A Vacancy at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is inviting applications for a Consultant Paediatrician post. This post will provide an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the care of children of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The Trust is seeking to a highly motivated individual who can realise the potential of the role and directly influence both service delivery and the future development plans for the Paediatric services locally.
A key driver is to improve the overall patient experience, and this is focused around providing a high quality, safe, responsive and coordinated service within the local and regional health area. The service is therefore looking to appoint an individual who has the vision, drive and commitment to work flexibly and is passionate about caring for children in Hull and surrounding areas.
The paediatric respiratory team consists of specialist nurses, physiotherapist, pharmacist and dietitians in addition to the medical team and business manager. Specialist MDT clinics run for cystic fibrosis, trachea-oesophageal fistula, primary ciliary dyskinesia (in conjunction with the regional team), neurodisability as well as for asthma and generalrespiratory conditions. There is a respiratory consultant of the week for advice to the team and the wards.The appointee will contribute to general paediatric outpatient clinics seeing general paediatric referrals and general paediatric follow up from the paediatric inpatient ward. They will also be required to undertake Consultant of the Week and on-call duties covering the General Paediatric Service. On-calls are approximately 1 in 12. The post is for 10 programmed activities and is based at Hull Royal Infirmary.
The Trust is seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual who can realise the potential of the role and directly influence both service delivery and the future development plans for the paediatric and children’s safeguarding services locally.
A key driver is to improve the overall patient experience, and this is focused around providing a high quality, safe, responsive and coordinated service within the local and regional health area.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Oct 2024