Consultant in Paediatrics / Paediatric Emergency Medicine (8 PAs)

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

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Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Paediatrics/Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Whittington Health NHS Trust.

The Emergency Department has a co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, and a dedicated Children's Emergency Department. We are a designated Trauma Unit, as part of the North East London and Essex Trauma Network.

The Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine will work as part of the Emergency Medicine team, and in collaboration with the Paediatric team. You will supervise and deliver clinical care in the Children's Emergency Department, providing leadership, expertise and education.

You must be accredited in Paediatrics and be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Specialist Register (at the date of interview), with subspecialty accreditation in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (or equivalent subspecialty experience)

Interview date: Tuesday 3rd September 2024.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Date posted

04 July 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£99,532 to £131,964 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

220-035-AAC-EIM

Job locations

Whittington Hospital

London

N19 5NF

Job description

Job responsibilities

DUTIES OF THE POST

Provide senior leadership on the shop-floor during scheduled clinical shifts in order to coordinate the delivery of safe and excellent clinical care to all patients attending the Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre.

Maintain the already established close working with Paediatrics and community services.

Supervise junior doctors and nurse practitioners in the assessment and management of patients and provide senior clinical review where appropriate.

Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and inpatient specialty teams in order to ensure care is delivered in a streamlined and timely manner across the acute pathway.

Lead clinical rounds in the Paediatric Emergency Department in order to review patients and management plans, and to ensure safe handover.

Promote a strong focus on achieving and maintaining national and local quality and performance standards.

Participate in the administration and management of the department and attend the monthly Senior Team meetings.

Support and develop the departmental clinical governance strategy and take part in Patient Safety and Clinical Governance meetings.

Participate in departmental clinical meetings including the Paediatric Safeguarding meeting.

Liaise with in-patient specialty teams in order to smooth interface across disciplines and provide integrated and patient centred care.

Build relationships and collaborate with General Practice and Community colleagues to ensure integration and innovation between primary and secondary care.

Develop guidelines in order to ensure systematic delivery of evidence-based care.

Participate in departmental and Royal College audit programmes and work with the multidisciplinary team to devise and implement quality improvements.

Act as a named Educational or Clinical Supervisor to Foundation and Specialty Trainees in the department.

Participate in the Emergency Department teaching programmes for medical students, junior doctors, registrars, Emergency Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Support teaching and training within the wider organisation and across the region, including participation as faculty in resuscitation and simulation courses.

Support academic Emergency Medicine activity in the department, and take part in research with the local network.

Support and the medical, nursing and administrative workforce in the department.

Promote and inspire Clinical Excellence in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Whittington.

Please see the attached job description & person specification for further details.