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This is a substantive post for less than full time 9 PAs consultant paediatrician with special interest in respiratory medicine. The candidate will be required to provide a comprehensive service covering all aspects of the specialty and will be expected to collaborate with the lead clinician in the management and development of the paediatrics service. Previous experience in hospital management would be a benefit. The post only provides general paediatric cover. There is an entirely separate neonatal service on site at all levels.

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This post will be based mainly at the Northwick Park Hospital. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by either Trust, either on an ongoing or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

The main duties of the post will include:

• Paediatrics Respiratory and Asthma/Allergy Clinics
• Long term ventilation clinics may include home visits
• CCL2 service co-lead once implemented.
• General Paediatrics Clinics
• Administrative duties, for which appropriate office space and secretarial support is provided
• Ward inpatient’s attending : Consultant of the week cover for acute Paediatrics at Northwick Park Hospital 08:00 – 1800 hrs, shared with colleagues on an approximate 1 in 9 bases, Monday to Friday.
• Paediatrics emergency department rota cover: 10.00-18.00 approximately 20 shifts and 17:30-22:00 approximately 25 shifts (may vary) in 42 weeks.
• On-call duties for Paediatrics shared with colleagues on an approximate 1 in 12 basis Monday to Friday, 17.30 hours until 08.00 hours off site cover.
• On-call duties, 1 in 9 weekends. Weekend on calls include 2 types of shifts: on site cover 08.00-15.00 followed by offsite cover and on-site Paediatrics emergency department 14.00-22.00.
• 2WW cancer clinics
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share with colleagues’ responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
• To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
• Take part in multidisciplinary case meetings.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff
• To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors and teaching.
• To proactively develop the service.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• Local Allergy/Asthma MDT: Once per week
• NWL (regional) Allergy/Asthma MDT: Once per week.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.