Paediatrics & Neonatal Consultants needed at Hertfordshire

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant to work with us at East & North Herts NHS Foundation Trust on their Stroke specialist team

Main duties of the job

Details about the roles:

Speciality: Paediatrics and Neonates

Location: Hertfordshire

Shift patterns: 8:00-18:00 Mon-Fri on-going, on-call, weekends/part-time hours also available

Hours per week: 20-50 hours available

Start date: ASAP- no end date, this is on-going the client will accept short term contracts

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Diagnosing, monitoring and treating children who are injured, ill or living with disabilities
• Performing comprehensive examinations on newborns and children to identify abnormalities and checking for normal growth and development
• Prescribing treatment methods, including administering medication, performing surgeries and other therapies
• Discussing diagnosis and treatment plans with parents and children
• Ordering tests & referring patients to Specialists

Contribution to the daytime weekly attending rota for NICU, HDU, SCBU and Transitional Care, during which time other clinical duties will be cancelled.

Day to day decisions about the clinical management of babies and children in the unit during their attending week

Out of hours responsibilities

Professional on the job supervision and training of Junior Medical Staff and ANNP with no named trainee educational responsibility.

Responsibilities as supervising clinician and clinical supervisors for carrying out teaching, accreditation and examination duties as required as well as for contributing to postgraduate and personal continuing medical education.

About us

Why Choose Doctors Direct?

Doctors Direct are part of NHS Professionals and owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, which means that we are part of the NHS family and sets us apart from locum agencies. Saving money and providing only the highest quality locum cover to our partner Trusts is at the very heart of what we do.

Doctors Direct are part of the NHS and do not charge our partner Trusts the expensive fees associated with private locum agencies. That means every shift worked by one of our members helps save money for the Trust and the wider NHS.

Not only do members of Doctors Direct help save money for the NHS, they receive fantastic benefits including;

First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust access before they are made available to agency

Wellbeing incentives take advantage of the wellbeing hub

Competitive pay rates work this week, get paid next week

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Essential support 24/7 365 days Call us anytime

Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

Varied working options access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

Training and development opportunities

Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

Stakeholder pension scheme available