Overview
This post is a replacement following the retirement of an existing holder and will be advertised as a locum for a period of 12 months pending a substantive post.
Team and Service
The appointee will join a well‑established multidisciplinary team providing a comprehensive paediatric rheumatology and chronic pain service for the Thames Valley and surrounding region. The role will involve close collaboration with consultants and allied professionals from the Children’s Hospital Oxford and other DGHs throughout the region, with substantial links to the adult rheumatology service and the regional Chronic Pain service delivering out‑patient and intensive day‑case care to young people and families across the region.
Responsibilities
* Support the clinical team in delivering a high quality secondary & tertiary rheumatology service to children & adolescents of Oxfordshire, Thames Valley & neighbouring counties.
* Provide care for acutely unwell children & young people in the paediatric & intensive care setting where diagnosis is uncertain or requires multispecialty input, including complex multisystem inflammatory illnesses, hyperinflammation, HLH/MAS etc.
* Support a comprehensive paediatric chronic pain service & link closely with the programme director for rehabilitation service, Dr Konrad Jacobs, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Explore opportunities for further service development & collaboration with Long COVID & chronic fatigue services.
* Support & continue to develop clinical collaboration with other paediatric services in Oxford.
* Provide clinical care, education & support for further development of outreach services & a clinical network for paediatric rheumatology across Oxfordshire & neighbouring areas.
* Contribute to paediatric training in rheumatology & to provide rheumatology teaching for other postgraduate trainees. Establish & develop sub‑specialty training in paediatric rheumatology.
* Comply with the recommendations of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health over the provision of acute and specialty services for children.
Research and Academic Development
The post holder will be supported by a busy & friendly department & will be encouraged to take part in research & academic development. Close links to the University of Oxford provide an excellent opportunity to develop research interests in a variety of areas.
Trust and Values
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country, with a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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