Paediatric Sho

Client Name**:Co Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust**

Role: SHO Paediatric Doctor

Rates: Negotiable

Shifts**:Full Rota**

Location**:University Hospital of North Durham**

**Benefits**:

- Over 5,000 new job requests received every week. Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
- Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
- Competitive pay rates
- Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
- A dedicated point of contact
- Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
- Lucrative referral scheme
- Revalidation support
- 24/7/365 service - we are available when you need us
- Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.

As a Doctor in Paediatrics, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the provision of young patient care services across the four main areas of paediatrics including general paediatrics, neonatology, community paediatrics and paediatric cardiology.

Working flexible shifts at you will join the paediatric workforce, providing expertise in diagnosing and treating the medical conditions affecting infants, children and young people while continuing your clinical and educational journey towards independentpractice.

The **University Hospital of North Durham** takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country and unparalleled opportunitiesto fully immerse yourself in specialism and training.

As a Paediatric Doctor, your role is critical to the development, improvement, and expansion of the paediatric provision within **University Hospital of North Durham**. Here you will be working alongside a cohesive team of dynamic, motivated, and progressive health professionals, all with their own specialities and interests, to ensure paediatric care is of the highestpossible standard throughout the trust.

**General key skills**

In addition to your qualifications, as Middle Grade Paediatric Doctor, you will have:

- Quick thinking abilities
- Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
- Excellent attention to detail
- A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
- Excellent timekeeping
- A pro-active approach to research and academia
- Empathy and understanding
- A flexible attitude
- A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
- Active listening skills

**Main Duties/Responsibilities**

As a SHO Paediatric Doctor with **University Hospital of North Durham** you will:

- Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
- Provide constant monitoring and care for patients.
- Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
- Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
- Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
- Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
- Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
- Conduct research to help develop and test surgical techniques and equipment that can improve operating procedures and outcomes
- Contribute to the teaching and training nurses, medical students, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

**Qualifications**

Essential
- MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
- 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.