Locum Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care Transport

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Responsibility for the core consultant activity of day-to-day running and leadership of the clinical activities in the paediatric critical care transport services.
• These are a continued availability to provide advice or undertake retrievals if required when on for CoMET.
• Cover consultant colleagues for absences caused by late night clinical activities or when out on retrieval.
• Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences;
• Participate in network activities related to critical care and critical care transport. This includes organising network teaching activities where requested, and liaising with one or more of the critical care network referring centres.
• Participate in audit activities in the directorate relevant to critical care transport.
• Sustain and develop teaching and research in conjunction with the University of Leicester, and to participate in and fulfil the requirements of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health CPD scheme (or equivalent).
• 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• oMB BS or Equivalent
• oFull GMC Registration
• oCCT in PICM or within 6 months at interview date of obtaining CCT for UK trainees
• oCurrent BLS Certification

Desirable

• oHigher degree e.g. MSc, MD or equivalent.

Experience and clinncal skills

Essential

• oCompletion of RCPCH Progress Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine Curriculum capabilities in a unit approved for training by the RCPCH PICM ISAC (e.g. 24 months WTE Grid training programme) Including a minimum of six months of anaesthetic training OR equivalent training programme OR be in a paediatric critical care training programme and be eligible to 'act up' into a consultant post and have the support and approval of their Training Programme Director / Head of School. OR an existing practicing consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine.
• oExperience in critical care transport
• oClinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice
• oUndertake basic and advanced intensive care procedures
• oIT Skills, ability to use web browser, excel, word etc.

Desirable

• oExperience of ECMO.
• oEvidence of clinical or research commitment and a relevant specialty interest.

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.
• 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.

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

• oUndergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities including quality improvement evidence
• oPublished Audit including quality improvement.

Teaching

Essential

• oExperience of and a commitment to training/ teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
• oAbility to asses clinical competencies

Desirable

• oWillingness to develop new approaches to teaching.
• oPost Graduate qualification in medical education or 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.

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
• oProven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment

Desirable

• oHigh standard of presentation both written and verbal
• oDemonstrable track record of successful change management

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

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).