Consultant Paediatrician

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Community Paediatrician on a part time basis.

We have a multi-disciplinary team approach within the Child Health Business Unit and the wider Trust. This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which Clinicians are at the forefront of management.

This is post is for up to 5 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work the expected programmed activities, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.

The recruitment for this vacancy is based upon the following key elements:
A clinical assessment which will be validated at the recruitment interview.

A competency-based recruitment interview.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

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.

The Job Plan will typically include an average of 3.5 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 1.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities. A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 2 of the Job Description and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.