Job summary
We are seeking to appoint an energetic, positive and committed paediatrician to become a member of our friendly paediatric department. Team working, a sense of humour and a desire to develop the service we deliver is essential.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for those paediatricians who wish to work in a large district general hospital setting, acting as member of a team of supportive consultants. There is the opportunity to further develop a complimentary subspecialty within the neurodisability/community paediatric service or, with agreement, scope to work within the acute paediatric service.
Compatible interests are welcome and we seek to support any complimentary personal professional development. We would particularly welcome applicants with an interest in neuromuscular conditions, neuro-diverse disorders, palliative care or epilepsy.
As a department, we are focused on and want to create the best service possible, which means there is excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic candidate to take the lead and be innovative in an area of service development. We are passionate about enthusing doctors in training and providing a positive training experience and would be pleased to appoint someone interested in developing the training experience we provide.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this post is to provide a neurodisabilty paediatric consultant to further develop and lead within a subspecialty interest. The post holder will be expected to help provide clinical services for Gloucestershire, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with primary and tertiary care, as well as non-health agencies, to provide a seamless service.
As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -
- To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service, including safeguarding.
- To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
- To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
- To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
- To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Division's services plans
- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children's Division or the Trust
About us
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide expertise in the assessment and investigation of young children presenting with a range of developmental problems; to provide continuity for those children who require ongoing clinical care due to their developmental condition. (for example children with neurodegenerative conditions, cerebral palsy, metabolic conditions, neuro-cutaneous and other syndromes).
- To provide expert assessment of children presenting with social communication /neurodevelopmental disorders.
- To provide clinical continuity and contribute to care when their patients require hospital attendance or admission to the ward.
- To facilitate transition of clinical care to adult services.
- To provide clinical assessment and opinion in children presenting with safeguarding concerns. Participation in a child protection on call rota, covering normal working hours Monday-Friday. Participation in strategy discussions for CSA (CSA examinations currently carried out by Bristol SARC).
- To contribute to a countywide consultant led service, and promote an increase in service provision and capacity within the available resources.
- To share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the paediatric service.
- To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide expertise in the assessment and investigation of young children presenting with a range of developmental problems; to provide continuity for those children who require ongoing clinical care due to their developmental condition. (for example children with neurodegenerative conditions, cerebral palsy, metabolic conditions, neuro-cutaneous and other syndromes).
- To provide expert assessment of children presenting with social communication /neurodevelopmental disorders.
- To provide clinical continuity and contribute to care when their patients require hospital attendance or admission to the ward.
- To facilitate transition of clinical care to adult services.
- To provide clinical assessment and opinion in children presenting with safeguarding concerns. Participation in a child protection on call rota, covering normal working hours Monday-Friday. Participation in strategy discussions for CSA (CSA examinations currently carried out by Bristol SARC).
- To contribute to a countywide consultant led service, and promote an increase in service provision and capacity within the available resources.
- To share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the paediatric service.
- To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration
- On Specialist Register for General (Internal)) Medicine and Geriatric Medicine via: ?CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme) (proposed CCT/CESR-CP date must be within 6 months of interview) ?CESR or ?European Community Rights
- MRCP
Desirable
- Neurodisability training program
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to the specialty
- Personal membership of a 'medical defence' organisation.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Level 3 (multiagency) child safeguarding training
- A period of training in a specialist neurodisability and/or neurology unit (or equivalent)
- Experience in multidisciplinary team working; ability to offer expert clinical opinion on disability, child protection and on wider aspects of community paediatric care.
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices
Desirable
- 6 months or more training on a tertiary children's neurology unit
- APLS or equivalent
- Grid training in neurodisability or community paediatrics
- SPIN
Knowledge and Clinical skills
Essential
- Consistent with independent consultant practice in general paediatrics with a neurodisability / community paediatric subspecialty interest.
- Competent to take charge of the day to day and longer-term clinical management of children with chronic medical conditions, in particular neurodisability disorders.
- Competent to assess and lead on the safeguarding aspects of children presenting following possible child abuse.
Motivation and Attitude
Essential
- Evidence of self-motivation and initiative.
- Commitment to the Specialty.
- Ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.
Research and Publications
Essential
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research
- Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
Desirable
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Participation in research
- Commitment to undertake future research
Information Technology
Essential
- Basic IT skills; word processing, PowerPoint, literature searches.
- Understanding of database concepts.
Desirable
- Ability to use Databases and other more sophisticated IT tools
Management
Essential
- Evidence of participation in quality improvement projects and Clinical Governance Programmes
- Potential to develop management skills.
Personal skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Ability to work under stress
- Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Honesty and reliability
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients and parents/carers
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GP's, nurses and other agencies
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
Quality management
Essential
- Ability to assess and manage risk
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to deal with complaints
- Commitment to CPD / CME
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal
- Experience in audit & clinical governance
- Working knowledge of evidence based practice
Teaching
Essential
- Ability to teach knowledge, clinical skills and professional skills to medical students, postgraduate trainee doctors and other medical and health professionals.
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff, and willingness to teach other professionals.
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Experience of teaching theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration
- On Specialist Register for General (Internal)) Medicine and Geriatric Medicine via: ?CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme) (proposed CCT/CESR-CP date must be within 6 months of interview) ?CESR or ?European Community Rights
- MRCP
Desirable
- Neurodisability training program
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to the specialty
- Personal membership of a 'medical defence' organisation.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Level 3 (multiagency) child safeguarding training
- A period of training in a specialist neurodisability and/or neurology unit (or equivalent)
- Experience in multidisciplinary team working; ability to offer expert clinical opinion on disability, child protection and on wider aspects of community paediatric care.
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices
Desirable
- 6 months or more training on a tertiary children's neurology unit
- APLS or equivalent
- Grid training in neurodisability or community paediatrics
- SPIN
Knowledge and Clinical skills
Essential
- Consistent with independent consultant practice in general paediatrics with a neurodisability / community paediatric subspecialty interest.
- Competent to take charge of the day to day and longer-term clinical management of children with chronic medical conditions, in particular neurodisability disorders.
- Competent to assess and lead on the safeguarding aspects of children presenting following possible child abuse.
Motivation and Attitude
Essential
- Evidence of self-motivation and initiative.
- Commitment to the Specialty.
- Ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.
Research and Publications
Essential
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research
- Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
Desirable
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Participation in research
- Commitment to undertake future research
Information Technology
Essential
- Basic IT skills; word processing, PowerPoint, literature searches.
- Understanding of database concepts.
Desirable
- Ability to use Databases and other more sophisticated IT tools
Management
Essential
- Evidence of participation in quality improvement projects and Clinical Governance Programmes
- Potential to develop management skills.
Personal skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Ability to work under stress
- Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Honesty and reliability
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients and parents/carers
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GP's, nurses and other agencies
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
Quality management
Essential
- Ability to assess and manage risk
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to deal with complaints
- Commitment to CPD / CME
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal
- Experience in audit & clinical governance
- Working knowledge of evidence based practice
Teaching
Essential
- Ability to teach knowledge, clinical skills and professional skills to medical students, postgraduate trainee doctors and other medical and health professionals.
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff, and willingness to teach other professionals.
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Experience of teaching theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
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).