Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Allergy Academic Fellow

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Job summary

The Children's Allergy Service is seeking a part time 0.8 wte clinical fellow in Paediatric Allergy to join a dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking team as a fixed term position for 12 months from Sept 2024 to Sept 2025. This post can be used by trainees as an Out of Programme Training post to use towards Allergy SPIN or Out of Programme Experience to gather experience prior to applying for Paediatric Allergy Subspeciality Training (GRID). It is also suitable for doctors post CCT who are wanting more experience in clinical paediatric allergy and it is suitable for all doctors as a standalone fellow post (subject to fulfilling the criteria to practice in the UK).

The department was founded in 2006 and has grown rapidly since and is now the largest of its kind in the UK. We are currently involved in many exciting initiatives and are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement this team and help keep the service in the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to take anoperational role as Education Fellow in managing the Allergy Academy for 1 day per week. The Allergy Academy is the department's post-graduate teaching institute. The role involves interfacing between a wide range of clinical health professionals, opinion leaders, academic institutions and logistic experts. The emphasis of this role is on clinical and educational innovation, to enable quality improvement within both fields. An able candidate may wish to consider applying for a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy as a post-graduate teaching qualification. This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.

The post holder will also spend 3 days a week as a Clinical Fellow covering 3 general paediatric allergy outpatient clinics per week (new and follow up patients) and they will have involvement with the patient query rota jobs (prescribing drugs for day care challenges, patient queries, ward queries, day case reactions / queries and in triaging referrals). The successful candidate will have a clinical and educational supervisor from the consultant team.

About us

Children's Allergy Service

Until 2006, the Allergy Department saw a small number of children, supported by 2 honorary consultant Paediatricians. In 2006, in response to demands on the service and the new opportunities with the development of children's services, a department of Paediatric Allergy was formed. The new Children's Allergy Service is an integrated clinical and academic unit led by Professor Gideon Lack. The current team of Consultant Paediatric Allergists in the department comprises Prof Gideon Lack, Prof Adam Fox, Prof George du Toit, Prof Helen Brough, Dr Susan Chan, Dr Kate Swan, Prof Alexandra Santos, Dr Tom Marrs, Dr Elizabeth Powell and Dr Ru-Xin Foong.

The department is a National Sub-speciality training centre for trainees in Paediatric Allergy. In 2007 the service was chosen for inspection by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee as an example of high quality specialist care. The Children's Allergy Service can be broadly divided into clinical and academic components although every effort has been made to ensure that the two elements of the service closely interlink.

Details

Date posted

25 February 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty registrar

Salary

£61,825 to £70,425 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

199-MED4730

Job locations

1 Lambeth Palace Road

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be accountable to Group Lead for Childrens Allergy, Gastroenterology, Palliative Care and Respiratory, Dr Helen Brough as well as the Director of the Allergy Academy, Dr Tom Marrs.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Clinical:

The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Paediatric Allergy services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice

To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, Teaching and Training

Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio and seek to embed translational research into clinical practice, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

To provide and support high quality teaching to medical post-graduate clinicians and multidisciplinary health care professionals as required by the Clinical Director and Academy Director.

To develop and coordinate innovative teaching study activities by liaising between multiple stakeholders and service provider agencies partnered in the Academy Programme.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their annual appraisal.

Appraisal:

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake annual appraisal.

Additional Information:

The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures which are regularly updated including:

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be accountable to Group Lead for Childrens Allergy, Gastroenterology, Palliative Care and Respiratory, Dr Helen Brough as well as the Director of the Allergy Academy, Dr Tom Marrs.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Clinical:

The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Paediatric Allergy services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice

To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, Teaching and Training

Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio and seek to embed translational research into clinical practice, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

To provide and support high quality teaching to medical post-graduate clinicians and multidisciplinary health care professionals as required by the Clinical Director and Academy Director.

To develop and coordinate innovative teaching study activities by liaising between multiple stakeholders and service provider agencies partnered in the Academy Programme.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their annual appraisal.

Appraisal:

All medical and dental staff are required to undertake annual appraisal.

Additional Information:

The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures which are regularly updated including:

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC registration and licence to practice
  • Training in paediatrics at ST5+

Desirable

  • Accredited training in paediatric allergy

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in allergy department
  • Up to date life support

Desirable

  • Experience supervising challenges

Experience

Essential

  • Experience managing a range of common allergic conditions
  • Evidence of drive and enthusiasm to develop these skills
  • Ability to work in an MDT
  • oAbility to plan training for and deliver training

Desirable

  • Teaching qualifications eg Teach the teacher.
  • Designed and ran a regional or national study day
  • Experience in research
  • Publications in Paediatric allergy

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Mentions participation in meetings or having done one of audit, QI, governance
  • Detailed description of an audit involved with (but not led)

Desirable

  • Evidence that initiated and led on QI or audit
  • Evidence that the project led to a change / closed audit cycle
  • Evidence of leadership roles

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of motivation for the job with evidence for motivation to work in paediatric allergy
  • Evidence of motivation to be involved in paediatric post graduate education
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC registration and licence to practice
  • Training in paediatrics at ST5+

Desirable

  • Accredited training in paediatric allergy

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in allergy department
  • Up to date life support

Desirable

  • Experience supervising challenges

Experience

Essential

  • Experience managing a range of common allergic conditions
  • Evidence of drive and enthusiasm to develop these skills
  • Ability to work in an MDT
  • oAbility to plan training for and deliver training

Desirable

  • Teaching qualifications eg Teach the teacher.
  • Designed and ran a regional or national study day
  • Experience in research
  • Publications in Paediatric allergy

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Mentions participation in meetings or having done one of audit, QI, governance
  • Detailed description of an audit involved with (but not led)

Desirable

  • Evidence that initiated and led on QI or audit
  • Evidence that the project led to a change / closed audit cycle
  • Evidence of leadership roles

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of motivation for the job with evidence for motivation to work in paediatric allergy
  • Evidence of motivation to be involved in paediatric post graduate education

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Lambeth Palace Road

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Lambeth Palace Road

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Kate Swan

kate.swan@gstt.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

25 February 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty registrar

Salary

£61,825 to £70,425 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

199-MED4730

Job locations

1 Lambeth Palace Road

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH


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