Locum Consultant Paediatrician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Proposed Job Plan

A job plan will be agreed with the appointed candidate and the Clinical Director amounting up to 8.0 PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) and 2.0 PAs of supportive programmed activities (SPAs) upon commencement.

Work

The appointee will be expected to:

Work with other consultants to provide integrated paediatric services with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. This will include the planning and development, management and delivery of these services.

Provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in specialty and related services.

Undertake all work in accordance with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies and procedures, and conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust service plans

Have excellent communication and liaison skills and the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team

Participate in the paediatric consultant of the week (PCOW) and paediatric out of hours on-call system as per rota currently operational in the department. The PCOW frequency is 8-10 per year depending on the individualized job plan of the post holder. The out of hours cover includes resident tier 3 commitment from 1700-2130hrs followed by non-resident on-call. The tier 3 consultant is supported by a team of resident tier 2 and tier 1 doctors and ANNP/APNP/Physician Associate. The frequency of on-call commitments are currently about once in a fortnight for weekdays and 8-10 weekends per year; it is subject to change with changing work patterns of the team in future and any amendments will be agreed through mutual discussion. Safeguarding cover out of hours is also provided by the on-call consultant

Supporting the general paediatric service will be integral part of this post though additional interests are always welcome, e.g., palliative care, paediatric ambulatory medicine, HDU, medical education, safeguarding etc.

Provide prospective cover for colleagues for purposes of annual, study and professional leave. This is arranged by exchange of acute commitments including on-call duties.

Provide supervision and training of junior medical staff including undertaking supervised learning events.

Participate in the established teaching programme for junior doctors and medical students, and act as educational and clinical supervisors for junior doctors following formal accreditation.

Ensure that staff in their work area receive appropriate mandatory training commensurate with the range and level of work to be undertaken.

Take responsibility for ensuring evidence-based practice and improving quality of service by participating in departmental clinical governance activities, audit programme and QI projects.

Engage actively in the Trust appraisal and revalidation process.

Participate in on-going research activity as deemed appropriate

Other Duties

The information supplied above is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and duties of the role. The post holder may be required from time to time to carry out other reasonable requests and duties as required, consistent with the responsibilities

of their banding and development as agreed between employee and manager. These may be revised and changed from time to time. Discussions will take place with the post-holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBChB or equivalent degree
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Relevant GMC Specialist Registration: CCT or CESR or in final stages of application
• APLS/EPALS or equivalent provider status
• Children Safeguarding Level 3 Training

Experience

Essential

• Broad range of general Paediatric knowledge and experience at middle grade level or higher
• Experience of leading children's safeguarding process

Desirable

• Special interest complementing the current service

Personal attributes

Essential

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues in all disciplines
• Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional team basis with all levels of staff
• Enthusiasm and proven record of teaching doctors and nurses
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Manor Hospital

Moat Road

Walsall

WS2 9PS

Employer's website

https://walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)