Locum Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will contribute to a rota which will provide 24/7 cover for PICU in combination with other Consultant colleagues. A total of 10 PA's are payable with a breakdown as follows: 8.5 DCC + 1.5 SPA (as detailed in the Job Plan section of this document). Additional clinical PA's may be available by mutual agreement.

The PICU Consultants direct the day to day clinical management of all patients in the PICU with close working relationships with other Consultants in the hospital. Patients are admitted under the joint care of the duty PICU Consultant and another appropriate Alder Hey Consultant, the latter taking charge of care when the patient is discharged from PICU.

The Consultants in Paediatric Intensive Care work a system where daytime cover for the PICU is provided on a rotating basis, with a 1st on PICU Consultant having prime responsibility for running the unit each day. Additionally, there are supporting 2nd and 3rd on Consultants. The Consultant out of hours on-call commitment will be a one in 6 rota with prospective cover as either 1st on or 2nd on. Daily morning hand-over rounds start at 8.30AM. There are further rounds at 5:00PM and an evening hand-over round at 8.30PM. Consultants do not have any clinical responsibilities in the 24 hours following being on-call. Job plans take into account the full spectrum of clinical commitments. There is personal desk space and unit secretarial support.

In order to cover a growing ECMO Service and be compliant with the PICS Standards we are expanding Consultant numbers to ensure that there are 2 PICU Consultants on call (i.e. available) at all times. The job plan is displayed later.

The PHDU currently has a clinically open model of care, it is co-located with PICU and separately staffed from a nursing and medical perspective. Children in PHDU are under the care of either their admitting paediatric medical or surgical teams or the most appropriate clinical team at the time of transfer from PICU. The current model of PHDU care is changing with the appointment of HDU Consultants.

Person Specification

All

Essential

• Education & Training
• Experience
• Skills
• Personal Attributes
• Knowledge
• Ohter

Desirable

• Education & Training
• Experience
• Skils
• Personal Attributes
• Knowledge
• Other

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

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

East Prescot Road

Liverpool

L14 5AB

Employer's website

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