Welcome
Thank you for considering Paediatrics in the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery. We are delighted to tell you that a massive breadth of paediatric experience is available within our training programme, including working in one of the few stand alone children’s hospitals. We have around 10% of the English population, about 5.2 million people, within our catchment area. We can also offer you access to the UK coastline (including Whitby, the village where Dracula landed in the UK), big city life (we have a branch of the Bank of England, not that they have any money at the moment), moorland walks (and it snows every year, the sledging is awesome), climbing at Stanage Edge, cycling up and down monster hills (on and off road), afternoon tea in Betty’s Tea Rooms - Harrogate (possibly the poshest tea room in the country) and no congestion charges! This is a very large geographical area, so we have 3 rotations to reduce commuting. Each rotation provides the core of paediatric experience. Importantly, there is equity of access to the sub specialities available across the deanery between the rotations.
What else will make you want to work here?
Well aside from the fantastic range of landscapes and recreational activities available, along with the comprehensive educational support and extensive clinical experience we have on offer there is also a personal approach to your success.
We are not interested in turning out carbon copy paediatricians. We would be delighted to engage you in service developments, to listen to your ideas on taking time out of programme. We will support overseas experience, research time and periods in other regions to gain additional experience not available locally (eg ECMO).
As well as the usual range of Paediatric experience there is also Nephrology with Renal Transplantation, Hepatology with Liver Transplantation, Bone Disease Unit and a National Centre for systematic reviews and research dissemination.
We are supportive of part time training. All part time doctors are in job slots/shares with another part time doctor, except in exceptional circumstances. Your job slot partner may change every six month or may remain constant for many years depending on training needs.
Through the day release schemes across the deanery there is an extensive network of paediatrician who maintains contact inside and outside of work. In many parts of the deanery this manifests as dining and drinking, through to car share schemes, sporting activities and putting on an annual pantomime.
I am sure that this doesn’t answer all your questions, but it is a start. You could go explore the deanery web site further. You could look at the hospitals' websites. There is also more information on the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health website.
Please explore the web site and advise us of any changes which you think would be of benefit by contacting our school administrator.
Dr Simon J Clark BM, MRCP, MD, FRCPCH
Head of School of Paediatrics
Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery