This is a full time Consultant post (10 PA) in Paediatrics based at Russells Hall Hospital. Our team of highly motivated Consultants and Doctors span a vast range of specialties. You will work within a well-supported and multi-disciplined team, ensuring you reach your full potential. Our hospital is forward looking and well equipped, providing you with the very best environment to work in.
The appointee will be accountable to the Children’s Directorate which is within the Surgical Division at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. This is a full-time post (10PA) in General Paediatrics and will be based at Russells Hall Hospital.
The appointee will be expected to have SPIN training in specialty or CCT in paediatric specialty. This post includes providing clinical leadership, setting standards of clinical care, offering professional advice to doctors, nurses, Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and promoting closer integration of primary and secondary health care services for children
Main duties of the job
1. This is a non-resident post with current on-call commitments for acute paediatrics and neonates on a 1 in 9 basis, 5% supplement. With the recruitment of additional Consultants will look to decrease the frequency. To support the on-call Consultant there are 2 Registrar’s and 2 SHO’s/ ANNP’s resident on-site overnight.
2. A minimum of 3 clinics per week (roughly 25% general and 75% specialty - actual numbers may change).
3. Clinics will be be proportionately reduced to account for any theatre PAs.
4. Provide clinical leadership.
5. Has a responsibility for teaching / training and educational supervision.
6. Sets standards of clinical care.
Working for our organisation
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do to offer a high quality patient experience in a caring and supportive environment. This aligns with our vision of providing safe, caring and effective services because people matter.
This is an opportunity to join an NHS organisation that inspires its staff to innovate, with support and encouragement to continually develop. We expect all of our staff to demonstrate the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
The Job Description is approved from 09/04/2025 by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. MBBS or equivalent
8. MRCPCH (by examination) or equivalent
Registration
Essential criteria
9. Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
10. On GMC Specialist Register for General Paediatrics with full registration or proposed date of CCT must be within 6 months of interview
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Extensive experience if working in the speciality with evidence of competencies in line with the specialist curriculum
12. APLS or equivalent (within past 4 years)
13. NLS (within past 4 years)
Desirable criteria
14. Experience of teaching special clinical skills
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Multi-site working
The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".
To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:
15. Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
16. Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
17. Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites
Against this context, although this post is hosted by The Dudley Group, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.
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