Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist

Job overview

A full-time post has arisen as a result of a vacancy in the current consultant establishment.

The paediatric gastro department provides comprehensive tertiary paediatric services for a large part of the East Midlands and surrounding regions. We work collaboratively with established paediatric services in the network, specialist services at the Nottingham Children’s Hospital and with the adult gastroenterology department with who we look after a growing cohort of adolescents with IBD. In addition to Nutritional consults the specialty provides consultations for a number of co-located services including surgery, renal transplant, paediatric intensive care, spinal surgery, oncology and general paediatrics. There are established formal links with paediatric hepatology at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary with 7 regional liver clinics occurring per year.

Main duties of the job

There is no on-call commitment currently but it is anticipated that there will be a formal telephone on call rota for out of hours support. The on call supplement for availability will be 3% (Category B).

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification documents.

Working for our organisation

Hospital services for children in Nottingham merged onto a single site at Queen’s Medical Centre and Nottingham Children’s Hospital was created within it. We provide a comprehensive range of specialist services for children in Nottingham, together with tertiary paediatric and neonatal services to the adjacent areas of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire (Trent SHA catchment area), surgical services for Stoke on Trent in the Midlands and neurosurgical services for Leicestershire. We also provide supra-regional services for paediatric spinal surgery, rheumatology, nephro-urology and cystic fibrosis. Paediatric cardiac surgery and hepato-biliary surgery are not resourced locally.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The formal job plan for this post can be seen within the attached Job Description. You will work alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team participating in the acute as well as elective aspects to be expected within a busy paediatric gastroenterology tertiary set up. The paediatric gastroenterology department is supported by three doctors on the middle grade rota: 1 Grid Registrar, 1 Paediatric Registrar, 1 Clinical fellow; 1 SHO; 2.6 WTE band 7 IBD/Liver Nurse Specialists and 1.4 WTE Band 6 Gastroenterology Nurse Specialists, 0.5 WTE Investigations Nurse, 2.2 WTE Specialist Dietitians, 2 PAs, one patient pathway coordinator and one Waiting List coordinator. Access to paediatric endoscopy lists is anticipated to grow. The department works closely with the neonatal surgical service and runs the nutritional rehabilitation programme including looking after children on home PN.

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria

Full registration with the GMC Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register

MB BS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

CCT in PGHAN (or equivalent training) or within 6 months of achieving CCT in PGHAN at the time of interview

**Skills**:
Essential criteria

Training in Paediatrics, and Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy

Safeguarding level 3 training Up to date advanced life support training

Desirable criteria

Desirable Skills

Teaching, Audit & Research

Essential criteria

Understanding of research principles and ability to appraise research critically

Evidence of participation in clinical audit

Desirable criteria

Original research Publications

Teaching qualification

Other

Essential criteria

Essential

Desirable criteria

Desirable

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