Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (10 PAs)
- Job ref
- 394-048MS24
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Hillindon Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Incl. £2162 London Weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/08/2024
Employer heading
Acute Consultant Paediatrician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
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Job overview
This 10PA substantive Acute Paediatric Consultant post is part of an exciting expansion of our paediatric team. The Trust has employed Acute Paediatric Consultants since 2015, providing resident night cover. We are proud this model has improved the care we give neonates, children and young people 24/7, ensuring consultant led emergency care and decision making is always readily available.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Stakeholder event on Teams (date/time tba) before AAC Panel interviews; candidates are encouraged to visit the department prior to this. AAC Panel interviews will be held on 20 August 2024. Posts available August; RCPCH approval pending.
Main duties of the job
This post has 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), annualised as 8.25 PA Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1.75 PA Supporting Clinical Activities (SPA). (Job share/LTFT working possible.)
The post contributes resident Acute Consultant nights (1:7) and PAU (Paediatric Assessment Unit) cover on week-days/evenings and 1:14 weekends (total weekend commitment 3:14). Clinic and MDT activity complete DCC. Additional special interests welcome.
SPA time includes: professional development; clinical supervision; departmental and governance meetings; service development; guidelines, audit/QI; management/investigation of incidents and complaints. Exact proportions/additional SPA roles discussed in team job planning. Opportunities exist to increase paid work beyond 10PA via additional DCC/SPA roles, e.g. educational supervisor (0.25PA per trainee).
Our department is proud of the care we give our young patients. Trainees appreciate the support and team working that embody Hillingdon paediatrics. We look forward to welcoming new colleagues to our team.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and responsibilities.
Person specification
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with License to Practice
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Paediatrics or within six months of the expected date of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Paediatrics OR Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or application submitted and outcome expected within 6 months of the interview b. European Community Rights
- Able to work extended hours and participate in the resident night on calls.
- Broad training and experience in general paediatrics and neonates.
- Child protection experience and in date training at level 3.
- In date APLS/EPLS provider.
- In date NLS provider
- Evidence of training commitment to paediatric trainees or medical students
- Well-developed effective leadership and management skills – NHS Leadership Framework.
- Demonstrates ability, initiative and drive to: contribute to strategy, deliver and support change and improve services for patients
- Basic IT skills, i.e. able to handle e-mails and presentations
- Demonstrate leadership, team player, flexibility and organisational skills within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to motivate staff, adapt and facilitate changes in clinical practice
- Committed to patient focused care, learning and CPD – continually seeking to improve.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enthusiasm and approachability.
- Innovative/Strategic thinker.
- Demonstrating ability to meet the Trust ‘CARES’ values (Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity, Safety)
- Live (or able to relocate to) reasonable travelling distance of the hospital
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- Experience in delivering neonatal/paediatric care at consultant level
- Additional special interest
- NLS/EPALS/APLS instructor
- Simulation training
- Time spent as training fellow, or educational qualification/recognised training
- Research Experience/Published works
- Attended Leadership Training course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Madeline Tyrell
- Job title
- Clinical lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Preliminary Visits Applicants are invited and encouraged to contact one of the following by email to arrange a call and/or visit:
Contact Person Job Title ContactDr Madeline Tyrrell General Paediatrician, Clinical Lead for Paediatrics
[email protected]Dr Ananya Guha Acute Paediatrician, Join Lead for PAU [email protected]
Dr Adjoa Mensah Acute Paediatrician, Joint Lead for PAU [email protected]
Dr Tristan Bate Paediatrician with Interest in Neonatology, Clinical Lead for Neonatology and Deputy Clinical Lead for Paediatrics
[email protected]
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