Consultant in Paediatric Surgery

Job summary

We are seeking two full-time paediatric surgery consultants to join the dynamic West London Children's Healthcare Paediatric Surgical team with posts based across Chelsea and Westminster and St Mary's Hospitals. Candidates are expected to be trained in general paediatric surgery, neonatal surgery andpaediatric trauma management. Elective work will include general paediatric surgery clinics and operatinglists in all WLCH sites.

These posts are for a general paediatric surgeon who has sub-specialty interest that complements the department (including paediatric urology). The successful applicants will join our team in providing excellent care to children and families across North West London. We pride ourselves in an excellent cross-site fetaland perinatal nephro-urology service, which the candidate will be involved in. The successful applicants will be encouraged to participate in clinical research and teaching.

The posts are based at both the Chelsea & Westminster and St Mary's sites, and comprises elective clinics and lists, as well as paediatric surgery attending weeks (12 per year split between both sites) with on-call on either the St Mary's or Chelsea and Westminster sites. The appointee will receive mentoring and support from the team of paediatric surgery and urology consultants. This is an ideal job for someone looking to build their career in a forward-looking surgical department.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be expected to deliver 10 programmed activities, on average, per week. They are expected to deliver full week of acute emergency day-time attending (12 weeks per year split between the Chelsea & Westminster and the St Mary's sites) and participate in a full out-of-hours on-call commitments at one of these two sites.

Candidates are expected to be trained in general paediatric surgery, neonatal surgery and paediatric trauma management. Elective work will include general paediatric surgery clinics and operating lists in all WLCH sites.Attending duties on the Chelsea & Westminster site involve the management of acute neonatal andpaediatric surgical admissions, as the regional surgical centre, as well as providing surgical support to theRoyal Brompton PICU.

Attending duties on the St. Mary's site involve the management of paediatric surgical admissions as well as providing surgical support to PICU and Haematology service and supporting the Major Trauma Pathway.

The majority of out of hours new presentations will be transferred to the Chelsea site meaning on-calls duties are limited to supporting the inpatient services, the Major Trauma Pathway and specific pathways (including testicular torsion and priapism in sickle cell disease). In addition, a third of on-calls will require providing support to the Chelsea & Westminster site in the management of a child who requires emergency management for a swallowed foreign body.

About us

West London Children's Healthcare was formed on 1st April 2022 bringing paediatric services at ImperialCollege Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

(CWFT) under a single leadership structure accountable to both Trust Boards for all elements ofoperational, quality, safety and financial performance. WLCH runs services from Chelsea & WestminsterHospital; Hammersmith Hospital; St Mary's Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. In addition, two childdevelopment services operate from the Cheyne Centre and Woodfield Road.

It is recognised that significant variations in outcomes exist for children and young people in North WestLondon. These variations are driven both by the social economic factors that impact the daily lives of CYPbut also as a consequence of variation in systems, processes and access to healthcare.

WLCH has been established to drive the changes needed to reduce these variations and to improve quality,experience and outcomes across all aspects of child health. We value every member of our team and weare absolutely committed to recruiting and retaining a thriving, diverse and inclusive workforce. Everymember of our team has a role to play in leading and shaping the transformation required to improveoutcomes by optimising joint working, sharing best practice and constantly striving for improvement.