Paediatric Consultant

1 day ago


Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom NHS Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Paediatric Consultant to join our team at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be a neonatal interest paediatrician with a strong background in providing expert clinical care to children and infants.

The role will involve working closely with our team of 12 paediatric consultants, providing 1 in 10 attending, on-call cover to general Paediatrics and a Special Care Neonatal Unit. The post holder will join two other colleagues with a Neonatal Interest who will provide support and oversight to the Neonatal Unit, undertaking 1 in 6.5 neonatal unit attending weeks as well as 1 in 10 paediatric attending weeks (In total 13 attending weeks per year) in addition to infant clinics, paediatric clinics and general paediatric cover.

The Bedfordshire Hospital's Neonatal Service includes a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Level 3) on The Luton and Dunstable Hospital site and a Special Care Unit on the Bedford Hospital site. The Luton and Dunstable Hospital NICU is the lead Neonatal unit for the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire cluster of neonatal units and there are local Neonatal Units (Level 2) at Lister Hospital, Stevenage and Watford General Hospital.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical work, leadership and supervision as the consultant of the week, participating in regular paediatric hot weeks, and participating in neonatal and paediatric governance meetings, risk meetings, perinatal meetings, PANDR meetings etc. Opportunities for Neonatal CPD are available through virtual attendance at Neonatal Teaching sessions and the weekly Grand Round in Luton and Dunstable NICU.

The appointee will be encouraged to take on trainees for educational and clinical supervision, participate in teaching for medical students and delivering regular teaching sessions for junior doctors. The appointee will also be responsible for helping to produce, maintain and update departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence-based best practice.

About Us

Our Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

We have state-of-the-art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting-edge healthcare. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Job planning will be used to reflect the needs of the department, ensuring that contracted work is appropriately remunerated. The Trust is committed to extending the working day and to seven-day working, and hence by negotiation, successful appointees may be asked to work earlier in the mornings, later in the evenings or at weekends in exchange for other day-time duties. TOIL is offered when Consultants work, i.e., on Bank Holidays, and this is in line with Terms & Conditions.

The Direct Clinical Care PAs will consist of attending on the ward, Neonatal Unit and Children's Assessment unit along with 1 in 10 night on-call as well as general paediatric clinics. The appointee will have/develop a special interest in neonates and help in providing leadership and ongoing care for the babies on our special care unit.

Minimum Requirements
  1. Excellent all-round experience of DGH work
  2. Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of Paediatric conditions
  3. At least six months of neonatal experience in tertiary neonatal unit at middle-grade level
  4. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  5. Ability to prioritise and organise work effectively
  6. Willingness to participate in and lead on multidisciplinary teams, balancing departmental and personal objectives
  7. Level 3 Child protection training
  8. APLS/ EPLS course or equivalent

Please note that all shortlisted candidates will be required to attend a virtual pre-interview assessment process.

Person Specification
  • Full GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (or within 6 months of receipt of CCT at time of interview) or CESR (must be on Specialist Register at time of applying)
Qualifications
  • MB BS, MRCPCH or equivalent
  • MD, PhD or other higher degree
Knowledge and Clinical Skills
  • Excellent all-round experience of DGH work
  • At least 12 months of neonatal experience in tertiary neonatal unit at middle-grade level
  • Level 3 Child protection training
  • APLS/ EPLS & NLS course or equivalent
  • Sub-speciality interest in Neonates (SPIN equivalent)
  • NLS instructor
Management / Audit
  • Participation in research and audit projects
  • GCP training
  • Enthusiasm for clinical research & Leadership
Teaching / Research / Publication
  • Experience of supervising Resident Doctors at all grades
  • Experience of Simulation training
  • Training as Educational Supervisor or willingness to complete
Knowledge and Clinical Skills
  • Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of Paediatric conditions
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Ability to prioritise and organise work effectively
  • Willingness to participate in and lead on multidisciplinary teams, balancing departmental and personal objectives
Teaching / Research / Publications
  • Enthusiasm to teach medical students, junior doctors and other staff on General paediatrics
  • Enthusiasm to participate, teach, organise and facilitate symposia / lectures / meetings/ simulation on Paediatrics topics
Personal Skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively and co-operate well with all staff and patients
  • Flexible attitude, team player with good time management
  • Experience in service development or change management
Personal Circumstances
  • Residence within 10 miles by road or up to thirty minutes travelling time of the hospital for purposes of on-call emergencies
  • Fit to undertake the role with satisfactory Occupational Health clearance
  • Satisfactory DBS clearance
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.

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