Consultant Community Paediatrician East Paediatric

General Duties To comply with Trust policies and procedures To work within the requirements of service contracts agreed with our purchasers, including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards such as the Patients Charter To cover consultant colleagues during periods of leave or sickness absence To be sufficiently flexible to meet the changing needs of the service and to take part in planning their local service To appraise and provide clinical supervision for junior medical staff involved in caring for patients in the care of the post holder. The post holder will act as an educational supervisor or in any other specific training role to junior medical staff and ensure that junior medical staff work within the parameters of the New Deal and WTD. This arrangement will be reviewable in negotiation with the Service and Clinical Director and the College Tutor To participate in Continuing Professional Development and to remain up-to-date with requirements for relicensing and revalidation. The post holder will also be expected to attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars.

There will also be opportunities for offering teaching to medical students from Keele University in clinical and small group settings. As part of continued professional development the post holder will be expected to take part in a buddy group which will meet regularly to advise and support you in your continuous professional development activities. To develop a special interest and to develop and participate in research and audit, within available resources. The post holder will be expected to have an active involvement in medical and clinical audit in line with the existing audit structures.

The post holder will also participate in clinical audit and the continual evaluation of the service with a view to planning future service developments To maintain professional registration with the GMC, as well as abide by professional codes of conduct To work with commissioners, GPs, local authority and education and private/voluntary sectors in planning and provision of service To communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users and carers. To be involved in the assurance that NICE guidelines and best practice are being implemented within the team Management The post holder will have responsibility for providing professional and clinical supervision of SAS and Specialty doctors working in the locality. The post holder will be a member of the Medical Advisory Committee which co-ordinates medical advice to the Medical Director. The post holder will be required to work within the Trusts management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust.

He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients and the running of his/her Clinical Department under the direction of the Clinical/Medical Director. Child Protection The post holder will be required to participate in a Child Protection Rota to examine children suspected of physical/emotional/neglect abuse who are presented by Social Services/Police. There is no sexual abuse examination included in the role. The CP on calls cover Monday to Friday (9.00am-5.00pm) of which Monday to Thursday cover is provided by Consultants and Specialty doctors.

The Friday CP on calls are shared between the Consultants on a 1:5 basis (it may vary slightly at times).There is no out of hours on call commitment. Children presenting out of hours including public holidays are seen by hospital based paediatricians.