Consultant Paediatrician in Respiratory Medicine
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a full time substantive Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine to join our well-established and dynamic Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (PRM) team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to play a key role in the delivery and development of specialist respiratory services for children across the East Midlands.
This post is a 10 PA Consultant role and is integral to our ongoing service development, allowing us to maintain a clinic free acute service week model. The successful candidate will join a team of six Consultants and will contribute to inpatient service weeks (including Long Term Ventilation), as well as general respiratory, LTV, asthma, and cystic fibrosis (CF) clinics. There will also be opportunities to develop joint clinics in areas such as ENT, Surgery, Immunology, and participation in the National Ataxia Telangiectasia Clinic. The post also includes complex sleep work and bronchoscopy lists, depending on the expertise and interests of the appointee.
We are a tertiary referral centre offering a comprehensive paediatric respiratory service across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and beyond. The team has a strong ethos of collaborative multidisciplinary working, delivering high quality, family centred care.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join a team of 6 Consultants. The post will involve covering inpatient service weeks. Clinics will be in general respiratory medicine, LTV, asthma and CF. There will be opportunities, once established in post to take on more joint clinics in e.g. ENT, surgery, immunology and also to contribute to the National AT clinic. Complex sleep work and bronchoscopy lists are also scheduled in the job plan.
About us
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.
With more than 19,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
Job responsibilities
We are a tertiary referral centre providing a service to the East Midlands for complex respiratory conditions. We provide a comprehensive service focusing on delivering patient and family centred care to a high standard for the children and young people of the region. We have a strong ethos of collaborative multidisciplinary team work. We offer the following services:
1. Specialist cystic fibrosis centre which provides a hub for a shared care network throughout Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire.
2. Long-term ventilation service which supports children, young people and their families across the region (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Staffordshire) whose long-term and complex health problems mean that they need mechanical ventilation (both non-invasive and tracheostomy).
3. Paediatric bronchoscopy service for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
4. Specialist clinics for children with difficult asthma and rare lung disease.
5. Service for babies with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
6. Paediatric tuberculosis service.
7. Supra regional cleft lip and palate service for young infants.
8. Pre-operative assessment for children undergoing spinal surgery.
9. Joint respiratory clinics are held with ENT, Immunology, Rheumatology and Paediatric Surgery.
10. International clinic for children with Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
* MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
* Full GMC registration
* Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
* CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
* Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
Qualifications/Development
* Current APLS provider
* Valid BLS training
* NLS provider
* Higher professional degree
* Qualification in Medical education
Clinical Skills/Experience
* Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description.
* Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
* Accurate assessment of sick children.
* Specific training in communication skills
* Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
Management Skills
* Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
* Able to work in a team.
* Higher management degree or qualification or training
* Experience of change management
Personal Skills/Qualities
* Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
* Able to use the Trust's IT support systems
Teaching, Audit & Research
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit.
* Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
* Original Research Publications
* Higher teaching degree or qualification or training
Practical Requirements
* Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen's Medical Centre campus
* Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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