Job summary
Division: Children's, Women's & Diagnostics
Job Title: Locum Paediatric Consultant
Grade: Locum Consultant
Location: UniversityHospitals of North Midlands
Hours of Duty: PA
Managerially accountable to: Clinical Director
Professionally accountable to: Clinical Director
Medical Director
Key Relationships: Consultant and other medical colleagues
Clinical Director
Directorate Manager
Divisional & Directorate Management
Senior Nursing colleagues
Main duties of the job
This post is based at Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University
Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond.
This post is to provide general paediatric outpatient clinics.
About us
Staffordshire Children's Hospital is part of UHNM which has two sites: Royal Stoke University Hospital, located in Stoke-on-Trent, and County Hospital, located in Stafford. The Staffordshire Children's Hospital is based at the Royal Stoke site, all inpatient services for children are there. Outpatient clinics run at both sites.
The Paediatric Department is one of the largest in the country with a number of sub speciality areas receiving tertiary care referrals. The Trust has a purpose built Children's Centre comprising of inpatient wards, Children's A&E and admissions unit and outpatients department adjacent to the Child Development Centre. The Child Health Directorate provides a wide range of services encompassing acute paediatrics, paediatric and neonatal intensive care, outpatients and community paediatrics. We also provide consultant support to the children's emergency centre and deliver a range of paediatric general and speciality clinics on the County Hospital site.
Flexible working requests will be considered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is based at Staffordshire Childrens Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond.
This post is for a General Paediatric Consultant with specialist Childrens Palliative Care. The successful candidate will become part of a team of 15 whole time equivalent consultants delivering acute paediatric services.
1. Participate in the on-call rota of 1:12, which includes resident on call up to 10pm weekdays.
2. Take on-going responsibility for patients under your care.
3. Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues in other specialties
4. Develop and maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external
5. Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit. This will include the development and maintenance of appropriate systems and practices to ensure continued safe clinical
6. Ensure own practice is up-to-date. This will involve taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the Trusts Performance and Annual Review
7. Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of
8. Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and
9. Take responsibility for improving and complying with infection control practices
10. Ensure that all Trust-wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
11. Take part in meetings and other activities as agreed with the Clinical Director
12. In conjunction with Consultant colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of directorate staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the directorate
13. In conjunction with the Directorate Manager and Consultant colleagues, to take a role in the daily business of the directorate and to develop the service in accordance with the Trusts strategic direction.
14. Provide education, training and support for both trainee and non-trainee Emergency Medicine medical staff
Person Specification
Qualifications and Skills
Essential
15. MRCPCH or equivalent higher qualification
16. Fully registered with GMC
17. APLS, EPALS or PALS provider
18. MBChB/MBBS or equivalent
19. Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: o Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) o Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (You must be on the Specialist Register at the point of your application) o European Community Rights APLS or EPLS or PALS provider
Desirable
20. Further Higher Degree, MD, PhD
21. Level 3 safeguarding training
Clinical Experience
Essential
22. Clinical training and experience in general paediatrics equivalent to that required for UK. CCT in paediatrics OR existing Practising Consultant in General paediatrics.
23. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients
24. Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within general paediatrics
25. Experience and understanding of using evidence based medicine and clinical audit to support decision making
26. Experience of or active interest in Paediatric Pallaiitve Care Medicine
Desirable
27. SPIN accreditation or equivalent for area of sub-speciality
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
28. Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service needs
29. Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of paediatric service
30. Good understanding of the structure and processes of the NHS
31. Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of paediatric service
32. Experience and understanding of clinical audit
Desirable
33. Formal management training
34. Evidence of managerial experience
35. Evidence of initiating change through the audit process
36. Leadership qualification
Teaching Experience
Essential
37. Experience of supervising junior medical staff
38. Ability and commitment to teach clinical skills
39. Commitment to continuing medical education
40. Experience of teaching basic skills to undergraduate medical students
Desirable
41. Training the trainer's course
42. Higher medical education qualification
Research Experience
Essential
43. Ability to collect and submit data for collaborative studies as required
44. Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice
Desirable
45. Awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues
46. Proven research ability including publications in refereed journals
Personal Attributes
Essential
47. Good leadership skills and people management skills
48. Willingness to work flexibly to deliver a safe and patient centred service oflexibility
49. Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and develop effective working relationships with all levels of staff and staff from both within on outside the paediatric service
50. Able to demonstrate leadership capability within a multidisciplinary team
51. Ability to work under pressure
52. Good organisational and management skills
53. Good interpersonal skills, supportive and tolerant
54. Enquiring, critical approach to work
55. Caring, tolerant and empathetic attitude to patients, their families and colleagues
56. Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other professionals
57. Knowledge of and commitment to uphold trust values in all that you do
Desirable
58. Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
59. Commitment to innovation and service development
Personal Circumstances
Essential
60. Ability and means to meet the travel requirements of the post
61. Residence allowing return to base within 30 minutes if required
62. To be accessible by telephone for on call duties