Job summary
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Paediatric Surgeon to join the team in Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This is a locum post, in the first instance but has the possibility of becoming substantive in 1 year.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is part of Birmingham Women & Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This comprises of 2 hospitals: Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) and Birmingham Women's Hospital (BWH), and includes Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) providing CAMHS care. The hospital covers a population of over 5 million and provides secondary, tertiary and quaternary services. It is a designated Paediatric Major Trauma centre.
Paediatric Surgical service covers neonatal and general paediatric surgery, as well as gastroenterology, oncology, colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, major trauma and non-cardiac thoracic surgery.
Main duties of the job
The Department of Paediatric Surgery & Urology is made up of 13 Consultant Surgeons, 15 Tier 2 clinicians, 3 Clinical Nurses Specialist teams and 3 Physician Associates.
The Paediatric surgeons provide a comprehensive provision of Paediatric Surgical care - with the exception of HPB, which is provided separately within BCH.
Paediatric Surgeons take part in a Paediatric Surgery On-call rota, providing a 24/7 service. This rota includes a week on-call (including the weekend), and then a week of outreach (which includes nights on-call).
This is a locum post in paediatric surgery. The successful applicant will be expected to have a subspeciality interest in Colorectal surgery (including anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and intestinal failure and support in the provision of these areas of practice.
This is a 10 PA job, including both elective and on-call commitments. This post does not include the provision of any Specialist Paediatric Urology.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS(Paed) or equivalentor overseas equivalent.
- Recognised Post CCT Fellowship in Paediatric Colorectal
Desirable
- MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent
Special Knowledge/ Abilities or Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Surgical cases.
- Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Able to operate independently.
- Advanced laparoscopy experience
- Logbook to be available.
- Portfolio to be available.
- Ability to complete busy surgical on-call commitments.
- Experience of resident doctor supervision
- Definitive Trauma surgical skills course or equivalent
- Independent practice for outpatient perioperative and operative management of neonatal and colorectal cases
Desirable
- Consultant experience within the UK.
- Consultant Paediatric Urology on-call experience within the UK.
- Current APLS or equivalent
- Sub-speciality interest and experience in lower GI/colorectal
- Evidence of membership of specialist organisations/groups e.g. BAPS
- Experience in management of resident doctors at Core and higher surgical level; experience of management of trainees in trouble.
Personal Qualities /Disposition
Essential
- Co-operative
- Good at shared care
- Good team member
- Have leadership qualities
- Good communication skills
Desirable
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising Registrar's and equivalent.
- Ability to teach operative and clinical skills.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise & take part in research / audit
- Train the trainer qualification
Audit and research
Essential
- Has undertaken audit and completed an audit cycle
- Evidence of research activity and presentations
Desirable
- Clinical Trials experience as associate PI/sub-PI/PI/CI
- Evidence of achieving grant funding
- In-vitro/in-vivo/ex-vivo research experience
- First or senior author on paper published in peer reviewed literature with paediatric Colorectal Surgery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS(Paed) or equivalentor overseas equivalent.
- Recognised Post CCT Fellowship in Paediatric Colorectal
Desirable
- MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent
Special Knowledge/ Abilities or Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Surgical cases.
- Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Able to operate independently.
- Advanced laparoscopy experience
- Logbook to be available.
- Portfolio to be available.
- Ability to complete busy surgical on-call commitments.
- Experience of resident doctor supervision
- Definitive Trauma surgical skills course or equivalent
- Independent practice for outpatient perioperative and operative management of neonatal and colorectal cases
Desirable
- Consultant experience within the UK.
- Consultant Paediatric Urology on-call experience within the UK.
- Current APLS or equivalent
- Sub-speciality interest and experience in lower GI/colorectal
- Evidence of membership of specialist organisations/groups e.g. BAPS
- Experience in management of resident doctors at Core and higher surgical level; experience of management of trainees in trouble.
Personal Qualities /Disposition
Essential
- Co-operative
- Good at shared care
- Good team member
- Have leadership qualities
- Good communication skills
Desirable
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising Registrar's and equivalent.
- Ability to teach operative and clinical skills.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise & take part in research / audit
- Train the trainer qualification
Audit and research
Essential
- Has undertaken audit and completed an audit cycle
- Evidence of research activity and presentations
Desirable
- Clinical Trials experience as associate PI/sub-PI/PI/CI
- Evidence of achieving grant funding
- In-vitro/in-vivo/ex-vivo research experience
- First or senior author on paper published in peer reviewed literature with paediatric Colorectal Surgery.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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