Job summary
Children's Services
Evelina London Children's Hospital
Substantive Consultant in General Paediatrics
Less than full time - 6PAs
The Evelina London Children's Hospital (ELCH) is seeking a less than full time (6 PA) consultant in General Paediatrics. This exciting development aims to ensure that ELCH is both compliant with all RCPCH and NHS London paediatric acute care standards whilst facilitating innovative models of care for our local children.
General paediatrics at St Thomas' moved into the newly built Evelina London Children's Hospital along with children's tertiary specialities from Guy's Hospital in 2005. Over the past 18 years expansion of the general paediatric team has been achieved by employing paediatricians with a variety of specialist interests which has allowed the gathering of other specialty expertise required by the children's hospital. The exceptional General Paediatrician that ELCH is now seeking to appoint will be integral to the further development and running of our progressive general paediatric service.
Main duties of the job
This post will be expected to provide:
- Consultant general paediatric care for secondary care admissions to ELCH via our paediatric emergency department, including acute assessment and management of medical high dependency patients. This will entail acute consultant of the week duties as well as participating in an out of hours on call rota.
- General Paediatric outpatient provision for GP referrals for general paediatrics
- General Paediatric care for children with complex medical needs in ELCH as part of the General Paediatric COMPASS (COMplex PAaediatricS Service) team
The appointed candidate would also be expected to also contribute to other areas such as:
- Liaison and discharge for complex tertiary paediatrics
- Intra hospital / community pathways
- High dependency care and patient safety
- Education and training
- Research
- Service transformation
- Other sub-specialty interests
About us
Every year, Evelina London cares for more than 95,000 children and young people in hospital and in the community. Evelina London carries out more than 107,000 outpatient appointments each year. On average, we see more than 400 children and young people every day for an outpatient appointment at the hospital. More than 25,000 children are treated in our dedicated children's Emergency department. We see an average of 80 children every day for a planned investigation, treatment or operation.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and dynamic team and be part of the innovative future of children's healthcare across South London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of the role and responsibilities.
For general enquiries, about this post or for an informal discussion please contact:
- Dr Ronny Cheung or Dr Bianca Tiesman, Joint Heads of Service for General Paediatrics (ronny.cheung@gstt.nhs.uk or bianca.tiesman@gstt.nhs.uk) , or
- Dr Claire Lemer, Clinical Director for Childrens Medicine & Neonatology (Claire.lemer@gstt.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of the role and responsibilities.
For general enquiries, about this post or for an informal discussion please contact:
- Dr Ronny Cheung or Dr Bianca Tiesman, Joint Heads of Service for General Paediatrics (ronny.cheung@gstt.nhs.uk or bianca.tiesman@gstt.nhs.uk) , or
- Dr Claire Lemer, Clinical Director for Childrens Medicine & Neonatology (Claire.lemer@gstt.nhs.uk)
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise
Desirable
Clinical Skills & Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in General Paediatrics. If UK trained, must have minimum 2 years training/experience in General Paediatrics
Desirable
- Experience of training junior medical staff in general paediatrics
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Track record of clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, management and IT skills
- Understanding of principles of audit and quality improvement
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Ability to advise and contribute to planning of service developments
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Research, Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Track record of research, publications
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable
- Evidence of original research
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Teaching qualification
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
Leadership/Management Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Ability to take responsibility. lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Knowledge of finance and budgets
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise
Desirable
Clinical Skills & Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in General Paediatrics. If UK trained, must have minimum 2 years training/experience in General Paediatrics
Desirable
- Experience of training junior medical staff in general paediatrics
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Track record of clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, management and IT skills
- Understanding of principles of audit and quality improvement
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Ability to advise and contribute to planning of service developments
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Research, Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Track record of research, publications
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable
- Evidence of original research
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
- Teaching qualification
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
Leadership/Management Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Ability to take responsibility. lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Knowledge of finance and budgets
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
