Consultant - General Paediatrician with Interest in Epilepsy
This role offers an excellent opportunity to join a team of 19 committed Acute Paediatric Consultants with a focus on Epilepsy. The post includes one general outpatient clinic and one Epilepsy clinic each week, along with attending duties on the Children's Ward, Neonatal Unit, and Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU). While on PAU, you may also be required to undertake Child Protection Medicals.
The Epilepsy service includes a Lead Consultant, a specialty doctor, and an Epilepsy Nurse, supported by tertiary input from the Paediatric Neurology team at Oxford University Hospitals. Monthly MDT clinics are held with visiting neurologists, and we work closely with the community Paediatric team at Upton Hospital, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
Each week, two Consultants provide attending cover--one for Paediatrics and one for Neonates. When covering Paediatrics, the post holder oversees the Ward and HDU; when covering Neonates, responsibilities include the Neonatal Unit, Delivery Suite, postnatal ward, and transitional care.
A consultant-led GP Hotline operates Monday to Friday, 0900-1800, offering acute referral support and clinical advice. Out-of-hours on-call is 1 in 12 for both Paediatrics and Neonates, with attendance at night handover expected. All admitted patients are reviewed by a consultant within 14 hours. Weekend duties are shared between two Consultants, and every handover is consultant supervised.
Main duties of the job
Children, Young People and Babies sit within the Frimley Health Division, alongside Maternity, Radiology, Outpatients and Pathology.
Paediatric Unit Ward 24, has 29 cots and beds for infants, children and teenagers, plus 7 spaces in the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU). The ward accepts direct ED admissions, supports elective activity, and the PAU takes direct GP referrals. Some patient groups have open access. Ambulatory care is delivered through our Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Unit. The ward includes designated areas for medical patients, surgical cases and those with infectious diseases. The unit has recently been designated a Level 2 HDU.
Neonatal Unit The Local Neonatal Unit (LNU) has, 17 cots for babies born from 27 weeks onwards and provides care for a wide range of neonatal conditions. We work closely with neonatal transport teams to transfer babies requiring Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) to specialist centres.
Paediatric Assessment Unit The PAU sits next to the inpatient ward and is staffed by nurses and Resident Doctors with Consultant oversight. It functions as an SDEC service, with 7 beds and a daily throughput of 20-30 children. The unit supports ED flow, accepts direct GP referrals, and provides day care, ambulatory care and open access for selected patient groups.
About us
Our three core values, supported by the behaviours that underpin them, shape everything we do. They define the standards we expect from our staff in how they care for patients, support visitors and service users, and work with one another.
This is an exciting time to develop your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected Trusts. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has a strong reputation and a proud history of delivering high-quality care.
We remain committed to improving health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. Significant investment continues across our sites, including a £10m upgrade to the maternity unit, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and the opening of a new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital. Further expansion in diagnostics and inpatient capacity is underway at Frimley Park, and we have recently secured approval to build a new hospital as part of the national New Hospitals Programme, due for completion by 2030.
Significant investment into our Quality Improvement and Digital Programmes has been made to support our vision and will help to ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality of healthcare to our patients.
Our EPR - Epic - went live in June 2022 and we are beginning to reap the benefits of this investment.
Job responsibilities
Please review the attached job description and person specification for detailed information.
Further details may be obtained from:
Dr Angela Yannoulias, Clinical Director for Children and Young people, WPH Tel: 0300 615 0100
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Primary medical degree
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Full GMC registration/on specialist register of GMC
* NLS and APLS
* NLS / APLS Instructor status
Knowledge
* Accreditation in HST in 5 years of Paediatrics or within 6 months of CCST
* Epilepsy SPIN or equivalent training
* Management & Audit - participation in Clinical Audits
* Participation in department/Trust research projects
* 6 months tertiary neonatology or equivalent experience
Personal Skills
* Participation in training and supervision of junior medical staff / medical students.
* Good interpersonal skills and ability to work constructively within the multi-disciplinary team
* Able to travel between sites
* Adaptability, Leadership, Management, Innovation
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Special requirements
* Able to travel between sites
* Able to meet the requirements of the post
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.
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