County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Consultant - Acute, DMH
The closing date is 11 June 2025
We are in the exciting position of offering a substantive General Paediatric Consultant post based atDarlington Memorial Hospital at 10PA (full time, equivalent to 40 hour per week).
This is a traditional acute paediatrician consultant post with regular on-calls (no middle-grade duties).We are seeking to appoint a colleague with Paediatric Respiratroy, Emergency Medicine or anotherspecialist interest to compliment our current team of colleagues and patient needs.
Main duties of the job
The post will have the following objectives:
Full contribution to the Paediatrician of the Week and Paediatrician of the Day duties (POW andPOD) rota to support paediatric in-patient unit, paediatric assessment unit, special care baby unit andon-call cover.
To deliver care to patients with common paediatric illnesses by participating in hot week which iscurrently 1 in 10. To manage paediatric and neonatal emergencies and provide leadership instabilisation and transfer of sick children in hours and out of hours by participating in non-resident oncall rota (1 in 10).
To manage babies in special care baby unit (30 weeks and above) and supervising trainees inmanaging transitional care and post-natal ward babies.
To provide outpatient clinics: General Paediatrics & sub-speciality interest
To manage children presenting to the ward with acute safeguarding concerns and to participate inelective safeguarding clinics.
To participate in Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, quality improvement activities and tocontribute to research activities.
To be a clinical supervisor and or educational supervisor to trainees and non-training trust registrars.
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre employment checks
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents
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From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two yearsof experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to considersponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria andhave a current visa expiring within 3 months)
Job responsibilities
The following provides details of the ward activity and clinical related activity components of the jobplan which are annualised to 42 weeks per year.The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical Director prior to commencing the post.
Acute Paediatric Duties (Annualised 10 PA over 42 weeks):
POW, M-F, 9am to 5pm (1 in 10) = 52 PA
POD, M-F, 9am to 10pm (1 in 10)= 91 PA
Weekends 9am to 6pm on site (1 in 10)= 31 PA
Non-resident on call (1 in 10)= 31PA
General Paediatric & Sub-Speciality= 84 PA
Safeguarding Clinics = 21 PA
SPA= 63 PA
Other Admin / QI= 42 PA
Calculations based on 42 weeks / year(6 weeks annual leave, 2 week public holidays and 2 weeks study leave
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
* Full GMC Registration
Experience
* SpR Training Programme in Paediatrics, or equivalent Broad acute, neonatal & community paediatric experience
* Relevant experience Training or SPIN module in a paediatric sub-speciality at a recognised training unit
Qualifications
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* On Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT/ CESR date
* A higher qualification eg MSc in Paediatrics
Special Skills & Knowledge
* Wide range of general paediatric and neonatal skills.
* APLS and NLS provider status or equivalent.
* Level 3 Child protection training.
* APLS / EPLS /NLS instructor status would be welcomed
* Experience in multi-disciplinary working
Special Requirements
* Knowledge of evidence based medicine and critical appraisal
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.
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
£105,504 to £139,882 a yearYC72 Pay Scale per annum pro rata
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