Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 31 December 2024

Job summary

This is an innovative NHS post comprising 8 PAs per week across both hospitals designed to maximise collaborative working and safe, effective patient care. The post holder will join multidisciplinary teams at both sites delivering paediatric and adolescent rheumatology within Birmingham, Coventry, the West Midlands and beyond.

There are 5.75 Direct Clinical Care PAs (including a 1 in 5 on call commitment), and 2.25 supporting professional activities. The post holder will be a dedicated paediatric and adolescent rheumatology specialist who will provide the clinical rheumatology service at BWCH and UHCW and proactively support the education and clinical research programmes within the department. The job plan includes clinical sessions and supporting professional activities at both sites. Some clinical sessions at UHCW will be delivered jointly with other BWCH consultants.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be employed by Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, and as such will be accountable to that Trust for appraisal, job planning, annual leave and study leave, in close liaison with UHCW. The appointee is expected to be trained in paediatric and adolescent rheumatology and be skilled in intra-articular injections.

Clinically, the postholder will share the provision of the outpatient and inpatient service for paediatric and adolescent rheumatology at both sites (including a category B 1 in 5 on call commitment at BCH). He or she will be the primary consultant at the UHCW site.It is anticipated that patients requiring inpatient stays and investigation will be managed in collaboration with BWC where appropriate, and patients requiring access to additional tertiary care services will be transferred to BWC. The appointee would contribute jointly to the in-patient management at BWCH of UHCW patients. At BWCH, out of hours care is provided by the Hospital at Night team and at UHCW by the General Paediatric Team.

The appointee will attend and contribute to the specialised clinics at BWCH, including lupus, juvenile dermatomyositis, and scleroderma.

Clinics undertaken at BWCH will predominantly be jointly undertaken with other consultants and with the MDT. They will be a mixture of general and adolescent clinics. Clinics at UHCW are now supported by a full MDT, and most follow up work will be undertaken in an MDT clinic alongside another Consultant.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Date posted

03 December 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Dependant on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

284-6802186-BC-KF24

Job locations

Birmingham Children's Hopsital

Steelhouse Lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Essential

oCommitment to continuing professional development

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Eligible for GMC registration / Eligible for inclusion on Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT date.
oAt least 2 years' training in Paediatric Rheumatology within the UK national grid scheme or equivalent skills attained

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

oPaediatrics and Paediatric Rheumatology
oLevel 3 Child protection training

Desirable

oSpecific adolescent rheumatology experience

CLINICAL SKILLS

Essential

oIntra-articular injections under local and general anaesthetic

RESEARCH/ TEACHING

Essential

oSignificant experience in teaching and in supporting undergraduate and postgraduate learning
oAudit experience

Desirable

oPrevious personal research experience
oPublications /Attendance at Training the Trainers teaching
oGCP certification

Person Specification

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Essential

oCommitment to continuing professional development

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

Eligible for GMC registration / Eligible for inclusion on Specialist Register or be within 6 months of CCT date.
oAt least 2 years' training in Paediatric Rheumatology within the UK national grid scheme or equivalent skills attained

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

oPaediatrics and Paediatric Rheumatology
oLevel 3 Child protection training

Desirable

oSpecific adolescent rheumatology experience

CLINICAL SKILLS

Essential

oIntra-articular injections under local and general anaesthetic

RESEARCH/ TEACHING

Essential

oSignificant experience in teaching and in supporting undergraduate and postgraduate learning
oAudit experience

Desirable

oPrevious personal research experience
oPublications /Attendance at Training the Trainers teaching
oGCP certification

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).

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