Locum General Paediatrician with special interest in Eating Disorders

Job responsibilities

CALCULATED PAS FOR JOB PLAN

General Paediatrics: 4.5PA

Eating Disorders: 5.5PA

Total DDC: 8.25PA

SPA for revalidation: 1.5PA

Education and supervision: 0.25PA

ON CALL

1.5 PAs for on call. On call frequency is 1:12 weekdays and 1:6 weekends.

Acute General Paediatric service:

• Outpatient clinics
• Participate in the consultant cover and service provision for the General Paediatric Service including the Consultant of the week (COW) rota.
• Participate in the Childrens Acute Team (CAT) Rota, providing Consultant led care at the front door, in conjunction with colleagues from the Paediatric Emergency Department. (PED)
• Participate in the General Paediatric Consultant on-call service. This includes 24-7 out-of-hours cover for the Childrens Hospital.
• Promote and strengthen links with colleagues from Primary Care, including GPs and AHPs
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day-to-day management of patients.
• To promote new ways of working and co-ordinating care for patients in the community and to ensure that services are based on effective and integrated partnerships across the health community.
• Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff
• To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
• Teaching, research and administration.
• To proactively develop the service.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.

Paediatric Eating Disorders and CAMHS (LPT):

• To work collaboratively, alongside the consultant psychiatrist.
• Supporting the Eating Disorder team (Dieticians, Psychiatric teams, et al.) with the medical management of CYP with eating disorders.
• Work closely between the emergency department and the LPT Eating Disorders team to establish the development of appropriate clinical pathways for Eating Disorder patients.
• Play a direct role in patient case management and will liaise between services as required; screening results, playing a lead role in acute patient referrals and pathway navigation.
• Be present in LPT MDTs to discussing patients medical requirements and plan accordingly.
• Working directly with patients and parents in regards to treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively between acute general paediatrics and CAMHS services.
• Foster education and development of both CAMHS and Acute clinical and non-clinical staff through clinical work and collaborative working streams.
• Facilitation of admission, discharge, repatriation, Tier 4 admissions, Specialist placement negotiation.
• Contribute to environmental considerations for admission to the UHLs Childrens Hospital in relation to EDi / Mental Health.
• Develop a service that reflects local patient need
• Commitment to provision of best practice care.
• Provide CAMHS Leadership at the main outpatient bases: Westcotes House and the Valentine Centre, as well as to clinics throughout the county in a number of population centres such as Hinckley, Coalville, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Market Harborough, Loughborough.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE JOB WILL BE

• To provide advice to the general paediatricians and local GPs
• Carry out training for the hospital and local GP networks about paediatric eating disorders
• Demonstrate excellent and persuasive communication skills including the ability to listen and accurately represent the views of others, together with the ability to tailor language to the needs of the particular professional or patient group.
• Enable, empower and motivate patients, carers and colleagues through empathy, understanding and support of their perspective.
• Educate patients and promoted Shared Decision Making in the consultation
• Maintain his/her own continuing education via internal and external courses and conferences and via completion of an ongoing professional portfolio.
• Participate in an annual appraisal to evaluate and develop existing role.
• Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences;
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs;
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally;
• Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.;
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work.
• The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers this might include investigations of incidents or complaints.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.

Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours

Essential

• oMust be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Qualifications / Training

Essential

• oMB BS or Equivalent
• oFull GMC Registration registration with a licence to practice
• oMRCPCH

Desirable

• oMembership of relevant Specialist Societies or Associations.
• oHigher degree e.g. MSc, MD or equivalent.

Experience / Clinical Skills

Essential

• oFully trained in General and Acute Paediatrics with skills and experience in triage, assessment, diagnosis, and management of eating disorders.
• oKnowledge of the care and management of paediatric eating disorder patients.
• omust be able to demonstrate mental health as an ethos incorporated to general paediatrics
• oExtensive knowledge of the physical risks of eating disorders.
• oExcellent clinical skills and experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the Job Plan.
• oAbility to apply sound clinical judgment to problems.
• oDemonstrates clear, logical thinking / analytical approach.

Desirable

• oEvidence of clinical or research commitment
• oEvidence of involvement in research in paediatric eating disorders.
• oEvidence of quality improvements involving the care of CYP with eating disorders

Management

Essential

• oAbility to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
• oExperience of leading teams and awareness of leadership styles.
• oAbility to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload.
• oUnderstanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS.
• oAbility to work to overcome barriers to change (negotiating, influencing and persuasion skills).
• oKnowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues.

Desirable

• oEvidence of management and administration experience.
• oManagement training on an accredited course.
• oAwareness of Service Development issues.

Communication Skills

Essential

• oDemonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.
• oTo be empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding.
• oHighly Developed Emotional Intelligence

Desirable

• oHighly developed emotional intelligence
• oHigh standard of presentation both written and verbal
• oDemonstrable track record of successful change management
• oProven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment

Motivation

Essential

• oPersonal integrity and reliability.
• oAbility to motivate and develop both medical Staff and non-medical staff.
• oCommitment to further develop the post and the service provided.

Audit/ Quality Improvement

Essential

• oEffective participation in and a commitment to clinical audit.
• oParticipation in a quality improvement programme
• oExperience of quality improvement work and audit

Desirable

• oExperience of quality improvement work and audit
• oCompletion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement.

Research

Essential

• oUnderstanding and interest in research.
• oAbility to appraise research critically
• oAbility to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.
• oEvidence of recent research and development activity

Desirable

• oPublications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty.

Teaching

Essential

• oExperience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates.
• oAppraisal and assessment skills.
• oAbility to asses clinical competencies
• oEnthusiastic and ability to inspire and lead others.

Desirable

• oWillingness to develop new approaches to teaching.
• oPost Graduate qualification in teaching and training.

Equality & Diversity

Essential

• oAble to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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