Job summary
We require a full-time (10PA) locum consultant with a special interest in Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery. The successful applicant will work alongside the current consultant team to provide outpatient and inpatient services at Alder Hey. They will also be expected to provide services at one or more partner hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will primarily work within the specialist Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Team joining an established Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery service consisting of 2 Consultant Paediatric Lower Gastrointestinal Surgeons, alongside a highly skilled specialist nursing team. The Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Service operates within the Department of Paediatric Surgery at Alder Hey.
The post offers 10 PA's which consists of 7.5 Direct Clinical Care PAs, including specific PAs for on call commitments in General Paediatric Surgery at Alder Hey Hospital, currently as part of a 1 in 10 rota. The successful candidate would also participate in the subspecialist lower GI on-call rota. 1.5 and 1.0 PAs are awarded for SPA and Admin, respectively.
A substantive Consultant role specialising in specialist Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery will be advertised after 12 months.
About us
As a leader in child healthcare and research, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust provides care for more than 275,000 children and young people each year, making us one of the biggest and busiest children's hospitals in Europe. This care is delivered not only on our main site in Liverpool, but in patients' homes and communities, and at other hospitals across the North of England.
Our state-of-the-art hospital, on our main site in Liverpool, opened in October 2015. It sets a new benchmark within the NHS and has won many prestigious industry awards. Buildings, however, are only as good as what happens inside them.
Our highly professional, skilled staff include some of the best clinicians in their field in the world. This expertise is combined with a care and compassion, evident in all of our staff, that our patients and families tell us is unique. This dedication and passion for putting our patients at the heart of everything we do has helped us to achieve a rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of 'Good' overall and 'Outstanding' in the category of 'Caring'. This is something that we're proud of, but it's something that wouldn't have been possible without our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work alongside the current consultant team in providing emergency and elective paediatric surgery. Emergency duties will be according to a rota of approximately 1 in 10 FTE and include the full range of emergency paediatric and neonatal surgery.
Emergency daytime consultant cover Monday to Friday is by a designated Surgeon of the Week who does not have elective scheduled activity and provides continuity of care for children presenting as emergencies. This week includes input to neonatal surgical patients both at Alder Hey and Liverpool Womens Hospital, where three times weekly ward rounds are provided. An additional 2nd on consultant provides 24 hour on-call emergency cover including split weekends (Fri/Sun and Sat) with a rest day following.
Elective activity will include both outpatient and inpatient service at Alder Hey and at partner hospital(s) with whom we hold Service Level Agreements including Glan Clwyd Hospital, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Royal Preston Hospital and Stoke University Hospital, Arrowe Park, Warrington, Leighton, Wrexham, Chester, Bangor and Ormskirk Hospitals.
Multidisciplinary clinics exist for anorectal malformations, Hirschsprungs disease and inflammatory bowel disease. These specialist clinics have enabled the development of strong clinical research activities and audit together with high quality health care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work alongside the current consultant team in providing emergency and elective paediatric surgery. Emergency duties will be according to a rota of approximately 1 in 10 FTE and include the full range of emergency paediatric and neonatal surgery.
Emergency daytime consultant cover Monday to Friday is by a designated Surgeon of the Week who does not have elective scheduled activity and provides continuity of care for children presenting as emergencies. This week includes input to neonatal surgical patients both at Alder Hey and Liverpool Womens Hospital, where three times weekly ward rounds are provided. An additional 2nd on consultant provides 24 hour on-call emergency cover including split weekends (Fri/Sun and Sat) with a rest day following.
Elective activity will include both outpatient and inpatient service at Alder Hey and at partner hospital(s) with whom we hold Service Level Agreements including Glan Clwyd Hospital, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Royal Preston Hospital and Stoke University Hospital, Arrowe Park, Warrington, Leighton, Wrexham, Chester, Bangor and Ormskirk Hospitals.
Multidisciplinary clinics exist for anorectal malformations, Hirschsprungs disease and inflammatory bowel disease. These specialist clinics have enabled the development of strong clinical research activities and audit together with high quality health care.
Person Specification
GMC
Essential
Person Specification
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.
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
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Additional information
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.
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).
