THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
ROLE PROFILE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS DETAILS FOR
AN NIHR-FUNDED ACADEMIC CLINICAL LECTURESHIP (ACL)
WHICH WILL BE OFFERED TO ONE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
IN EITHER RESPIRATORY MEDICINE OR PAEDIATRICS
FOR DETAILS OF THE ACL OPPORTUNITY IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Please see post details from Pages 2 – 8 inclusive and Appendices Pages 17-21
FOR DETAILS OF THE ACL OPPORTUNITY IN PAEDIATRICS
Please see post details from Pages 9 – 16 inclusive and Appendices Pages 17-21
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
ROLE PROFILE
Job Title:
Medicine
NIHR Academic Clinical Assistant Professor (ACL) in Respiratory
School/Department:
School of Medicine - Division of Respiratory Medicine
Salary:
£31,301 - £54,199 per annum, depending on skills and experience
Contract Status:
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 4 years (if
full-time; up to a maximum of 6 years part-time) or until award of
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), whichever is the shorter
Successful applicants must be in post before 31 March 2015
Hours of Work:
Full-time or Part-time (minimum 0.6FTE)
Location:
Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital
Reporting to:
Head of Division of Respiratory Medicine
The University of Nottingham seeks applications for an NIHR-funded Academic Lecturer (ACL) in
Respiratory Medicine. The post is offered in competition with eligible applicants in Paediatrics. The post
will have a strong research commitment in respiratory research in conjunction with clinical training.
The Post
The successful candidate will spend 50% of their time in academic training and research and 50% of their
time completing their clinical training. Time allocated to training and to academic work may be
annualised, i.e. taken in blocks, as appropriate to successful candidate’s clinical and research training
needs. The successful ACL will become a member of the well- developed Clinical Academic Training
Programme in the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham (www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/catp). The
programme provides support in integrated clinical academic training, with research funding
applications, through networking, mentorship and with an annual research conference bursary.
During the academic component of the post, the ACL will further develop their academic skills at
postdoctoral level, build on their research in Respiratory Medicine, undertake research, develop their
own research programme and compete for external grant funding.
During periods of clinical training, the successful candidate will carry the full clinical responsibilities of a
Speciality Trainee on the North (Nottingham-centred) Carousel of the Health Education East Midlands
(HEEM) clinical training rotation in respiratory medicine where they will work alongside clinical-track
colleagues to attain their remaining competencies in their Speciality Training.
Applicants must, therefore, be eligible to hold an academic National Training Number (NTN(A)) and show
evidence of academic achievement, including a higher research degree at PhD/DPhil or MD/DM level, and
successful outcomes from previous clinical annual assessments (ARCPs).
The post is open to those who are at, or within, 2 years of clinical training of attaining their CCT in
speciality or subspecialty. Most benefit from the post will be obtained by those with at least 1 year of
clinical training to complete.
Whilst the post will be offered on a fixed term contract for a period of up to 4 years, or until award of
CCT whichever is shorter, the candidate would be expected to develop plans for a post-doctoral or
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clinician scientist award, which may shorten the lectureship. An Honorary Speciality Registrar contract
will be sought from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Research
The ACL would be expected to further develop their track record in research and will have access to the
research facilities of the Academic Division which has excellent laboratory, statistical and technical
support. They will be expected to undertake research and, as part of their research portfolio, they will be
expected to develop skills in research supervision through the supervision of the research component in
the 3rd year of the BMedSci medical student degree.
The ACL’s personal research programme would be expected to fit broadly within the research themes of
the Academic Division of Respiratory Medicine, described in more detail below. There are 10 clinical
academic respiratory consultants, Professor Knox, Professor Hall and Professor Johnson and Dr’s
Harrison, Bolton, Shaw and Jenkins in Respiratory Medicine and Professor Britton, Professor Hubbard
and Dr Fogarty in Respiratory Epidemiology. In addition, active research collaborations with other
Divisions within the School of Medicine will be encouraged.
Office and laboratory accommodation will be provided in the Clinical Sciences Building at the City Hospital
site.
For further details of the Research Opportunities and Academic Division of Respiratory Medicine, please
see below.
Teaching and Organisation
Teaching is a core generic academic skill and the ACL will be expected to take an active role in
contributing to undergraduate medical teaching on the City Hospital site: this may include lectures,
tutorials, assisting with the organisation of clinical examinations in the new Nottingham Medical School
undergraduate curriculum and postgraduate teaching.
Clinical Work
The post provides broad training and experience in respiratory and general medicine, plus experience of
Intensive Care Unit and of all specialised respiratory procedures. It is anticipated that the ACL will spend
most of their clinical time at the City Hospital although it may be possible to rotate into another local
healthcare setting for a defined period.
In addition to the clinical academic consultants, there are 11 NHS respiratory consultants at
Nottingham City Hospital in respiratory/acute medicine comprising Professor Baldwin, Dr’s Clayton,
Lim, Anwar, Binnion, Roberts, Rich, Dewar, Nair, Sudhir and Chang. Respiratory Medicine is part of the
Medical Directorate: General Manager – Simon Evans; Clinical Director – Demas Esberger; Respiratory
Medicine Service Lead – Tim Harrison.
At present, each clinical respiratory medicine firm usually has some 20 inpatients. There is a registrar and
two - three junior doctors. There is a specialist respiratory admissions process and a respiratory
assessment unit. Professor Knox and Dr’s Dewar and Clayton look after all the adults with cystic fibrosis in
Nottingham (now 150).
The ACL will be expected to help report routine lung function tests and to help carry out and interpret
more sophisticated tests.
The Postgraduate Dean confirms that this placement and/or programme will have the required educational
and Dean's approval at the time of entry in to the programme.
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DIVISION OF RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Respiratory research is a major area of strength within Nottingham. At the 2001 University Research
Assessment Exercise, Respiratory Medicine was flagged as 5* and there has been further development
and expansion since.
The Academic Division has 15 full time academic staff:
Professor Alan Knox (Clinical Professor and HoD)
Professor Ian Hall (Clinical Professor)
Professor Simon Johnson (Clinical Professor & Co-Director of the Nottingham
Clinical Academic Training Programme)
Professor Thomas Meersman (Non-Clinical Professor)
Professor Linhua Pang (Non-Clinical Professor)
Dr Charlotte Bolton (Clinical Associate Professor & Academic Programme Director)
Dr Mark Glover (MRC Clinician Scientist)
Dr Tim Harrison (Clinical Associate Professor)
Dr Gisli Jenkins (Clinical Associate Professor and Reader)
Dr Ian Sayers (Non-Clinical Associate Professor and Reader)
Dr Dominick Shaw (Clinical Associate Professor)
Dr Helen Barr (Academic Clinical Lecturer)
Dr Mitesh Patel (NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer)
Dr Doug Forrester (Clinical Lecturer)
Dr Galina Pavlovskaya (Non-Clinical Lecturer)
In addition, the department usually has a number of clinical research fellows.
The research groupings within the Respiratory Research Unit provide a wealth of opportunities in all
aspects of research from studying disease in cells through to clinical trials and population based
research. In 2008, the Department was successful in attaining funding support for a NIHR Biomedical
Research Unit in Respiratory Diseases (£6M over 4 years) which has created the platform for
establishing an ongoing successful translational research unit.
The main disease areas of research interest are:
1. Obstructive lung disease (Asthma and COPD)
2. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and Lymphangiolyomyomatosis (LAM)
3. Infection including cystic fibrosis (CF)
Four themes cut across the three major disease areas and reflect areas of special expertise within the
Nottingham respiratory research unit and are issues of central importance for translational research.
These
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are:
Biomarker research
Genetics/pharmacogenetics
Imaging
Tobacco Control
The Respiratory Research Unit has close links with the CRCUK National Tobacco Control centre and
CRNUK Medicines for Children’s network both of which have a large Respiratory component to their
research which provide additional training opportunities.
Research groupings within the Respiratory Research Unit and PIs:
•
Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (Knox, Pang, Jenkins, Hall, Johnson, Sayers)
•
Respiratory Clinical Studies and Trials (Harrison, Shaw, Bolton)
•
Respiratory Epidemiology and Population Sciences (Britton, Lewis, Venn, Hubbard, McNeill,
McKeever, Leonardi-Bee, Fogarty)
•
Imaging (Meersman)
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There are also close links with several other clinical and basic science groups within Nottingham
University particularly molecular microbiology (Williams, Camara), genetics (Kalsheker), allergy and
clinical immunology (Shakib, Sewell, Fairclough, Ghaemmaghami, Martinez-Pomares), paediatric
clinical trials (Smyth), pharmacy (Heery) and medicinal chemistry (Fischer, Chan).
Current funding within the Division includes a Wellcome programme grant and several Wellcome, MRC,
NIHR and EU project grants in addition to grants from charities (BLF, Asthma UK, US CF Foundation)
and industry of approximately £29M in total. There are two main research areas within the Division
which are discovery science and clinical translation.
The Division is based in the Clinical Sciences Building on the City Campus and at the Medical School,
QMC.
Links with Other Developments
There have been 2 other major developments in Nottingham in the past 5 years funded by DH/NIHR
which are directly linked to our research. These are the UKCRC Public Health Centre of Excellence in
Tobacco Control Studies (£5M funding over 5 years) and the CRC UK Local Research Network in
Children (£1.9M funding over 4 years) which are substantial new investments by DH/NIHR. The new
UKCRC Public Health Centre of Excellence are housed in the new 4.2M extension to the Clinical
Sciences Building. Interactions with the more generic Trent Comprehensive Local Research Network
also complement our activities and facilitate the development of multicentre clinical trials.
Information on the University of Nottingham School of Medicine and on the City of Nottingham is given
in the Appendices at the end of this document.
More information about the Division of Respiratory Medicine
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/about/respiratorymedicine/index.aspx
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Person Specifications for Candidates Applying for an Academic Clinical Lectureship in
Respiratory Medicine
Applicants must have all of the essential criteria listed in BOTH the academic person specification AND
the appropriate clinical person specification (ST3+ depending on the level of training at entry).
The post is only open to those eligible to hold an academic National Training Number who
will have maximum of 2 years and minimum of 1 year of clinical training to complete before
attaining their CCT in speciality or subspeciality on 4 February 2015.
The clinical person specification can be found at:
http://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/475/2013/03/2014-ST3-respiratorymedicine-person-specification-v2.0.pdf
The academic person specification for the ACL in Respiratory Medicine is provided below.
ACADEMIC PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR A CLINICAL
LECTURESHIP in RESPIRATORY MEDICINE AS PART OF INTEGRATED ACADEMIC TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
DESIRABLE
WHEN EVALUATED
ELIGIBILITY
 Evidence of achievement  Evidence of
Application form
of Foundation
commitment to
competences or
specialty.
equivalent.
 Intercalated honours
 Must hold a higher
degree and/or
research degree (MD,
additional qualifications
PhD or equivalent) in
e.g. MSc etc.
a relevant subject
area.
 Evidence of good
progress in clinical
training and that
completion of specialty
training may be
accommodated either
during or after the 4 year
period of the NIHR CL
award.
 Candidate must have
less than or equal to 2
years, but more than one
year of clinical training
remaining before the
award of Certificate of
Completed Training
(CCT).
KNOWLEDGE &
 Demonstration of
 Knowledge of the
Application form and
ACHIEVEMENTS
acquisition of the level of
centre hosting the
selection centre
knowledge and skills
research and how this
necessary for the
is best placed to
achievement of
support the research,
Foundation and clinical
education and training
competencies or
needs.
equivalent (matched to
 Prizes or distinctions.
the entry level).
 Presentation of work at
 Demonstration of
national or
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ACADEMIC PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR A CLINICAL
LECTURESHIP in RESPIRATORY MEDICINE AS PART OF INTEGRATED ACADEMIC TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
DESIRABLE
WHEN EVALUATED
understanding of, and
international meetings.
commitment to, an
 Significant publications
academic career.
in peer reviewed
 Demonstration of the
journals.
potential for scientific
independence and the
ability to lead a research
team.
 Potential to become a
leader in chosen field.
EDUCATIONAL &
 Demonstration of
Application form
PERSONAL
understanding and
ASPECTS
commitment to academic
career.
 Indication of medium and
long-term career goals.
 Demonstration of
educational reasons for
applying for Clinical
Lectureship Programme.
PROFESSIONAL
 Evidence of team
Application form and
SKILLS
working skills.
selection centre
 Evidence of leadership
potential.
LEGAL
 Satisfactory Enhanced
disclosure from the
Disclosure and Barring
Service.
 GMC registration with a
licence to practise.
Because of the nature of the work, this post is exempted from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions)
Order 1975.
Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to withhold information about convictions, which for other
purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act, and in the event of employment any failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the University. Any
information given will be strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to an application for
positions to which the Order applies. This post cannot be taken up until satisfactory enhanced
disclosure has been received. If once employed, an employee receives a conviction, they are required
to inform the University and the Trust.
Due to the requirements of the UK Border and Immigration Agency, applicants 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. Please visit
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ for more information.
Further information for applicants to the ACL post in RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make informal enquiries and should contact the following in
the first instance:
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Dr Charlotte Bolton
Respiratory academic programme director, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, Clinical Sciences
Building, University of Nottingham, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB.
Email: Charlotte.bolton@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: 0115 8231710
Professor Alan Knox,
Head of Division of Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, University of Nottingham, City
Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB.
Email: alan.knox@nottingham.ac.uk Tel:0115 823 1713.
Further information about the Clinical Training Programme may be obtained by contacting the
Clinical Training Programme Director: Dr Nicola Downer, Consultant Respiratory Physician:
nicola.downer@sfh-tr.nhs.uk
Guidance on Academic Clinical Lectureships is available from
http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/intetacatrain/nihrcls2014
The University’s Clinical Academic Training Programme Directors, Professor Helen Budge and Professor
Simon Johnson are also able to provide advice on the training programme.
see website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/catp
Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be considered.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
ROLE PROFILE
Job Title:
NIHR Academic Clinical Assistant Professor (ACL) in Paediatrics
School/Department:
School of Medicine - Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Salary:
£31,301 - £54,199 per annum, depending on skills and experience
Contract Status:
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 4 years (if
full-time; up to a maximum of 6 years part-time) or until award of
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), whichever is the shorter
Successful applicants must be in post before 31 March 2015
Hours of Work:
Full-time or Part-time (minimum 0.6FTE)
Location:
Academic Child Health, Queen’s Medicine Centre, Nottingham
Reporting to:
Head of Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
The University of Nottingham seeks applications for an NIHR-funded Academic Lecturer (ACL) in
Paediatrics. The post is offered in competition with eligible applicants in Respiratory Medicine. The post
will have a strong research commitment in research in Paediatrics in conjunction with clinical training.
The Post
The successful candidate will spend 50% of their time in academic training and research and 50% of their
time completing their clinical training. Time allocated to training and to academic work may be
annualised, i.e. taken in blocks, as appropriate to successful candidate’s clinical and research training
needs. The successful ACL will become a member of the well- developed Clinical Academic Training
Programme in the School of Medicine, University of Nottingham (www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/catp). The
programme provides support in integrated clinical academic training, with research funding
applications, through networking, mentorship and with an annual research conference bursary.
During the academic component of the post, the ACL will further develop their academic skills at
postdoctoral level, build on their research in Paediatrics, undertake research, develop their own research
programme and compete for external grant funding.
During periods of clinical training, the successful candidate will carry the full clinical responsibilities of a
Speciality Trainee on the North (Nottingham-centred) Carousel of the Health Education East Midlands
(HEEM) clinical training rotation in Paediatrics where they will work alongside clinical-track colleagues to
attain their remaining competencies in their Speciality Training.
Applicants must, therefore, be eligible to hold an academic National Training Number (NTN(A)) and show
evidence of academic achievement, including a higher research degree at PhD/DPhil or MD/DM level, and
successful outcomes from previous clinical annual assessments (ARCPs).
The post is open to those who are at, or within, 3 years of clinical training of attaining their CCT in
Paediatrics. Most benefit from the post will be obtained by those with at least 1 year of clinical training to
complete.
Whilst the post will be offered on a fixed term contract for a period of up to 4 years, or until award of
CCT whichever is shorter, the candidate would be expected to develop plans for a post-doctoral or
clinician scientist award, which may shorten the lectureship. An Honorary Speciality Registrar contract
will be sought from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Research
The ACL would be expected further develop their track record in research and will have access to the
research facilities of the Academic Division which has excellent laboratory and clinical trials support. They
will be expected to undertake research and, as part of their research portfolio, they will be expected to
develop skills in research supervision through the supervision of the research component in the 3rd year
of the BMedSci medical student degree.
Senior Academics in Child Health are:
Professor Michael Symonds
Professor of Developmental Physiology,
Deputy Head of School
Professor Richard Grundy
Professor of Neuro-Oncology and Cancer Biology
Professor Alan Smyth
Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine,
Head of Division
Professor David Walker
Professor of Paediatric Oncology
Professor Helen Budge
Professor of Neonatal Medicine,
Co-Director of Clinical Academic Training Programme
Dr Beth Coyle
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
Dr Jon Dorling
Associate Professor in Neonatal Medicine
Dr Don Sharkey
Associate Professor of Neonatology
Dr William Whitehouse
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Neurology
Dr James Law
Clinical Assistant Professor in Child Health
Dr Lindsay Robinson
Clinical Assistant Professor in Neonatal Medicine
Dr Shalini Ojha
Clinical Assistant Professor in Neonatal Medicine
Professor Harish Vyas
Special Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Professor Alan Watson
Special Professor in Paediatric Nephrology
Dr Will Carroll
Honorary Associate Professor in Paediatrics
Dr Martin Hewitt
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Paediatrics
Mr Donald MacArthur
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Paediatric Neuroscience
Dr Dilip Nathan
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Paediatrics
Dr Sophie Wilne
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Paediatric Oncology
Dr Louise Wells
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Paediatrics
In addition, senior academics in Academic Child Health supervise PhD students, clinical research
fellows, post-doctoral research fellows, research assistants and experimental officers.
The ACL’s personal research programme would be expected to fit broadly within the research themes of
the Academic Division of Child Health described in more detail below. In addition, active research
collaborations with other Divisions within the School of Medicine will be encouraged.
Office and laboratory accommodation will be provided in Academic Child Health on the Queen’s Medical
Centre/ University Hospital site. The Academic Child Health department is embedded adjacent to
Children’s Services in the Nottingham Children’s Hospital.
The major research themes of Academic Child Health include perinatal physiology, nutrition in early
life, neonatology, obesity in infancy and childhood, developmental neuroscience, respiratory
paediatrics, paediatric oncology and a number of translational themes and clinical trials in infants and
children. Current research grants are held from research councils (MRC, BBSRC), NIHR, Department of
Health, Wellcome, the European Union and charities such as the James Tudor Foundation, Action
Medical Research and the British Heart Foundation. More information is available on our website:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/about/childhealthobsgyn/index.aspx
It is anticipated that the successful applicant will work under the mentorship of a key researcher in the
School of Medicine’s Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
The successful applicant will be supported and supervised in their research programme and in making
applications to grant funding bodies. Training in research for the benefit of children and in research
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methods will be provided (see our website
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/about/childhealthobsgyn/training-in-research-for-the-benefitof-children.aspx#ACLs).
The University, Faculty and School run short courses which cover all aspects of research, including
study design, data collection, use of statistics, computer skills, presentation and writing papers. The
successful candidate will be able to access some or all of these as determined by their personal
development plan. There are weekly divisional research meetings where research methodology and
work in progress are discussed and a full postgraduate education programme.
Teaching
Teaching is a core generic academic skill and the ACL will be expected to take an active role in
contributing to undergraduate medical teaching: this may include lectures and tutorials in the new
Nottingham Medical School undergraduate curriculum.
Clinical Work
The ACL will be based in Nottingham and undertake clinical work at middle-grade level working
alongside clinical colleagues on the North (Nottingham-centred) Carousel of the Health Education East
Midlands (HEEM) clinical training rotation in Paediatrics where they will work alongside clinical-track
colleagues to attain their remaining competencies in their Speciality Training.
The successful applicant will already have attained MRCPCH, be participating in the RCPCH
competency-based training programme in Paediatrics/Child Health and will complete their clinical
training in Paediatrics or one of a range of paediatric subspecialties including, but not limited to,
haemato-oncology, neonatology, nephrology, neurodisability, respiratory paediatrics, paediatric
endocrinology or rheumatology.
In the clinical components of this post, training will be provided to a personal learning plan, mapped to the
RCPCH curriculum and developed in liaison with a Clinical Educational Supervisor, a Consultant
Paediatrician or Neonatologist who will be separate from the Academic Supervisor. Training will be
provided in Level 3 RCPCH competencies. Middle-grade working in Nottingham operates as full shift
systems and there are separate rotas in neonatology, paediatric intensive care and acute paediatrics,
respectively. There is a well established monthly clinical Training Day Programme. The Postgraduate Dean
confirms that this placement and/or programme will have the required educational and Dean's approval at
the time of entry in to the programme.
Further information about the Clinical Training Programme may be obtained from the trainee’s website
www.emitten.org.uk or by contacting the Clinical Training Programme Director, Dr Judith Grant,
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, tel 0115 9249924 ext 63055 or email:
judith.grant@nuh.nhs.uk
Clinical Paediatrics in the Nottingham Children’s Hospital
Acute paediatric services in Nottingham are provided in the Nottingham Children’s Hospital at the
Queens Medical Centre Campus of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Community
paediatric services are provided by a team of community paediatricians (also employed by NUH).
Hospital services for children in Nottingham are provided on a single site at the Queen’s Medical
Centre, Nottingham providing a comprehensive range of specialist services for children in Nottingham,
together with tertiary paediatric and neonatal services to the adjacent areas of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire
and North Nottinghamshire, surgical services for Stoke on Trent in the Midlands and neurosurgical
services for Leicestershire. There are also supra-regional services for paediatric spinal surgery,
rheumatology, nephro-urology and cystic fibrosis.
The Childrens Hospital comprises:
- Eight wards - 111 Beds
- Critical Care Unit – 6 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit beds & 4 High Dependency beds
- Oncology Day Case Unit with anaesthetic facilities
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Short Stay unit for observation of the acutely ill child
large Hospital school
Children’s Emergency Department which sees in excess of 40,000 children per year in a new
purpose built facility as part of the Emergency Department
2 out-patient areas
More information about the Nottingham Children’s Hospital is available at:
http://www.nuh.nhs.uk/nottinghamchildrenshospital
Consultants in the Children’s Hospital are:
Haris Sri Alurkar (PICU)
Emma Astwood (Haematology)
Carol Bertenshaw (Medicine, Respiratory)
Jayesh Bhatt (Medicine, Respiratory)
Mel Bracewell (Community, Adoption)
Caroline Brown (Medicine, Designated)
Charlie Charlton (Gastroenterology)
Gabby Chow (Neurology)
Martin Christian (Nephrology)
Lucy Cliffe (Medicine, HIV)
Patrick Davies (PICU)
David Devadason (Gastroenterology)
Louise Denvir (Endocrine and Diabetes)
Lizzie Didcock (Community, Designated)
Clare Dieppe (Medicine, Emergency)
Josie Drew (Diabetes, Medicine)
Jonathan Evans (Nephrology, CD)
Amy Faulkner (Community, Neurodisablility)
Emma Fillmore (Community, Looked After,
Named)
Richard Grundy (Oncology)
Martin Hewitt (Medicine, Oncology)
Farida Hussain (Nephrology)
Sian Kirkham (Gastroenterology)
Simona Lampariello (PICU)
Andy Lunn (Nephrology)
Meeta Malik (Nephrology)
Liz Marder (Community, Learning disability)
Katherine Martin (Neurodisability)
Kirsty Martin (Community)
Elizabeth McDermott (Immunology)
Dilip Nathan ((Community, Teaching, SUDI)
Edna Ongosi (Community, Adoption)
Tabitha Randell (Endocrine and Diabetes)
Rangaraj Satyapal (Rheumatology)
Stephanie Smith (Medicine)
Alan Smyth (Respiratory, Medicine)
Simone Stokley (Haematology)
Fiona Straw (Community, Adolescent)
Jill Sussens (Medicine, Named)
Pradip Thakker (Medicine, Cardiology)
David Thomas (Medicine, Allergy)
Harish Vyas (PICU, Respiratory)
David Walker (Oncology)
Lynda Walton (Medicine, Emergency, Named)
Kishore Warrior (Rheumatology)
Louise Wells (Medicine, Undergraduates)
William Whitehouse (Neurology)
Sophie Wilne (Oncology)
Jane Williams (Disability, Named)
Toni Wolff (Community, Development)
Damian Wood (Medicine, Adolescents)
Brain Freeman (Spinal)
Hossein Mehdian (Spinal)
Brian Davies (Paediatric Surgery)
Nia Fraser (Paediatric Surgery)
Daniel Colliver (Paediatric Surgery)
Sandeep Motiwale (Paediatric Urology)
Manoj Shenoy (Paediatric Surgery)
Shailinder Singh (Paediatric Surgery)
Richard Stewart (Paediatric Surgery)
Alun Williams (Paediatric Urology)
Maria Cartmill (Neurosurgery)
Donald MacArthur (Neurosurgery)
Michael Vloeberghs (Neurosurgery)
Katya Tambe (Ophthalmology)
Andy Marshall (ENT)
Lorna Sneddon (ENT)
Julian Chell (Orthopaedics)
Mr Ong (Orthopaedics)
James Hunter (Orthopaedics)
Philip Radford (Orthopaedics)
Mark Henley (Plastic Surgery)
Jason Neil - Dwyer (Cleft Lip and Palate)
John Rowson (Maxillo-Facial Surgery)
Clinical Neonatology in the Nottingham Neonatal Service
The Nottingham Neonatal Service serves over 10,000 Nottingham births per year and is comprised of
two neonatal intensive care units in Nottingham, at the Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham City
Hospital Campuses of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust respectively. Activities of the two
NICUs are organised on a “whole service” basis including junior doctors’ training, neonatal grand
rounds, clinical policy and guidelines, audit and clinical governance. Each NICU admits around 450
babies each year and completes over 2000 intensive care days.
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The Neonatal Service provides the regional neonatal surgical service and is the lead organisation for
the Trent Perinatal Network, providing the regional tertiary medical intensive care service and regional
neonatal surgical service for the Network (23,000 deliveries per year plus tertiary work from a total of
around 32,000 births). The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at QMC comprises 20 cots, is co-located with
the Regional Fetal Medicine service and provides the majority of neonatal surgical intensive care,
including subspecialty work such as ENT and Neurosurgery. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the
City Hospital (NCH) has 24 cots and also manages all aspects of medical neonatal intensive care.
The Service itself has an excellent academic reputation with ongoing research in:
 Neonatal physiology and adaptation at birth
 Optimising nutritional support
 The programming of fetal and neonatal physiology during development supported by the use
of animal models
 Neonatal Imaging
 A number of multi-centre trials, for example, CORD, Heartlight, HOP-ON PLUS, PREMITRANS
and SIFT.
Consultants in the Neonatal Service are:
Dr Dushyant Batra
Consultant Neonatologist
Professor Helen Budge
Professor of Neonatal Medicine
(RCPCH Regional Academic Representative)
Dr Anjum Deorukhkar
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Jon Dorling
Associate Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Dr Julia Edwards
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Dulip Jayasinghe
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Judith Grant
Consultant Neonatologist
(Paediatric Training Programme Director)
Dr Lleona Lee
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Bernard Schoonakker Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Don Sharkey
HEFCE Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor of Neonatology
Dr Craig Smith
Consultant Neonatologist
(Associate Postgraduate Dean)
Dr Stephen Wardle
Consultant Neonatologist
(Lead Clinician for the Nottingham Neonatal Service)
Dr Anneli Wynn-Davies
Consultant Neonatologist
(Lead Clinician for the Nottingham Neonatal Transport Team & Trent
Perinatal Network)
Information on the University of Nottingham School of Medicine and on the City of Nottingham is given
in the Appendices at the end of this document.
More information on the Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/about/childhealthobsgyn/index.aspx
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Person Specifications for Candidates applying for an Academic Clinical Lectureship in
Paediatrics
Applicants must have all of the essential criteria listed in BOTH the academic person specification AND
the appropriate clinical person specification (ST4+ depending on the level of training at entry).
The post is only open to those eligible to hold an academic National Training Number who
will have a maximum of 3 years and minimum of 1 year of clinical training to complete
before attaining their CCT in speciality or subspeciality on 4 February 2015.
The clinical person specification can be found at:
http://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/475/2013/03/PS-2014-ST4Paediatrics_1.pdf
The academic person specification for the ACL in Paediatrics is provided below.
ACADEMIC PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR A CLINICAL
LECTURESHIP in PAEDIATRICS AS PART OF INTEGRATED ACADEMIC TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
DESIRABLE
WHEN EVALUATED
ELIGIBILITY
 Evidence of achievement  Evidence of
Application form
of Foundation
commitment to
competences or
specialty.
equivalent.
 Intercalated honours
 Must hold a higher
degree and/or
research degree (MD,
additional qualifications
PhD or equivalent) in
e.g. MSc etc.
a relevant subject
area.
 Evidence of good
progress in clinical
training and that
completion of specialty
training may be
accommodated either
during or after the 4 year
period of the NIHR CL
award.
 Candidate must have
less than or equal to 3
years, but more than one
year of clinical training
remaining before the
aware of Certificate of
Completed Training
(CCT).
KNOWLEDGE &
 Demonstration of
 Knowledge of the
Application form and
ACHIEVEMENTS
acquisition of the level of
centre hosting the
selection centre
knowledge and skills
research and how this
necessary for the
is best placed to
achievement of
support the research,
Foundation and clinical
education and training
competencies or
needs.
equivalent (matched to
 Prizes or distinctions.
the entry level).
 Presentation of work at
 Demonstration of
national or
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ACADEMIC PERSON SPECIFICATION FOR CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR A CLINICAL
LECTURESHIP in PAEDIATRICS AS PART OF INTEGRATED ACADEMIC TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
DESIRABLE
WHEN EVALUATED
understanding of, and
international meetings.
commitment to, an
 Significant publications
academic career.
in peer reviewed
 Demonstration of the
journals.
potential for scientific
independence and the
ability to lead a research
team.
 Potential to become a
leader in chosen field.
EDUCATIONAL &
 Demonstration of
Application form
PERSONAL
understanding and
ASPECTS
commitment to academic
career.
 Indication of medium and
long-term career goals.
 Demonstration of
educational reasons for
applying for Clinical
Lectureship Programme.
PROFESSIONAL
 Evidence of team
Application form and
SKILLS
working skills.
selection centre
 Evidence of leadership
potential.
LEGAL
 Satisfactory Enhanced
disclosure from the
Disclosure and Barring
Service.
 GMC registration with a
licence to practise.
Because of the nature of the work, this post is exempted from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions)
Order 1975.
Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to withhold information about convictions, which for other
purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act, and in the event of employment any failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the University. Any
information given will be strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to an application for
positions to which the Order applies. This post cannot be taken up until satisfactory enhanced
disclosure has been received. If once employed, an employee receives a conviction, they are required
to inform the University and the Trust.
Due to the requirements of the UK Border and Immigration Agency, applicants 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. Please visit
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ for more information.
Further information for applicants to the ACL post in PAEDIATRICS
Candidates are strongly encouraged to make informal enquiries and should contact the following in
the first instance:
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Professor Helen Budge
Academic Programme Director for Paediatrics and Co-Director of the Clinical Academic Training
Programme, Academic Child Health, University Hospital (Queen’s Medicine Centre), Nottingham,
NG72UH.
Email: helen.budge@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: 0115 8230611
Professor Alan Smyth,
Head of Division of Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Academic Child Health, University Hospital
(Queen’s Medicine Centre), Nottingham, NG72UH.
Email: alan.smyth@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel:0115 8230611.
Further information about the Clinical Training Programme may be obtained by contacting the
Clinical Training Programme Director for Paediatrics: Dr Judith Grant: judith.grant@nuh.nhs.uk
Tel: 0115 9249924 ext 63055
Guidance on Academic Clinical Lectureships is available from
http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/intetacatrain/nihrcls2014
The University’s Clinical Academic Training Programme Directors, Professor Helen Budge and Professor
Simon Johnson are also able to provide advice on the training programme.
see website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/go/catp
Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be considered.
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Appendix 1
The University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a global-leading, research-intensive university with campuses in the
UK, Malaysia and China. Our reputation for world-class research has yielded major scientific
breakthroughs such as Nobel-winning MRI techniques, drug discovery, food technologies and
engineering solutions for future economic, social and cultural progress.
Already ranked among the UK’s elite universities and global polls for research excellence, our
reputation for world-class research has been further enhanced with the 2008 results of the Research
Assessment Exercise (RAE).
In addition to scoring highly in quality rankings covering major disciplines in science, engineering, the
social sciences, medicine, business and the arts, it is Nottingham’s increase in research power rankings
which demonstrate the impressive volume of excellent research which is carried out. We are now
ranked in the Top 7 of all British universities and are one of only two institutions to move into the UK
Top 10 since 2001 – an increase of seven places, making us the highest mover of any university.
Following the RAE results, 90% of all research at Nottingham has been classified of an ‘international
standard’ and 60% as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
The main University campus is set beside a lake, in an extensive belt of woodland, parks and playing
fields. The 330 acre University Park Campus is the focus of life for more than 32,000 students and
houses the majority of the University’s academic schools and many of the central Services. The Jubilee
campus is situated 2 miles away from the University Park, and provides extra capacity.
University of Nottingham Medical School
The University Medical School is situated next to the University Park. Together with the University
Hospital, it forms the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC). Nottingham has a strong reputation for both
clinical medicine and teaching. As one of the most popular medical schools in the country, it is able to
select excellent students and produce and attract good junior doctors.
The School of Medicine was formed following Faculty reconfiguration on August 1 st 2013. The new
School of Medicine comprises the Divisions of Cancer and Stem Cell Sciences, Child Health, Obstetrics
and Gynaecology; Clinical Neuroscience; Epidemiology and Public Health; Primary Care; Psychiatry
and Applied Psychology; Rehabilitation and Ageing; Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine;
Respiratory Medicine; Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology and the Nottingham Digestive
Diseases Centre. The School also hosts the Medical Education Centre, the Centre for Interprofessional
Education and Learning, the Clinical Research Facility, the Clinical Skills Centre, NIHR design Service
East Midlands, Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, PRIMIS and Medical Imaging Unit.
The new School of Medicine brings together in one School staff undertaking research for the benefit of
the health of patients. It includes all primary care and hospital-based medical and surgical disciplines,
principally in the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital Nottingham Campuses, Royal Derby
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and also at the University’s main campus and at the King’s Meadow
and Jubilee Campuses. Most of our School’s Senior Researchers and Teachers are also clinicians who
dedicate 50% of their time to patient care within the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust &
Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Trust. This close juxtaposition brings cutting-edge clinical care to our
patients and clinical relevance to our research and teaching. We are closely integrated with our full
time NHS clinical colleagues, many of whom are themselves leaders in research and teaching and who
work closely with the University and this increases the mutual benefit from integration between the
University and NHS.
Mission:
Our mission is to improve human health and quality of life locally, nationally and internationally
through outstanding education, research and patient care.
Priorities:
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1. Teaching and learning, particularly training tomorrow’s doctors and teaching specialised
postgraduates
2. Research and research training: We will perform and support the highest quality “big”
research which impacts on human health and disease
3. Partnership with the NHS and other healthcare providers
4. Visibility and profile of the School of Medicine: We will do what we do better, and we will
tell others about it
Ethos and principles:
1. Having people and patients at the heart of all we do: our teaching and learning, our
research and our patient care
2. Contribution within the School of Medicine and to society beyond our immediate roles;
helpfulness and service
3. Openness and fairness, with particular emphasis on communication (both internal and
external) and on equality and diversity among students and staff
4. Personal and group responsibility for all aspects of our work, within a culture of opportunity
and reward
Our research spans 11 major themes, ranging from cancer to vascular medicine. We work closely with
industry and the NHS. Our world-leading research ranges from basic and translational science through
to clinical trials, epidemiology, and health services research. Our clear theme is improving human
health, underpinning a vibrant postgraduate research training programme leading to PhD or DM. Many
of our academics are clinicians, using their expertise to provide cutting edge specialised treatment to
NHS patients; reflecting our ethos that patients are at the heart of all we do.
Our major research themes are in Cancer and Stem Cells; Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology;
Clinical Neurosciences; Digestive Diseases; Epidemiology and Public Health; Mental Health;
Musculoskeletal and Dermatology; Primary Care; Rehabilitation and Ageing; Respiratory Medicine and
Vascular and Renal Medicine.
The School of Medicine trains tomorrow’s doctors on a vibrant undergraduate medical course with a
unique intercalated BMedSci, as well in a specialised graduate-entry programme built around clinical
problem solving. We teach medicine and related disciplines at both undergraduate and postgraduate
level. We have a dedicated clinical academic training programme and are committed to training PhD
and doctoral research students and to supporting postdoctoral clinicians and scientists in their
research.
Professor John Atherton is Dean of the School of Medicine.
For further information, please see our website http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine
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Appendix 2
Nottingham and the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham
Central within the East Midlands, Nottingham is a vibrant and prosperous city with something to offer
everyone. It is one of the UK’s leading retail centres, has a huge variety of restaurants, bars and
nightclubs which attract people from all over the UK. Culturally, it has good theatres, an arena which
attracts both national and international performers and a range of historical interests relating to
subjects such as the lace industry, Lord Byron and DH Lawrence. Nottingham is also known for sport,
being the home of Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham Forest and Notts County Football Clubs,
the National Water Sports Centre and the Nottingham Tennis Centre. There is a good network of roads
with easy access to the M1 and the A1, the rail service to London and other major cities is frequent and
Nottingham East Midlands Airport is only eighteen miles away.
The city is set within a county of outstanding natural beauty that includes Sherwood Forest, Wollaton
Park, lively market towns and wonderful historic buildings. Housing is relatively inexpensive and, in
addition to the two Universities, there are excellent schools and colleges available.
To find out more about Nottingham, use the following links:
Nottingham County Council – Tourism
http://www.experiencenottinghamshire.com/
University of Nottingham
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk
Zoopla (Guide to local properties)
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/
My Nottingham (information on schools, term dates, school transport etc.)
http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8524
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest hospital Trusts in the UK with an
annual budget of more than £500 million, a total of 2,200 hospital beds across both campuses and over
11,500 staff. NUH is a major teaching Trust, enjoying close links with the region’s Universities and
attracting and developing the highest calibre of staff. The work carried out at NUH has led to a
reputation for excellence and is making a very real difference to people’s lives. NUH is also a cancer
centre – a major element of the Mid-Trent Cancer Network.
The Trust works in close association with the University of Nottingham and the University of Derby.
There are very strong links with nursing and midwifery training, which is part of the University of
Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and with the locally-based Schools of
Physiotherapy, Radiology and Radiotherapy.
The following two sections describe the services and facilities currently at the two campuses. However,
there are ongoing discussions about the future development and location of clinical services, as a result
of which some services or parts of services may relocate to the other campus.
1.
City Hospital Campus
The City Hospital Campus offers a wide range of clinical services to the local population of greater
Nottingham, plus a much larger population in such specialties as plastic surgery and burns, cardiothoracic surgery, cancer, renal, breast services, clinical genetics and neonatology.
There is no Accident and Emergency department on the campus, although the hospital does take
medical and surgical emergency patients referred by GPs or from other acute hospitals.
The Nottingham City Hospital campus has a long association with the city of Nottingham. It first
opened in 1903 and the buildings are a mixture of old and new, although services have recently
benefited from huge investment in improving the facilities for patients. These developments include the
purpose-built Endoscopy Centre, Nottingham Breast Institute, Nottingham Urology Centre, Trent
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Cardiac Centre, Short Stay Unit, Centre for Clinical Haematology and PET scanner. There are also new
staff residences on site.
Research interests at the City campus include oncology, respiratory medicine, clinical haematology,
rheumatology, diabetes/endocrinology, stroke medicine, urology, breast cancer and mineral
metabolism. Professors in the following specialities are based on this site - Surgical Science,
Respiratory Medicine, Microbial Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oncology, Medical Genetics and
Stroke Medicine. In addition, there are academic departments of Haematology, Rheumatology,
Continuing Care and Anaesthetics.
City Hospital is home to training centres in breast screening techniques and cardiac surgery and the
Trust is a Cancer Centre, forming part of the Mid-Trent Cancer Network.
The City Hospital campus has a variety of facilities for the use of patients, visitors and staff. There is a
restaurant, coffee bars selling hot and cold snacks and hospital shops.
The Nottingham City Hospital Campus of NHS Trust is a major teaching hospital with a total of 1070
beds. It is one of the campuses of the University of Nottingham with academic units in Respiratory
Medicine, Haematology, Medical Oncology, Stroke Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
In 1999 the Clinical Sciences Building (CSB), a £6M investment, was opened on the City Hospital site.
This was a joint initiative by the NHS and the University of Nottingham to integrate and develop the
academic presence within the City Hospital. The Division of Respiratory Medicine at Nottingham City
Hospital is based in the Centre for Respiratory Research within the Clinical Sciences Building, which
provides excellent, modern accommodation, teaching and laboratory facilities for undergraduate
students and postgraduate work. The CSB has been expanded with a £4M extension to house the
epidemiology group and Tobacco Control Centre.
Excellent facilities for cell and molecular biology research can be found in the Clinical Sciences Building.
The top floor contains 40-50 lab based researchers from 5 groups (Respiratory Medicine/ Haematology/
Tumour Immunology/ Rheumatology/ Infectious Diseases0 working in a suite of state of the art
laboratories with multi-user shared space and individual groups laboratories. Excellent facilities are
available for cell culture and many aspects of cell and molecular biology including FACS scanning, PCR
(including real time), GM work, isotope studies, gene sequencing etc. Nottingham University also has
several technology platforms in genomics/proteomics/metabolomics allowing easy access to these
technologies and transgenic facilities.
There are several new builds as part of the BRU including lung function and a research out-patient
facility. There are excellent bronchoscopy facilities on the City Hospital site and the new BRU has one
fully funded research bronchoscopy list.
2.
Queen’s Medical Centre Campus
As well as the hospital, the QMC building, which opened in 1978, also houses the University of
Nottingham Medical School and School of Health Sciences (incl. Nursing and Midwifery).
Clinical services provided within QMC include a very substantial emergency workload, particularly in
medical admissions. Within the Medical Division services include the Emergency Department, Medicine,
(including Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Haematology,
Rheumatology, Immunology, Palliative Care,) Dermatology, Intensive Care and Health Care of the
Elderly. Within the Surgical Division services include Surgery, (including Vascular, Colorectal and
Hepato pancreatic biliary,) ENT, Ophthalmology, Maxillofacial, Trauma & Orthopaedics, (including
Spinal,) and Neurosciences. Within the Family Health Division, services include Obstetrics and
Fetomaternal Medicine, Gynaecology, (including Fertility Services), Child Health (including Neonatology
and Paediatric Surgery) and Occupational Health.
The QMC site has constantly developed the services it provides to enable it to meet the needs of its
patients both now and for the future. Queen’s has the only Emergency Department for the city. In
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2008, the new Nottingham NHS Treatment Centre opened on the QMC campus. The treatment centre is
managed by an independent sector provider.
There are a number of facilities provided in QMC, including a Newsagent, Coffee shop/Sandwich bar,
Clothes shop, Bank (National Westminster, open daily from 10.30 – 3.30pm) and a Pharmacy shop.
There is a large dining area, roof garden and an active Doctors’ Mess with kitchen, PCs with Internet
access, sitting room, billiard tables, and television.
Conditions of Service and Governance
The successful candidate will be offered an Honorary Contract with the Nottingham University Hospitals
NHS Trust under the terms and conditions. When undertaking clinical duties on this basis within the
Trust, the person appointed will be expected to adhere to local policies and procedures and to take
note of the standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to the development of Clinical Governance.
The approach taken is to develop actions plans at a directorate level. Each member of the medical
staff is expected to take an active role in clinical governance activities within their directorate and each
directorate has a Consultant nominated as Clinical Governance lead. The activities include (but are not
restricted to) audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, CPD and Evidence
Based Practice.
Professional Standards
The Clinical Director is managerially responsible for all activity and personnel in the directorate in which
the appointee will work. The Medical Director, Dr Stephen Fowlie, has overall responsibility for the
professional performance of clinicians, including of those holding Honorary Contracts with NUH. All
clinicians are expected to comply with management arrangements in place, to follow the guidelines on
practice laid down by the General Medical Council’s “Maintaining Good Medical Practice”, and to be
accountable to the Trust for their actions and the quality of their work. A yearly Joint Clinical and
Academic Appraisal is carried out.
Postgraduate Facilities
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust fully supports and recognises the importance of continuing
professional development for Consultants and career-grade staff. The facilities available to support this
include two large purpose-built Postgraduate Centres. The Trust encourages consultants to participate
actively in Continuing Medical Education activities both within the Trust and externally and the
provision of study leave is managed by a Trust Study Leave Committee administered within the
Postgraduate Centres.
The Postgraduate Centre at the City Campus provides an excellent educational environment for
multidisciplinary conferences and seminars, postgraduate medical education and continuing medical
education. It also provides a base for the Nottingham Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice,
as well as teaching facilities and common room for undergraduate students of Nottingham University
Medical School and a brand new Clinical Skills Centre.
The Postgraduate Centre at Queen’s Medical Centre Campus contains eleven meeting rooms of varying
sizes and audio-visual equipment including video-conferencing.
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