Bristol - Consultant Community or Developmental Paediatrician

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Job overview

Consultant in Children and Young People’s Gender Service (South West) Substantive, full-time post (part time and secondments welcome)

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a substantive consultant(s) based within the Paediatric Department at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant(s) will join a multi-disciplinary team delivering a new Children and Young People’s Gender Service (South West).

This role is suited to a paediatrician with expertise in developmental and community paediatrics and/or adolescent health. The consultant is primarily responsible for delivering a high-quality clinical service, as well as contributing to the leadership and strategic development of the service.

In order to facilitate this, we encourage part-time applications from staff already working within other NHS or community paediatric services. We can also work with successful candidates applying for full-time roles to agree a job plan that includes a mix of gender service activity and activity in another clinical or allied area within UHBW (for example safeguarding, general paediatrics, medical education).

Main duties of the job

1. To contribute to an interdisciplinary team with input to biopsychosocial assessment and management, with a focus on patient safety.
2. To provide a bespoke snapshot of the CYP current pubertal staging to allow visualisation of future self and peers to include: -

1. Tanner staging of secondary sexual characteristics
2. Predicted changes in height based on current height/weight and previous available heights.
3. Predicted changes and evolution of secondary sexual characteristic
4. Predicted onset of menses where relevant

1. To provide a snapshot of current nutritional health, weight and height to feed into onward bespoke dietary advice and guidance concentrating on bone health
2. To provide a development and physical health overview, contributing to MDT decision making including eligibility for GnRH trial with specific recommendations that include:

1. Contraception
2. Optimisation for bone health (e.g nutrition and exercise)
3. Referral for blood test and Bone scans for PATHWAYS trial as indicated NB These may be ultimately undertaken by research staff
4. Green or Amber light outcome for PATHWAY trial.

1. To provide a development and physical health overview that considers and highlights future self-health awareness to include:
2. To seek guidance from Paediatric Endocrinologist and share with multi-professional team

Working for our organisation

Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of this position

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• On GDC/GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT in relevant paediatric sub-specialty (paediatrics or community child health)
• MRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
• Eligible for full UK GMC/GDC registration and a Licence to Practise
• Level 3 Child Safeguarding training

• Higher academic qualification e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent
• FSRH Diploma or equivalent

Experience

• Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision
• Completed a minimum of 18 months higher specialist training in a relevant paediatric subspecialty, including Community Child Health, Adolescent Health, Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics / Neurodisability

• Familiarity in and/or experience of a wide range of Autism and other communication disorder assessments (e.g ADI, 3DI or other similar tool)
• Experience in supporting gender diverse children in a range of health settings
• Experience in other areas relevant to child health e.g CAMHS, Public Health, Sexual health and contraception services, paediatric endocrinology
• Experience in the assessment of self-harm and suicide risk

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

• Up to date knowledge of the Cass Review
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of working in children’s services, specifically with children with complex health care needs
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in caring for children with a range of safeguarding concerns and presentations
• Broad range of IT skills

• Knowledge of and application of the use of common tools for assessing developmental disorders
• Excellent knowledge of child and adolescent physical, cognitive and emotional development

Clinical Governance and Audit

• Understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participation and evidence of prior audit and QIP activity
• Positive approach to evidence based practice
• Participation in continuing professional development (CPD) scheme and, where relevant, evidence of
• Understanding and participation in reflective practise and learning from errors

Research

• Knowledge of the principals involved in research

• Good clinical Practise accreditation
• Relevant Publications in peer reviewed journals

Teaching and Training

• Experience of teaching undergraduates

• Formal teaching qualification
• Experience teaching a multiagency audience

Management & Leadership

• Evidence of leadership attributes Ability to organise efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
• Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant
• Ability to practice independently as a consultant
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks

• Demonstration of knowledge of NHS management structures
• Management qualification
• Leadership experience

Interpersonal, communication and team working skills

• Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
• Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries
• Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions
• Ability to be a flexible team member
• Excellent interpersonal skills; empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
• Ability to provide, receive, analyse and communicate complex, highly sensitive, confidential, or highly contentious information

Any other Personal Abilities and Aptitudes

• Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances
• Awareness of personal limitations and evidence of self-reflection

• Ability to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels and/or evidence of this

Other

• Demonstrates the Trust values
• Meets professional health requirements
• Willingness to travel to and work in other sites necessitated by the role

• As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
• UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
• If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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IMPORTANT:

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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