Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric service hosted by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and be part of the dynamic team providing the service to meet rising demand across the specialist teams within Epilepsy, Community Paediatrics including Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics. The successful candidate will be clinically active in both Community Paediatric service and Acute Paediatric services. The post holder will be the fourth clinician joining the Paediatric epilepsy service. There are four Epilepsy specialist nurses in the team. The Paediatric Neurology team at Leeds provide the tertiary neurology support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also be clinically active in the Community Paediatric service and contribute to 50% of Acute Paediatric on call commitments and Consultant of the Week responsibility.
The successful candidate will work across Children Looked After service and Neurodevelopment. The post holder will be clinically competent in meeting the health needs of Children Looked After, including those undergoing adoption as appropriate to role. The post holder with also be expected to be part of the clinical team who contribute as Medical advisor to the Adoption Panel
The post holder should be competent in providing holistic support to children with Neurodevelopmental needs including linking multidisciplinary team.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For Further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For Further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
- oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months) Note - CESR applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MRCPCH(UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid APLS certificate
- Valid level3 safeguarding training
Desirable
- oCompletion of Epilepsy SPIN module
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oIs able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the higher specialist paediatric training in paediatrics
- oDemonstrate experience in assessment and management of children with Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders
- oAble to undertake statutory children Looked After/adoption health assessments, including those with complex healthcare needs and provide written report
- oBe able to provide advice to local authority adoption and fostering panels
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to manage and lead medical teams
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. , APLS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
- oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months) Note - CESR applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MRCPCH(UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid APLS certificate
- Valid level3 safeguarding training
Desirable
- oCompletion of Epilepsy SPIN module
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oIs able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the higher specialist paediatric training in paediatrics
- oDemonstrate experience in assessment and management of children with Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders
- oAble to undertake statutory children Looked After/adoption health assessments, including those with complex healthcare needs and provide written report
- oBe able to provide advice to local authority adoption and fostering panels
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to manage and lead medical teams
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. , APLS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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).
