OXFORD DEANERY SPECIALTY TRAINING PROGRAMME IN PAEDIATRICS

About Oxford Deanery

The Oxford Deanery covers the counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, with Banbury and Milton Keynes in the North, to Reading and Slough in Berkshire and High Wycombe and Aylesbury in the West.

The Oxford Deanery is part of NHS South of England which comprises South Central, South West and South East Coast Strategic Health Authorities. The Oxford Deanery is responsible for the training of some 1500 trainees.

The Oxford Deanery is a relatively small deanery with a defined geographical area which serves as a single unit of application. In the majority of cases successful candidates will be asked to preference their choice of location for either one or two years. Some programmes will require successful candidates to indicate a location and specialty. Future placements will usually be based on individual training and educational needs. Please note that applications are to the Oxford Deanery as a whole. This may mean that you may be allocated to any geographic location within the Oxford Deanery depending on training needs.

The Paediatric Training Programme

The Paediatric training programme is aneight year programme, starting at ST1. During this time, the trainee's work will be monitored for satisfactory progress and subject to annual reviews in the form of ARCPs. Progression on the programme will be dependent upon these reviews.

The posts on this rotation have been approved for Specialist Training by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The posts attract National Training Numbers and provide training towards a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).

The Postgraduate Dean has confirmed that this post has the necessary educational and staffing approvals.

Comprehensive information about the Oxford School of Paediatricsis available on the website:

The programme is based in several different Trusts throughout the Oxford Deanery so trainees may find themselves employed by any of the following Trusts and placed in any of the following hospitals:

Trust / Hospitals and Locations
Oxford University HospitalsNHS Trust / John Radcliffe, Oxford

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust / RoyalBerkshireHospital, Reading

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / WexhamParkHospital, Slough

Milton KeynesHospital NHS Foundation Trust / Milton KeynesGeneral Hospital

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust / Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury

Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe

Rotation Information

Rotations may at times change in response to clinical need from the Trusts. Expected rotation arrangements for this programme are:

  • Level 1 (ST1-3)

12 months: Reading, Wexham Park, Milton Keynes or Bucks

12 months: Oxford – generally 4 months specialities, 8 months neonates

12 months:Another DGH

  • Level 2 (ST4-5)

12 months: General Paediatrics

Six months: Community

Six months:Neonates

  • Level 3 (ST6-8)

18 – 24 months:Oxford

12 months: DGH

OR

National Grid

OR

36 months:HST Community paediatrics (4 posts)

Trust Information

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

The Children’s Services base in Oxford, include the Oxford Children’s Hospital, Neonatal Services, Paediatric Critical Care and a dedicated Children’s Emergency Department. The Children’s Hospital opened in 2007and provides a purpose built environment for general paediatric care, both hospital and community, as well as a wide variety of Tertiary services. The Neonatal Unit provides Tertiary level Neonatal care for the Neonatal Network South Central (North). The Unit currently comprises 20 ITU/HDU and 20 SCBU cots and a Neonatal Transport and Retrieval Service. It maintains close links with the High Risk Obstetric and Fetal Medicine Services. Paediatric Critical Care provides 6 ITU and 4 HDU beds with a Retrieval service. There is extensive collaboration between Children’s Services and a wide variety of services including speciality surgery and clinical genetics along with other relevant multi-professional and affiliated professional groups The University of Oxford enjoys an international reputation as a world class centre of excellence in Research and teaching and the Children’s Services benefit from the large on-site teaching facilities and academic input.

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The Paediatric Department at the RBH provides hospital and community care for Children in the local area. There are is a designated Paediatric Assessment Unit, a Local Neonatal Unit and a number of Specialty Clinics providing Shared Care for Tertiary services. The Unit is staffed by a dynamic team of Consultants, Associate Specialists and Staff Grade Paediatricians and there is a lively teaching and training programme.

Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Children’s Services comprise designated in-patient, outpatient and community care facilities on the WexhamPark and HeatherwoodHospital sites and a Local Neonatal Unit based at WexhamPark. The Service provides care for children from 0-18 years with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions. The Unit is staffed by a team of experienced Consultants and Senior Staff withspecialist knowledge in oncology, neonatology, endocrinology, epilepsy, cardiology, respiratory and general paediatric medicine.

Milton KeynesHospital NHS Foundation Trust

Milton KeynesHospital provides care to an expanding and diverse local population. The Children’s Services incorporate inpatient facilities, a designated paediatric Day Care Unit, Day Assessment Unit and Surgical Unit. In addition there is a Children’s Community Team and a Local Neonatal Unit. Children’s outpatients include a number of speciality clinics and shared care with Tertiary Speciality Services. The highly motivated and innovative team of Senior Consultants provide speciality care for children from birth to 18 years of age.

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust operates from three hospital sites in Amersham (Trust HQ), Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe. A wide range of high quality acute services are offered at all three sites, as well as some specialist services including the National Spinal Injury Centre (Stoke Mandeville), a burns care and plastics sub-regional centre (Stoke Mandeville) and a dermatology inpatient centre (Amersham). Women & Children’s services are now provided in the main at StokeMandevilleHospital, following a move that took place during 2008-2009. Children presenting to the Wycombe Ambulatory Care Unit are also reviewed by the Paediatric Care Team. Neonatal care is proved on the Stoke Site within a Local Neonatal Unit. There are a committed Senior team providing expert consultant-led paediatric care across all sites.

Teaching

  • ST1-3

Locally delivered curriculum mapped teaching programme

‘Essential Modules’ delivered centrally: Communication, Child Protection, Neonatal Emergency skills, Research skills, Breaking bad news / Ethics / End of Life Care.

  • ST4-8

Locally delivered curriculum mapped teaching

Monthly themed full day teaching programme

Clinical and non-clinical topics covered within two year rotating programme.

Duties of Post

Clinical,
Clinical governance activities
Teaching
Research
Management and Administration

Detailed job descriptions for each post are available on the School website:

Main Conditions of Service

Appointments to this programme are subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) for Hospital Medical and Dental Staff (England and Wales). In addition appointments are subject to:

  • Applicants having the right to work and be a doctor or dentist in training in the UK
  • Registration with the General Medical Council
  • Pre-employment checks carried out by the Trust HR department in line with the NHS employment check standards, including CRB checks and occupational health clearance.

The employing Trust’s offer of employment is expected to be on the following nationally agreed terms:

Hours – The working hours for junior doctors in training are now 48-hours (or 52-hours if working on a derogated rota) averaged over 26 weeks (six months). Doctors in training also have an individual right to opt-out if they choose to do so, but they cannot opt-out of rest break or leave requirements. However, the contracts for doctors in training make clear that overall hours must not exceed 56 hours in a week (New Deal Contract requirements) across all their employments and any locum work they do.

Pay – you should be paid monthly at the rates set out in the national terms and conditions of service for hospital medical and dental staff and doctors in public health medicine and the community health service (England and Wales), “the TCS”, as amended from time to time. The payscales are reviewed annually. Current rates of pay may be viewed at Part time posts will be paid pro-rata

Pay supplement –depending upon the working pattern and hours of duty you are contracted to undertake by the employer you should be paid a monthly additional pay supplement at the rates set out in paragraph 22 of the TCS. The current payscales may be viewed at . The pay supplement is not reckonable for NHS pension purposes. The pay supplement will be determined by the employer and should be made clear in their offer of employment and subject to monitoring.

Pension – you will be entitled to join or continue as a member of the NHS Pension Scheme, subject to its terms and rules, which may be amended from time to time. If you leave the programme for out of programme experience you may have a gap in your pension contributions. More information can be found at

Annual Leave – your entitlement to annual leave will be five or six weeks per annum depending on your previous service/incremental point, as set out in paragraphs 205-206 of the TCS. The TCS may be viewed at

Sick pay – entitlements are outlined in paragraph 225 of the TCS.

Notice –you will be required to give your employer and entitled to receive from them notice in accordance with paragraphs 195-196 of the TCS.

Study Leave –the employer is expected to offer study leave in accordance with paragraphs 250-254 of the TCS. Local policy and procedure will be explained at induction.

Travel Expenses – the employer is expected to offer travel expenses in accordance with paragraphs 277-308 of the TCS for journeys incurred in performing your duties. Local policy and procedure should be explained at induction.

Subsistence expenses – the employer is expected to offer subsistence expenses in accordance with paragraph 311 of the TCS. Local policy and procedure should be explained at induction.

Relocation expenses –the employer will have a local policy for relocation expenses based on paragraphs 314 – 315 of the TCS and national guidance at You are advised to check eligibility and confirm any entitlement with the employer before incurring any expenditure.

Pre-employment checks – all NHS employers are required to undertake pre-employment checks. The employer will confirm their local arrangements, which are expected to be in line with national guidance at

Professional registration – it will be a requirement of employment that you have professional registration with the GMC/GDC for the duration of your employment. Though the post is covered by NHS Indemnity, you are strongly advised to register with the MPS for professional indemnity.

Health and Safety – all employers have a duty to protect their workers from harm. You should be advised by the employer of local policies and procedures intended to protect your health and safety and expected to comply with these.

Disciplinary and grievance procedures – the employer will have local policies and procedures for dealing with any disciplinary concerns or grievances you may have. They should advise you how to access these, not later than eight weeks after commencement of employment.

Educational Supervisor – the employer or a nominated deputy (usually the Director of Medical Education) will confirm your supervisor on commencement.

General information on the Deanery’s management of Specialty Training programmes, including issues such as taking time out of programme and dealing with concerns or complaints, is available at and in the national ‘Gold guide’ to Specialty Training at Please ensure that you inform Oxford Deanery of any changes to your contact details.

November 2011