Consultant Paediatrician

8 PAs

We are looking for an enthusiastic general paediatrician to join our integrated child health service in Stockport. Stockport has an integrated child health model and therefore all consultants hold responsibilities for acute paediatrics, neonates and community paediatrics.

Our consultant team work across both acute and community services and have expertise in allergy, respiratory paediatrics, epilepsy and neurological conditions, diabetes and endocrinology, chronic fatigue, cardiology, eating disorders, ADOS assessment, immunisation, ADHD, Neonatal, child sexual abuse and safeguarding.

As part of the Trust’s commitment to deliver onsite consultant cover you will undertake a fortnightly twilight session in the Treehouse Children’s Unit/Neonatal Unit, as well as participating in the on call and hot week rotas.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

The successful applicant will be issued with a contract which reflects the potential requirement for out of hours or weekend working. Any requirement to work out of hours is detailed in the job advert / job description for this post and will be discussed fully with the successful applicant on appointment. This is a deviation from the national standard consultant contract.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.