Consultant Paediatrician

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant General Paediatrician on a 12 months fixed term basis to cover maternity leave from April 2025. This is a full time post with acute duties based at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Hospital in Cramlington and clinics at Wansbeck and North Tyneside General Hospitals.

The successful candidate will have expertise in General Paediatrics and will provide consultant cover for children in our paediatric emergency department, short stay children's ward and level 1 SCBU. Expertise and training in the management of injuries is not essential as the unit is supported by Emergency Care Consultants from the main Emergency Department next door.

You will work alongside other consultant paediatricians and participate in the training of junior doctors and paediatric and neonatal nurse practitioners in the department. When not consultant of the week you will have regular clinics at either Wansbeck or North Tyneside General Hospital.

The post is for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week which includes some on-site working in the evenings and at weekends. There is an overnight on call commitment of 1 in 9 nights but no overnight resident duties.

Main duties of the job

The post will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops. Full and part time applications are welcome, and the content of the job will be agreed with individual candidates.

The Job Plan will typically include an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 1.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities (if full time). As 2PAs are allocated for out of hours working there will be one non-working day each week. A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 4 of the Job Description and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6817087NR

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application.
MRCPCH
APLS provider (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

Clinical training and experience in paediatrics equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in general paediatrics
Recent experience of stabilization and immediate care of premature and unwell neonates

Desirable

Paediatric sub-speciality training / SPIN module

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application.
MRCPCH
APLS provider (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

Clinical training and experience in paediatrics equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in general paediatrics
Recent experience of stabilization and immediate care of premature and unwell neonates

Desirable

Paediatric sub-speciality training / SPIN module

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).