Consultant Paediatrician

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint two permanent Consultant General Paediatricians. This is a full time post with acute duties based at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Hospital in Cramlington and clinics at Wansbeck, Hexham and North Tyneside General Hospitals.
The post is for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week which includes some on-site working in the evenings and at weekends. There is an overnight on call commitment of 1 in 9 nights but no overnight resident duties. It is possible that, with team agreement, this may change to a 1 in 8 rota in the future.
The post also includes an undergraduate medical education lead role, taking over the Local Education Provider (LEP) Lead for 3 rd or 5 th year undergraduate medical students from Newcastle University in Child Health at Northumbria, as well as contributing to teaching, assessment, and supervision within the faculty.
The Job Plan will typically include an average of 7.0 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties, 1.4 Programmed Activities for undergraduate medical education, and 1.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities (if full time). As 2PAs are allocated for out of hours working there will be one non-working day each week.
A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 4 and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.