Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Paediatrics

Job overview

Applications are invited for vacancies at Senior Locally Employed Doctor level in the department of General Paediatrics at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Managed Clinical Service. This is a fixed term 2-year rotational post via the Manchester International Fellowship Training Scheme and is ideal for those wishing to gain UK experience at middle grade (Tier 2) level or as a preparations for MRCPCH exams.

Successful candidates will gain specialist paediatric experience within one of the largest children’s hospitals in the UK, with additional responsibility for provision of out of hour’s cover. As well as giving advice on referrals, you will also attend ward rounds, be responsible for ward-based clinical duties and attend out-patient clinics.

Successful applicants could be placed at one of our three acute paediatric sites:

• RMCH – paediatrics only 
• North Manchester – paediatrics and neonates 
• Wythenshawe – paediatrics and neonates 

Interviews will be held  via MS Teams

All candidates should be expected to commence in post by no later than early June 2025 and will need to attend a bespoke induction for all MIFTS recruits.

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We can offer different working patterns depending on the skills and experience of successful candidates. All middle grade posts involve an element of out of hours resident on call duties covering admissions and ward patients. Examples of the possible rota schedules are attached to this advert. Senior Locally Employed Doctors are responsible for immediate supervision of the ST1-2 when on call or at the weekends. Daily ward rounds are led by the hot week Consultant

All referrals regarding Child Protection are seen by middle grade doctors/ Consultants. The ST4+ also has regular OP clinic commitments and administrative duties as well as role in medical student education. 

As RMCH is a specialist children’s hospital, there may also be the opportunity for successful candidates to be based in one of our tertiary medical specialties.

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.