NHS - Locum Consultant Paediatrician (Internal only)
Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.
Job overview
**This position is open to staff working at the Trust in the ‘ECT Family’ this includes current East Cheshire NHS Trust employees, both NHSP and ECT bank staff, ISS staff and volunteers at the Trust. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from applicants not listed within these groups.**
We are looking for an experienced Consultant General Paediatrician to join the team on a fixed-term basis, with a unique portfolio of 4.2 PAs. The post-holder will represent the Trust as Neonatal Lead and must also have strong community paediatrics experience to support our Pre-School Clinics.
The successful applicant will join a team of 8 enthusiastic and dedicated paediatricians who deliver a range of children’s services.
Hours per week: 4.2 PA's
Main duties of the job- Participate on adjusted on call rota on weekdays and weekends.
- Run Pre-school clinics
- Represent Trust as Neonatal Lead.
Within this, the successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly to deliver high quality care with particular emphasis on:
- Optimising use of all resources allocated to the post to develop appropriate services and techniques required to meet clinical needs.
- Adapt, assimilate, and integrate best practice from elsewhere to continuously improve care.
- Develop and maintain robust systems to ensure effective clinical audit in Neonates
- Further develop services as indicated by department needs and work with colleagues to identify additional resources needed to develop the service.
- Clinical assessment, resuscitation and timely onward referral, admission or discharge of all types of patients attending the department. It is expected that Consultants will lead the department during rostered sessions, maintaining situational awareness and redeploying staff to address resource-demand mismatches.
The detailed job plan will be agreed for the individual integrating with existing capacity, acknowledging the need to focus on core service delivery requirements. Other aspects of the programmed activities/supporting activities will be negotiated.
Working for our organisation
NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level. For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint. The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed years’ experience in terms of nature, type and level of role.The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.
Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.
As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification recognised by the General Medical Council (GMC)
Eligibility
Essential criteria- Eligible for full registration with the GMC and holding a licence to practice at time of appointment
- Evidence of achievement of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) progress curriculum competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
- A minimum of 36 months postgraduate training in paediatrics including 6 months in a Level 3 Neonates Unit or equivalent
- Eligibility to work in the UK
Fitness to practice
Essential criteria- Applicant’s knowledge is up to date and fit to practice safely
Language Skills
Essential criteria- All applicants to have demonstratable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following
- Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English
- Applicants have scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or equivalent equal to those required for recruitment to MMC specialty training programmes
Clinical Skills & Specialty Specific Skills
Essential criteria- Experience in working independently during ‘out of normal working hours’ relevant to job
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
- Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Shows aptitude for practical skills required in the job
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support or European Paediatric Life Support and Newborn Life Support (or equivalents) valid at interview date and at time of appointment
- Level 3 Safeguarding Children valid at interview date and experience of managing safeguarding cases
- Expertise in cardiology, able to run independent cardiology clinics, perform echocardiography and interpret 12 lead and 24 hour ECG sand memo recordings
Other Role Requirements
Essential criteria- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.
The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.
If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.