OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Applications are invited for the above post in the Department of Paediatrics at the Oxford Children’s Hospital, Level 2, Oxford OX3 9DU.
This is a 12-month locum post for maternity cover. The postholder will join as one of 3 specialist paediatric respiratory consultants working within a multidisciplinary team that also includes 5 specialist nurses, 2 physiotherapists, 2 dieticians, a psychologist, a respiratory physiologist and other support staff. We are a dynamic and committed team who together provide a comprehensive paediatric respiratory service for Oxfordshire, the Thames Valley and Northamptonshire. The majority of the postholder’s time will be spent at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford. One consultant also delivers a regular clinic at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
There will be a focus for the post holder on work related to the paediatric respiratory sleep service.
The postholder’s duties will be primarily at Oxford Children’s Hospital, but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations such as the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Clinical Responsibilities:
The postholder will provide, within a multi-disciplinary team including 3 consultant colleagues, a comprehensive paediatric respiratory service for children in the Thames Valley and Northamptonshire (approximate population 2 million). The services offered include:
1. Regional cystic fibrosis centre
2. Respiratory sleep service
3. Non-invasive respiratory support service (CPAP and BiPAP)
4. Long term ventilation via tracheostomy
5. Care of children with tracheostomies
6. Management of empyema and other respiratory infections
7. Management of asthma
8. Management of chronic lung disease
9. Investigation of respiratory problems
10. Respiratory support to the ITU, cleft service, craniofacial service, neuromuscular service, ENT service, oncology service, cardiology service.
Outreach cystic fibrosis clinics are provided 3-monthly at 5 network clinics. There are 3 CF Transition clinics per year run jointly with the Adult CF Teams in Oxford and Frimley Park Hospital. There are biannual PCD clinics run jointly with the Southampton Quaternary PCD service.
The postholder will undertake clinic work and inpatient work, as well as taking an equal share in a 1 in 3 on-call service for paediatric respiratory medicine.
About the Trust:
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Outline Job Plan:
An indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below. The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the clinical director upon appointment and reviewed after 6 months.
Weekly Provisional Programmed Activities:
1. Monday: 0900-1300 OUH - Respiratory Clinic (Direct Care) - 1 PA
1300-1500 OUH - CF annual reviews, Bronchoscopy list alternate weeks (Direct Care) - 0.5 PA
1500-1700 OUH - CPD, Statutory and Mandatory Training, Job planning, Appraisal (Supporting) - 0.5 PA
2. Tuesday: 0900-1300 OUH - Sleep study patient reviews and ward round (Direct Care) - 1 PA
1300-1700 OUH - Weeks 1,3 and 5: Respiratory clinic, Weeks 2 and 4: Clinical admin (Direct Care) - 1 PA
3. Wednesday: 0900-1000 OUH - Sleep study patient reviews (Direct Care) - 0.25 PA
1000-1200 OUH - Flexible activity (Direct Care) - Included below
1200-1300 OUH - Ad hoc patient MDTs and scheduled inter-specialty meetings with ENT, infectious diseases team (Direct Care) - 0.25 PA
1400-1500 OUH - Radiology meeting (Direct Care) - 0.25 PA
1500-1600 OUH - CF MDT (Direct Care) - 0.25 PA
1600-1700 OUH - Clinical Meeting (Supporting) - 0.25 PA
4. Thursday: 0900-1200 OUH - Clinical admin, report writing, care planning (Direct Care) - 0.75 PA
1200-1500 OUH - Clinical governance activity, audit, CPD, Statutory and Mandatory Training (Supporting) - 0.75 PA
1500-1700 OUH - Sleep MDT meeting and report writing (Direct Care) - 0.5 PA
5. Friday: 0900-1300 OUH - Sleep study patient reviews and ward round (Direct Care) - 1 PA
1300-1700 OUH - Weeks 2 and 4: Respiratory clinic, Plus 2x per year joint Southampton/Oxford PCD clinic held at Horton General Hospital, Weeks 1, 3 and 5: Clinical admin (Direct Care) - 1 PA
6. Saturday & Sunday: Additional agreed activity to be worked flexibly - 2 hours OUH - To see acute admissions, referrals and review ward patients in hours (Direct care) - 0.5 PA
Predictable emergency on-call work, Unpredictable emergency on-call work (Variable) - OUH - On-call from home, telephone advice, attending when necessary out-of-hours (Direct care) - 0.25 PA
TOTAL PAs: 10
Programmed Activity:
1. No of PAs: Direct clinical care (including unpredictable on-call) - 8.5
2. Supporting professional activities - 1.5
3. Other NHS responsibilities - External duties
4. Total No of PAs - 10
Anticipated on-call availability supplement:
Agreed on-call rota (e.g. 1 in 5) - 1 in 3
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