Crosshouse Hospital jobs

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We are seeking two ST2+ level paediatricians to work across our Paediatric and Neonatal services. One post will cover a fixed term cover of maternity leave from August 2026 to February 2027. The second post will cover a 12 month period in the first instance. This post will be recurring on an annual basis. A starting date sooner than August will be considered for each post depending on the availability of applicants.

This post will include out of hours duties and is banded at 1A.

Neonatal and Acute Paediatric Services are co-located at University Hospital Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, a large and busy District General Hospital.

Our Local Neonatal Unit works closely with other units in the West of Scotland network. Two of our permanent members of staff contribute to the Scottish Neonatal Retrieval service. The unit cares for babies who are being cooled and for preterm babies transferred back from central units under the Best Start programme.

The General Paediatric department comprises of an in-patient ward, an Acute assessment Unit and an out-patient ward. The inpatient ward has 23 beds including HDU facilities. We care for patients with a wide variety of medical and surgical paediatric conditions. We work closely with colleagues in the Emergency Department and other specialities. We have round the clock anaesthetic cover to provide support for paediatric emergencies.

Paediatric and Neonatal outpatient clinics are provided in locations around Ayrshire and Arran.

This post is for a resident doctor at middle tier level to be part of the ST2+ grade rota. The post involves out of hours shifts and day shifts. There is opportunity to attend outpatient clinics as well as acute admissions and inpatient cover. The post is well supported by Consultants and a tier 1 rota comprising FY2 and GPST doctors as well as Advanced Paediatric and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran provides a comprehensive healthcare service to approximately 367,000 people living in Ayrshire and Arran. University Hospital Crosshouse is a large, modern district general hospital with 625 beds.

The Neonatal Unit is part of the Integrated Maternity service based at Ayrshire Maternity Unit, within University Hospital Crosshouse campus. There are 3,000 babies delivered per year within the hospital.

Applicants will be appropriately experienced and hold Full GMC Registration with a current Licence to Practice.