the UK.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

IMPORTANT:

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form. Due to high volumes of applications, vacancies may be closed before the closing date.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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