Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: N/A
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (2nd On Call)
- Job ref
- 229-SD-JC-6945962
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST
- Town
- HEREFORD
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 2ND ON CALL
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Diabetes+/- Endocrinology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
Are you looking to improve your work-life balance? Herefordshire offers the perfect combination of the convenience of city living and spectacular countryside with the time off to enjoy it all!
Wye Valley NHS Trust’s Department of Paediatrics is seeking to recruit a General Paediatric Consultant to join our team of 12 consultants, to help us continue to provide a sustainable consultant-delivered service to the children of Herefordshire. The department offers first class paediatric medicine with a supportive friendly team and delivers a comprehensive range of services. A good general Paediatric and Neonatal background is the priority and practical skills are essential. All consultants are resident on call at night with tier 1 doctor and daytime activity is adjusted thus providing time off during the week. Job plans can be adjusted to offer days off in the week which support individual requests for particular days off within the working week. Resident consultant-delivered care operates successfully in our department and we have excellent consultant staff retention. Evening and weekend cover is well supported with middle grades working until 9.30pm.
Closing Date: 17th February 2025
Interview Date: March 2025, date to be confirmed.
Main duties of the job
General Paediatric Consultant (Endocrinology and Diabetes)
A good general Paediatric and Neonatal background is the priority and practical skills are essential. Other special interests to complement the team are welcomed and the opportunity exists for on-the-job development of special interests.
To enable the delivery of this style of care consultants are resident on call at night. Evening and weekend resident cover is supported by the three middle grade doctors. The resident nature of the on call provides for substantial time off during the week because daytime activity is adjusted accordingly - detailed in the example work schedule below.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We seek to appoint a Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in diabetes +/- endocrinology. The successful candidate will work alongside 14 consultant paediatricians as part of a welcoming and enthusiastic team providing care to the children and families of Herefordshire and the surrounding areas. The department offers first class paediatric medicine within a supportive friendly team and delivers a comprehensive range of services. The post is based at Hereford County Hospital in the City of Hereford; there may be some peripheral clinics in the surrounding market towns.
The Trust offers plenty of opportunities for career development; there is a leadership development programme and a progressive education directorate as well as opportunities for research.
For full information please see the attached job description.
For further information or to organise an informal visit please contact :
Dr Lesley Peers - Clinical Lead Paediatrics , Email: [email protected], Contact number: 01432 364223
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCPCH (by examination) or equivalent
- ON SPECIALIST REGISTER FOR PAEDIATRICS OR WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OBTAINING SPECIALIST REGISTRATION
- TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN NEONATOLOGY ( MIN 1 YEAR OF WHICH 6 M IS IN A LEVEL 3 UNIT)
- SPIN or appropriate experience in diabetes
- Full doctors GMC registration with licence to practise
- MBBS or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree (BSc, MSc, MD, PhD)
- SPIN or appropriate experience in endocrinology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Training and experience in general paediatrics (minimum 3 years at middle grade level)
- APLS or equivalent (within past 4 years)
- Training and experience in neonatology (minimum 1 year, of which 6 months in a level 3 unit)
- NLS or equivalent (within past 4 years)
- Training and experience in Community Paediatrics (6 months at ST4 level or equivalent)
- Area of experience or special interest in diabetes +/- endocrinology
- Training and experience in child safeguarding, with Level 3 safeguarding training in past 12 months
- Competent to work without direct supervision
- Up to date competence in practical skills in neonatology
- Appropriate progression of career to date
- Communication skills (ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate & counsel families in difficult circumstances) including clear written and spoken English
Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors
- Experience of leading teams and awareness of leadership styles
- Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload
- Ability to work to overcome barriers to change (negotiating, influencing and persuasion skills)
- Evidence of management and administration experience
- Awareness of Service Development issues
- Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues
- Management training on an accredited course
Audit/Quality improvement
Essential criteria
- Effective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit
- Participation in a quality improvement programme
Desirable criteria
- Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities including quality improvement evidence
- Completion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding and interest in research
- Ability to appraise research critically
- Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects
- Evidence of recent research and development activity
Desirable criteria
- Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates.
- Appraisal and assessment skills
- Ability to assess clinical competencies
- Enthusiastic and ability to inspire and lead others
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching
- Post Graduate qualification in teaching and training. Academic experience relevant to working within a University teaching hospital and current metabolic research
Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Proficient in the use of IT systems
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- DR LESLEY PEERS
- Job title
- CLINICAL LEAD PAEDIATRICS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432 364223
- Additional information
Lesley Peers, telephone 01432 355444, email [email protected]
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