Trust Doctor in Paediatric Surgery & Urology

Trust Doctor in Paediatric Surgery & Urology

The closing date is 30 April 2026.

Applications are invited for a Trust Doctor within Paediatric Surgery - Registrar Doctor ST3-5 level. The post is for 4 months from April 2026 to August 2026 with potential to extend. It is suitable for surgeons who have completed their Core Surgical Training and are looking for experience in Paediatric Surgery. Applicants must be fully registered practitioners who have completed basic surgical training. Possession of Higher Qualifications (preferably MRCS or equivalent) is essential. The post will enable the service to maintain an adequate level of Paediatric Surgery activity and on call cover and will be an excellent opportunity for candidates looking to gain further experience in the speciality.

Main duties of the job

This post is a service post and will not be recognised for training. The successful post holder must have full registration with the General Medical Council. The post is based at HRI and W&CH hospitals with responsibility for the care of inpatients, outpatients and emergency admissions during the daytime and when on call. The appointee will work at the Specialist Registrar level ST3 6. Out of hours, the appointee will work on the Registrar rota (1:5), including prospective cover. Standard contracted hours are 48 per week plus on call for Registrar rota including prospective cover.

Professional Registration

• Full Registration with the GMC

Qualifications and Training

• Valid ALS certificate
• Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate training

Clinical Experience

• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Recent experience of working within the NHS

Management and Administration Experience

• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
• Evidence of having conducted a practice changing audit
• Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• Original peer reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and adapt style as appropriate
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exception Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust