Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (On Call includes weekend cover 1:13)
- Job ref
- 214-W&C25-7066726
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sherwood Forest Hospital Kingsmill
- Town
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/05/2025
Employer heading
Consultant in General Paediatrics
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
This is a substantive post for a Consultant Paediatrician with acute and non-acute general paediatric and neonatal skills is required for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The sub-specialist area of work for this post is in supporting clinical governance activity.
The core components of the post will include outpatient general paediatric and Neonatal follow up clinics, on call and hot week cover of the acute paediatric service and neonatal care.
Applicants must have clinical experience and competencies for the broad range of acute inpatient and outpatient general paediatric problems and expertise of delivery of Neonatal Care.
There are close links with the community paediatric service and emergency department and comprehensive cross service, multidisciplinary and interagency working. The successful candidate will be contracted by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. They are expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and to comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, where the Consultant is responsible for the management of employees of the Trust, they will be expected to observe the local employment and human resource policies and procedures.
Main duties of the job
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Expected duties include:
1. Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department
2. Any responsibility which relates to a special interest
3. Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures
4. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally
5. Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance withstanding orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation. We are truly proud to be the HSJ Trust of the Year for 2020, and of our CQC ratings.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- Specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
- CCT in general paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of appropriate competencies and experience to fulfil the duties of the post
- At least 2 years general professional training in paediatrics
- Usually 5 years Higher Specialist Training
- Training is now competency based, but a certain level of experience is still expected: see ‘Subspecialty training requirements’ document here: http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/trainingexaminationsprofessionaldevelopment/paediatric-careersandrecruitment/paediatric-recru-0
- Broad experience of all clinical aspects of acute paediatrics
- Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees
Desirable criteria
- SPIN
Management & administrative experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
- Experience of partnership working across other agencies (Social Services, Education)
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach undergraduate medical students in outpatient clinics, wards and other teaching methods
- Support, teach and assess postgraduate paediatric trainees
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role
Research
Essential criteria
- Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Participation in clinical research trials
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Other
Essential criteria
- Communication skills – to have language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely & competently
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
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 Simon Rhodes
- Job title
- Service Director Children and Young People
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
Dr Simon Rhodes
01623 622515 ext 3192
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