Consultant in Neonatal Paediatrics (interest in Paediatric Cardiology)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Neonatology department at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and the family feel valued during their visits to the Trust.
This is a whole time equivalent substantive Neonatal consultant post and the successful applicant will share the responsibilities for providing acute neonatal care at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage. Outpatient clinics are based at the Lister Hospital and QE 2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City. Our Neonatal unit is a local neonatal unit (LNU) part of East of England (EOE) Neonatal Network. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and includes an on-call commitment of 1:6 exclusive for the Local Neonatal Unit. There is no Acute paediatric commitment to this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join the 6 Neonatal consultants in the delivery of the neonatal care and participate in 1:7 on call rota for weekdays and weekends. There will be no Acute Paediatric commitments; however, the post holder will perform Paediatric cardiology clinic and work in collaboration with Trust paediatric cardiology lead and the cardiology network. When covering the intensive and high dependency care areas, the consultant will conduct daily ward rounds in these areas and be available at all times for help, advice and discussion with staff or parents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will deliver high-quality and compassionate patient-centered care, share responsibilities for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning, teach and train within the multidisciplinary service, have active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity and have active participation in continuing medical education.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register / and Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
* MBBS and MRCPCH or qualification of an equivalent level
* Paediatric CCT with the interest in Neonatology, should have done SPIN training (18 months) in Neonates (or equivalent) training and 6-12 months of Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level or senior level
* Interest in Paediatric and Neonatal cardiology (PECSIG or PEC) /NICHe and ability to independently perform Echocardiogram (ECHO) with or without the EACVI/AEPC Echo CHD Certification.
Previous Experience
* Broad range of experience in Neonatology and General Paediatrics with Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level
* Minimum of 18 months neonatal experience in a level 3 unit (Tertiary) at Registrar level or senior level OR at least 3 years’ experience at registrar level or senior level working in a local Neonatal unit (LNU) AND Minimum of 6 months of Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level or senior level (PECSIG or PEC) /NICHe and have skills to perform Echocardiogram (ECHO) independently with or without the EACVI/AEPC Echo CHD Certification.
* Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
* Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
* Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
* NLS/ARNI provider
Skills
* Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
* Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background.
When you apply...
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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