Paediatric Surgery at a Glance

Welcome to ST3 Paediatric Surgery recruitment at the North Western Deanery

Please note ST3 + Paediatric Surgery is managed as a consortium between the North Western Deanery and the Mersey Deanery. The North Western Deanery will act as the contact point for all recruitment-related queries but there will be representation from Mersey where appropriate.

Anticipated Number of vacancies for 2010*

National Recruitment Process, coordinated by the Northern Deanery

.* The start date for this post is likely to be later than August 2010.

Provisional recruitment timetable for ST3 Paediatric Surgery

Hospital sites for ST3 + Paediatric Surgery:

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Application Process

Longlisting: All application forms will be checked to decide whether they are eligible to go forward to the shortlisters. The longlisting will look to see that you meet the following areas of the relevant person specification:

1. You possess the qualifications required

2. You have the correct amount of experience in the specialty you are applying to

3. You have fully completed all the relevant sections of the application form and

4. Doctors who are not UK or EEA nationals and whose immigration status entitles them to work without restriction in the UK will be considered on an equal basis with UK and EEA nationals. Other non-UK or non-EEA nationals with limited leave to remain in the UK and whose employment will require Tier 2 sponsorship are subject to the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT). Applicants may only be considered if there is no suitable UK or EEA national candidate for the post. Evidence of immigration status should normally consist of a date stamped passport and accompanying letter from the Home Office. Please visit http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk for more information.

Shortlisting: Application forms will be scored by two trained assessors against a set of shortlisting criteria that will have been agreed in advance. Application forms will be anonymised.  If you score highly enough you will be invited to attend a selection Centre.

Selection Centre: The scenarios and questions at the selection centre will map to the person specification..

Practical Selection Centre Information

See information on the Northern Deanery website.

Programme details

Overview

The Paediatric Surgical run through training programme will aim to take individuals through a training programme that will allow them to successfully obtain a CCT in Paediatric Surgery.  The syllabus covered will reflect the ISCP documentation as developed by Graham Lamont whilst chair of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Education Committee.

The Paediatric Surgery training programme takes place as part of a consortium programme based across the North Western Deanery and Mersey deanery. In principle this comprises 2 x 3 year attachments one on each site. For the North West site
the ST3 and 4 (intermediate years training programme) combined with the ST5 (first year of higher years training programme) will comprise 6 month attachment including 2 years of  1 year of paediatric urology. The remaining higher years programme will take place using a similar format but learning more advance skills at Alderhey. It is possible depending on the training needs of the others that a Northwest trainee may start with his early years programme in Alderhey.

Full participation in ISCP and use of the Edinburgh e- log book will be required as will membership of BAPS. During ST3 attendance at the Alderhey paediatric surgical skills course will be required if it has not already been attended. Post holders will be expected to maintain their APLS registration throughout the training programme. You will be expected to attend at least one of the BAPS organised training days each year through out the programme.  In addition attendance at either BAPS or BAPU or equivalent in most years of the programme will be encouraged.

Trainees will need to participate in the interim and annual ARCP process arranged by the Deanery.

Education Opportunities

The individual will be expected to play an active part on the teaching program at the hospitals they are attached to.

The individual will be expected to attend a 2 hour training forum on a Monday morning which takes the form of a radiology / pathology meeting and a critical appraisal topic presentation. In addition a further 2 hours of formal education is provided by the paediatric Urology department on a Thursday afternoon.  Attendance at these will be considered essential.

Further educational opportunities include:-

1. A urology x-ray meeting 1 hour once a week.
2. A multidisciplinary oncology meeting 1 hour once a week
3. A joint ward round with the gastroenterologists at Booth Hall 1 hour once a week.

All sites have access to a well resourced medical library and weekend access to allow personal reading and literature review.

Research / audit / teaching

Research along clinical lines will be developed according to the individuals needs and interests – basic science research is not available at the children’s hospitals but clinical cases and review of practice will be encouraged.

Each ST trainee will be expected to complete an audit cycle in each year of the program.  These will be assigned by the educational supervisor.

All trainees will be expected to teach at the training meeting by taking part in critical appraisals of topics.  Topics will be assigned three months in advance so that there is adequate time for a full literature review discussion.

There is a monthly audit meeting.  Attendance at which is compulsory as all other surgical activity is cancelled by the Trust.  Morbidity and Mortality are discussed at this meeting and with a topic presentation or audit reports.

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