Locum Consultant General Paediatrician
Job overview
Interviews to be held on 24th February 2025
Applications are warmly invited for one full-time (10PA) Locum Consultant General Paediatrician post.
The Trust provides regional facilities for the whole of Coventry and Warwickshire with a population of approximately 1 million. The Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the UK and is committed to the development of a high quality paediatric service.University Hospital is the main clinical teaching hospital for Warwick University Medical School. This is an extremely well equipped 1200 bed teaching hospital, containing all medical and surgical specialities and is a designated adult major trauma centre including a helicopter emergency service.
The successful candidate will join a forward-thinking and dynamic team of fourteen paediatricians. The department has a designated Children’s Emergency Department which sees over 35,000 attendances per year, 3 inpatient paediatric wards with over 4,500 admissions per year, a level 2 paediatric intensive care unit with 8 beds, a medical day unit facility and designated outpatient departments at both Walsgrave and Rugby Saint Cross hospitals.The out patient departments deliver over 12,000 appointments.
The successful postholder will work on the general paediatric service and on-call rotas and do one general and one allergy clinic weekly.
Applicants must be on the GMC specialist register and available to start the post as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
Key elements of the post include:
- Expertise in general paediatrics, acute and out-patient based.
- Ability to deliver a Consultant of the Week service on the children’s inpatient unit and Children’s Emergency Department, 4 times in 12 months.
- To participate in the general paediatric acute on call 1 in 6 weekends and 1 in 12 weekdays.
- General Paediatric clinics and ward rounds.
- Clinical and educational supervision of paediatric trainees.
- Enthusiasm and ability to participate in the delivery of medical education and audit within the department.
- Weekly allergy clinic.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
There has never been a better time to join our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for further details on this role.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
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- Meets all Desirable
Experience / Knowledge
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- Meets Desirable
Management & Administrative
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- Meets Desirable
Teaching & Training
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- Meets Desirable
Research, Audit & Clinical Governance
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Communication skills & abilities
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Continued professional / personal development
Essential criteria- Meets Essential
- Meets Desirable
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed.Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests).This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders