Locum Consultant Paediatrician

Job Overview

Applications are invited for the appointment of a dynamic and enthusiastic Locum Consultant in Paediatrics at Frimley Health Foundation NHS Trust (at the Wexham Park Hospital site).

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of 19 dedicated WTE Acute Paediatric Consultants.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

Main duties of the job

Qualifications:

Requirement Essential /Desirable

Essential

Higher Qualifications:

• Primary medical degree
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Full GMC registration/on specialist register of GMC
• NLS and APLS
  
  

Desirable

• NLS / APLS Instructor status
  
  

Knowledge:

Essential

• Clinical expertise in speciality/sub-speciality o Accreditation in HST in 5 years of Paediatrics or within 6 months of CCST
  
  

Desirable

• 6 months tertiary neonatology or equivalent experience.
  
  

Management & Audit

Essential

• Participation in clinical audit
  
  

Academic achievements / Research / Publications

Essential

• Participation in Department / Trust research projects
  
  

Desirable

• Published research (peer reviewed)
  
  

Essential

Personal Skills

• Participation in training and supervision of junior medical staff / medical students
• Adaptability
• Leadership
• Management
• Organisation skills
• Innovation
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work constructively within the multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Essential

Physical requirements

• Able to travel between sites
• Able to meet the requirements of the post
  
  

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

This post is part of a team of 19 Consultants.

This post is to cover long term sick leave for a colleague.

There will be a general OP clinic per week, in addition to PAU or Ward cover or the Neonatal Unit as needed. Instead of PAU work you may need to conduct Child Protection Medicals as needed.

You will be working with a dynamic group of consultants who support each other, flexibility will be key, and makes this role suitable for an individual who is on the specialty register but may not have Consultant level experience. There will be some on call and weekend work.

Each week we have two consultants attending, one for Paediatrics, and one for Neonates.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCPCH
• Full GMC registration/on specialist register of GMC
• NLS and APLS
  
  

Desirable criteria

• NLS/APLS Instructor status
  
  

Knowledge and clinical expertise in specialty

Essential criteria

• Accreditation in HST in 5 years in paediatrics or within 6 months of CCST
  
  

Desirable criteria

• 6 months tertiary neonatology or equivalent experience
  
  

Management and audit

Essential criteria

• Participation in clinical audit
  
  

Academic achievements / Research / Publications

Essential criteria

• Participation in Department / Trust research projects
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Published research (peer reviewed)
  
  

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Participation in training and supervision of junior medical staff / medical students
• Leadership and Management, and Organisation skills
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work constructively within the multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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