Trust Doctor in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Job responsibilities

Job Description Text INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated paediatrician (ST6 or above) with an interest in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious diseases to join Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Childrens Hospital, as a Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases Fellow for a period of 12 months. This post would be suitable for a paediatric doctor in training requesting an Out of Programme Pause, who would like to train in the care of children and young people with these conditions.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic trainee to gain experience and develop clinical skills in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases that could contribute to Paediatric Infectious Diseases SPIN competencies.

Leeds Childrens Hospital hosts more specialities under one roof than any other Childrens Hospital in the UK bar Great Ormond Street Hospital, including PICU, paediatric neurology and neurosurgery (including non-syndromic craniofacial surgery), paediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, paediatric hepatology and nephrology, including liver and renal transplants, paediatric gastroenterology, paediatric haematology and oncology, including bone marrow transplantation for malignant and non-malignant haematology, paediatric respiratory medicine, paediatric rheumatology, paediatric general surgery including thoracic surgery, orthopaedics including spinal surgery and regional major trauma centre designation, paediatric ENT, level 3 neonatology including neonatal surgery, paediatric endocrinology, paediatric allergy, and busy general paediatrics. The range of infection issues generated by this breadth of specialities presents fantastic PIID learning opportunities.

The current Paediatric Infectious Diseases service provides inpatient consultations, regional telephone advice, weekly TB clinics, fortnightly HIV clinics, weekly general infection clinics, with input into the Childrens Hospital infection prevention and control team, and trust wide antimicrobial stewardship group. We have a clinical nurse specialist in paediatric HIV, and there is a quarterly young adult HIV clinic.

Paediatric immunology covers inpatient consults, support for children and young people post BMT in Newcastle, support and training for CYP receiving subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy, and a monthly multispeciality primary immunodeficiency clinic, supported by adult immunology and visiting consultants from our supraregional quaternary paediatric immunology centre in Newcastle. Children with recurrent infections without strong suspicion of primary immunodeficiency are also seen in the general infection clinic. Two clinical nurse specialists support the service.

This post will be clinical with the immunology and infectious diseases team during daytime working with a full on-call commitment to general paediatrics. The post-holder will take part in the general paediatric on call rota (currently 1 in 9) and work alongside two other registrar level doctors to cover the medical inpatients in the hospital. There is a separate rota for the paediatric emergency department and the paediatric intensive care unit which the post-holder will not be expected to cover.

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at intended start date
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent.

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems.
• Ability to prioritise clinical need.
• Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
• Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
• APLS or EPALS or equivalent must be valid.
• Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice.
• Ability to provide complete details of employment history.
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances.

Desirable

• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances.
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of their period of training.
• At least 4 years experience in paediatrics by the time of intended start date.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Successful completion of MRCPCH by time of interview.

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

• Make the care or your patient your first concern
• Provide a good standard of practice and care
• Take prompt action if you think that patient safety, dignity or comfort is being compromised.
• Protect and promote the health of patients and of the public.
• Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity.
• Work in partnership with patients.
• Work with colleagues in the ways that best serve patients interests.
• Be honest and open and act with integrity.
• Never discriminate unfairly against patients or colleagues.
• Never abuse your patients trust in you or the publics trust in the profession.

Desirable

• Experience in the care of children and young people living with immunological conditions, or infectious diseases.

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).