Alder Hey Children's Hospital provides specialized healthcare services for children and young people, including emergency care, surgeries, and various treatments. Their mission is to deliver outstanding, patient-centered care that enhances the health and well-being of children. They focus on offering high-quality, compassionate, and innovative services to meet the unique needs of their young patients and their families.

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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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You must commit to a 12-month LAS position in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, provide resuscitation and treatment, and work in a multidisciplinary team under senior supervision with ample consultant presence.

You will resuscitate, examine, diagnose, and treat patients in the Emergency Department, working with a multidisciplinary team under senior supervision. Night shift support is available.

Healthcare

Education & Teaching

Liverpool

The post is an appointment for 12 months as a LAS in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. There are in the region of over 70,000 new attendances at Alder Hey ED annually, of which about 15% are admitted. The medical, surgical and orthopedics specialties see referred patients within the department who have been sent to them by the general practitioners for possible admission as well as patients referred by ED for admission. There is a PEM Consultant presence in the clinical areas of the ED from 0800 to 0000 seven days a week. Facilities The clinical area is spacious and well equipped. It consists of: * Two resuscitation rooms and 2 high dependency rooms. * One multi-sensory room. * One Section 136 ‘safe’ room. * 18 acute cubicles for reviewing and treating patients. * A minor operations room. * An Emergency Decisions Unit with 12 beds to allow observation and short-term treatment of patients. * An integrated decontamination unit. * The Paediatric Urgent Treatment Centre Clinical * The resuscitation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting to the Emergency Department * To work as part of a multidisciplinary Team * There will be senior supervision available for training grade doctors in the Department i.e Consultant presence 16 hours per day. Night shift support is provided by the non resident ED consultant, and on site medical, surgical, ICU and anaesthetic paediatric ST4+ doctors. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year. It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees. Alder Hey offers 20 specialist services including being the designated national centre for Craniofacial Surgery and a Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Oncology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology and Orthopaedics. It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and 400 nursing students each year. A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an in-patient unit based at the Trust. Recent expansion has seen the provision of additional theatres (there are 13 operating Theatres in total) and the opening of a new Neuro-sciences development. Alder Hey serves not only the children of Liverpool but is the tertiary referral centre for children from Merseyside, Cheshire, parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales for many sub-specialties of paediatrics. The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home carers and a child development centre. The hospital has over 300 beds, including day beds for surgery, a medical day care unit and Emergency Decision Unit. A purpose built Education Centre is situated on the hospital site and is available for all postgraduate educational activity. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Pool Job title: Consultant Paeds Emergency Medicine Email address: Hannah.Pool@alderhey.nhs.uk

The post is an appointment for 12 months as a LAS in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.There are in the region of over 70,000 new attendances at Alder Hey ED annually, of which about 15% are admitted. The medical, surgical and orthopedics specialties see referred patients within the department who have been sent to them by the general practitioners for possible admission as well as patients referred by ED for admission.There is a PEM Consultant presence in the clinical areas of the ED from 0800 to 0000 seven days a week.FacilitiesThe clinical area is spacious and well equipped. It consists of: * Two resuscitation rooms and 2 high dependency rooms. * One multi-sensory room. * One Section 136 ‘safe’ room. * 18 acute cubicles for reviewing and treating patients. * A minor operations room. * An Emergency Decisions Unit with 12 beds to allow observation and short-term treatment of patients. * An integrated decontamination unit. * The Paediatric Urgent Treatment Centre      Clinical * The resuscitation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting to the Emergency Department * To work as part of a multidisciplinary Team * There will be senior supervision available for training grade doctors in the Department i.e Consultant presence 16 hours per day. Night shift support is provided by the non resident ED consultant, and on site medical, surgical, ICU and anaesthetic paediatric ST4+ doctors.      Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals providing care for over 200,000 children and young people each year.It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in UK and is staffed by 2,800 employees. Alder Hey offers 20 specialist services including being the designated national centre for Craniofacial Surgery and a Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Oncology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology and Orthopaedics.It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and 400 nursing students each year. A child and adolescent mental health service is also provided with an in-patient unit based at the Trust.Recent expansion has seen the provision of additional theatres (there are 13 operating Theatres in total) and the opening of a new Neuro-sciences development. Alder Hey serves not only the children of Liverpool but is the tertiary referral centre for children from Merseyside, Cheshire, parts of Lancashire, Shropshire and North Wales for many sub-specialties of paediatrics.The Trust provides a range of community services including school nursing, home carers and a child development centre. The hospital has over 300 beds, including day beds for surgery, a medical day care unit and Emergency Decision Unit. A purpose built Education Centre is situated on the hospital site and is available for all postgraduate educational activity.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Pool Job title: Consultant Paeds Emergency Medicine Email address: Hannah.Pool@alderhey.nhs.uk

Junior Clinical Fellow - Emergency Dept - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Junior Clinical Fellow - Emergency Dept

You must have a minimum two-year fellowship in paediatric spinal deformity surgery.

You will engage in clinical care, participate in professional activities, and collaborate on job planning with the Clinical Director, with no on-call duties required.

Research & Development

This is a full time 10 PA Specialist Grade in paediatric spine appointment. The post holder will work together with 6 spinal consultants as well as 13 orthopaedic consultants and 1 NIHR funded consultant at Alder Hey. Applicant must have minimum two year fellowship in paediatric spinal deformity surgery. Main Duties And Responsibilities Duties It is envisaged that this post will attract 10 programmed activities per week (9 PA direct clinical care and 1 PA supporting professional activities) As per Trust Policy for new Specialist Grades increases beyond 1 SPA, in respect of defined roles with clear objectives, can be negotiated by mutual agreement following annual job planning reviews. Proposed job plan This post attracts 10 programmed activities per week. At present there is no on call commitment. The job plan for the first three months will be based on a provisional/indicative timetable. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director within three months of the commencement date of the appointee. The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an illustrative guide only and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidate. As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility. Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies. We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Maisie St John Job title: Service Manager Email address: maisie.stjohn@alderhey.nhs.uk

This is a full time 10 PA Specialist Grade in paediatric spine appointment. The post holder will work together with 6 spinal consultants as well as 13 orthopaedic consultants and 1 NIHR funded consultant at Alder Hey. Applicant must have minimum two year fellowship in paediatric spinal deformity surgery.Main Duties And ResponsibilitiesDutiesIt is envisaged that this post will attract 10 programmed activities per week (9 PA direct clinical care and 1 PA supporting professional activities) As per Trust Policy for new Specialist Grades increases beyond 1 SPA, in respect of defined roles with clear objectives, can be negotiated by mutual agreement following annual job planning reviews.Proposed job planThis post attracts 10 programmed activities per week.At present there is no on call commitment.The job plan for the first three months will be based on a provisional/indicative timetable. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director within three months of the commencement date of the appointee.The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an illustrative guide only and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidate.As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Maisie St John Job title: Service Manager Email address: maisie.stjohn@alderhey.nhs.uk

Specialist Grade in Spinal - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Grade in Spinal

You need HNC/D level education, experience with medical devices, must pass a practical test, and demonstrate high standards of self-discipline and teamwork.

You will maintain, repair, and calibrate complex medical equipment in various clinical settings, ensuring safe operation and working collaboratively with healthcare professionals.

Engineering

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT for a skilled, experienced and motivated Band 5 Medical Engineer. The role is a a part time position within the Medical Engineering department. The department consists of electronic and mechanical engineers, equipment library staff and an administration team. You will be educated to at least HNC/D level or equivalent with several years’ medical device or other complex electronic/ electrical equipment maintenance experience, preferably in a healthcare environment. PLEASE NOTE: There is a requirement for on-site practical test at interview which you must be able to attend to be considered for the post. Please do not apply if you are unable to fulfill this requirement should you progress to the interview stage. Previous applicants need not apply. To display a high personal standard in respect of self-discipline and attitude to work, in view of both the complex nature of equipment on which they may be working and the requirement to liaise with other healthcare professionals, patients, carers, clients and external organisations. To commission, repair, maintain, overhaul, re-calibrate and decommission a wide range of medical equipment including life support, patient monitoring, IV Therapy, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilators, pathology, radiology, pharmacy and anaesthetic equipment used within the medical field, most of which will be highly complex and non-routine. To regularly work on equipment, which may be 'patient connected' in areas including Intensive care, HDU & theatres as well as being able to work across the whole range of specialties and disciplines. Some of this equipment may be connected via medical information networks and/or driven by computer-based software systems. All candidates will be required to work along-side other healthcare professionals as part of a highly effective, multi-disciplinary team in order to deliver a safe and effective equipment management service. You will be supported in this position by the way of specialist training and development to build your skills, knowledge and experience with the potential for further opportunities within the department. As a member of a multi-disciplined team of technicians you will be required to work without supervision. Duties will include the maintenance and the fault rectification of highly complex medical equipment; including life-support, patient monitoring, IV Therapy, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilators, pathology, radiology, pharmacy and anaesthetic equipment, which at times will be 'patient connected'. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Lewis Job title: Medical Engineering Team Leader Email address: daniel.lewis@alderhey.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 252 5293

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT for a skilled, experienced and motivated Band 5 Medical Engineer.The role is a a part time position within the Medical Engineering department. The department consists of electronic and mechanical engineers, equipment library staff and an administration team.You will be educated to at least HNC/D level or equivalent with several years’ medical device or other complex electronic/ electrical equipmentmaintenance experience, preferably in a healthcare environment.PLEASE NOTE: There is a requirement for on-site practical test at interview which you must be able to attend to be considered for the post.Please do not apply if you are unable to fulfill this requirement should you progress to the interview stage.Previous applicants need not apply.To display a high personal standard in respect of self-discipline and attitude to work, in view of both the complex nature of equipment on which they may be working and the requirement to liaise with other healthcare professionals, patients, carers, clients and external organisations.To commission, repair, maintain, overhaul, re-calibrate and decommission a wide range of medical equipment including life support, patient monitoring, IV Therapy, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilators, pathology, radiology, pharmacy and anaesthetic equipment used within the medical field, most of which will be highly complex and non-routine.To regularly work on equipment, which may be 'patient connected' in areas including Intensive care, HDU & theatres as well as being able to work across the whole range of specialties and disciplines. Some of this equipment may be connected via medical information networks and/or driven by computer-based software systems.All candidates will be required to work along-side other healthcare professionals as part of a highly effective, multi-disciplinary team in order to deliver a safe and effective equipment management service. You will be supported in this position by the way of specialist training and development to build your skills, knowledge and experience with the potential for further opportunities within the department.As a member of a multi-disciplined team of technicians you will be required to work without supervision. Duties will include the maintenance and the fault rectification of highly complex medical equipment; including life-support, patient monitoring, IV Therapy, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilators, pathology, radiology, pharmacy and anaesthetic equipment, which at times will be 'patient connected'.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Lewis Job title: Medical Engineering Team Leader Email address: daniel.lewis@alderhey.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 252 5293

Bio-Medical Engineer - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT for a skilled, experienced and motivated Band 5 Medical Engineer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The role is a a part time position within the Medical Engineering department. The department consists of electronic and mechanical engineers, equipment library staff and an administration team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You will be educated to at least HNC/D level or equivalent with several years’ medical device or other complex electronic/ electrical equipment&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;maintenance experience, preferably in a healthcare environment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE NOTE: There is a requirement for &lt;/strong&gt;on-site&lt;strong&gt; practical test at interview which you &lt;/strong&gt;must&lt;strong&gt; be able to attend to be considered for the post.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please do not apply if you are unable to &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;fulfill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; this requirement should you progress to the interview stage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Previous applicants need not apply.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;To display a high personal standard in respect of self-discipline and attitude to work, in view of both the complex nature of equipment on which they may be working and the requirement to liaise with other healthcare professionals, patients, carers, clients and external organisations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To commission, repair, maintain, overhaul, re-calibrate and decommission a wide range of medical equipment including life support, patient monitoring, IV Therapy, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilators, pathology, radiology, pharmacy and anaesthetic equipment used within the medical field, most of which will be highly complex and non-routine.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To regularly work on equipment, which may be 'patient connected' in areas including Intensive care, HDU &amp;amp; theatres as well as being able to work across the whole range of specialties and disciplines. Some of this equipment may be connected via medical information networks and/or driven by computer-based software systems.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All candidates will be required to work along-side other healthcare professionals as part of a highly effective, multi-disciplinary team in order to deliver a safe and effective equipment management service. You will be supported in this position by the way of specialist training and development to build your skills, knowledge and experience with the potential for further opportunities within the department.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As a member of a multi-disciplined team of technicians you will be required to work without supervision. Duties will include the maintenance and the fault rectification of highly complex medical equipment; including life-support, patient monitoring, IV Therapy, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilators, pathology, radiology, pharmacy and anaesthetic equipment, which at times will be 'patient connected'.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Lewis Job title: Medical Engineering Team Leader Email address: daniel.lewis@alderhey.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 252 5293

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