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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Senior Clinical Fellow - Paediatric Sleep
Closed for applications on: 14-Apr-2025 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 14-Apr-2025 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Evelina Children's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EU
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £70,425 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (ST6-8)
Specialty
- Main area
- Paediatric Sleep - Neurosciences
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - EVELINA PAEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINE - NEUROSCIENCES
Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Sleep Medicine
1 Full Time – 40 hours per week (Out of Programme Experience OOPE); Proposed start date: Sept 2025
Fixed Term - 12 months
This is an exciting opportunity to have training in a new and emerging field of paediatrics in the UK, as well as gain a wide experience of education including teaching and training in a multidisciplinary team, as well as developing and contributing to training on a local, regional and national level. The candidate will join a dynamic team and will work across all aspects of paediatric sleep medicine in a tertiary neuroscience department delivering high quality care to children and young people, within a multidisciplinary team (paediatric consultants, sleep physiologists, sleep psychologists and clinical nurse specialist). The post is offered as a Teaching Fellowship in Paediatric Sleep Medicine for a period of up to a year. If you are in training, an application for OOPE will need to be made.
Registrar level ST6+-:
The successful candidate will contribute to clinical assessments of children and young people (with and without disability) for common and rare sleep disorders including narcolepsy and circadian rhythm disorders. The job will also include some training on reporting on sleep studies (polysomnography, multiple sleep latency tests, respiratory polygraphy and actigraphy).
Advert
This post will be of interest to a doctor looking to gain experience or develop an interest in Paediatric Sleep medicine. Applications will be accepted from candidates near or post CCT in Neurodisability, Neurology, Respiratory Medicine, General Paediatrics or Community Paediatrics (or equivalent near completion of training as a consultant). Other relevant sub-specialities will be considered. Candidates looking to complete their CESR qualification in Paediatrics will also be considered.
The post offers opportunities for participation in Hypersomnolence clinics, Insomnia assessments in children with disability. The team provides advice to consultants from around the network and nationally, provide outreach clinics (Belfast) and participate in reporting of sleep diagnostics after being scored by trained sleep physiologists.
Our team holds transition clinics jointly with the adult sleep physicians at Guy’s Hospital (largest sleep lab in Europe). Members of the team hold positions or work closely with the British Sleep Society, International Paediatric Sleep Association and The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. We run an ambulatory service in parallel. We support the Long Term Ventilation (LTV) team with diagnostic services for their children and young persons. We are the NHS England designated centre for management of the most complex narcolepsy patients in the region.
Working for our organisation
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full breakdown of desired criteria.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact for more information.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise.
- MRCPCH
- At least 6 years in full time post graduate training (or its equivalent on a part time or flexible basis APLS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree
- Entry on the CCT register or equivalent
- Qualification in sleep medicine or Higher Degree / research
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive clinical experience in relevant speciality (neurological, or neurodevelopmental or general or community paediatric); Respiratory experience also counted; grid training or equivalent level of experience
- Experience of managing safeguarding cases
Desirable criteria
- Experience in managing problems with sleep, particularly non-respiratory sleep medicine
- Clinical experience in paediatric sleep medicine
- Experience of interpreting sleep studies
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of common sleep disorders
- Some knowledge of the range of sleep studies offered in a diagnostic service
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English
- Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of quality
Desirable criteria
- Advanced IT skills
Research & Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Teaching experience to include bedside teaching, small group and classroom
- Understanding of teaching structures within UK organisations
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research
- Publication(s) in peer reviewed journal
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
Leadership/ Management skills
Essential criteria
- Judgement: capacity to work well under pressure, make appropriate decisions escalate to senior colleagues when appropriate. Awareness of own limitations and when to ask for help.
- Organisation and planning: ability to manage time, prioritise workload and follow advice and simple instructions.
- Leadership: Ability to manage a team of junior medical staff and allied health professionals.
- Probity: Takes responsibility for own actions, demonstrates respect for all, awareness of clinical governance and GMC guidelines on probity and fulfils them.
- Professional Integrity
- Professional attitude
Desirable criteria
- Judgement: Evidence of desire to pursue a career in Paediatric Sleep Medicine
- Organisation and planning: Evidence of teaching junior colleagues and allied health professionals
- Decision Making: Demonstrates ability for clear, logical thought and awareness of own limitations under pressure as well as in day to day work
Audit, Management & IT
Essential criteria
- Track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills
- Understanding of principles of audit
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to advise and contribute to planning of service developments
- Management training or qualification
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor Paul Gringras
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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