Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Hospital Trust
Town Liverpool
Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 22/05/2025 23:59
Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ID) & Immunology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology service was established in 2005 and provides an outpatient and inpatient consulting service within the Trust. The team sees approximately 1,000 ward consults, 700 outpatients and 400 day cases or ward attenders per year. We work closely with microbiology, infection prevention & control and allied services. Alder Hey is approved as a subspecialty training centre for paediatric infectious diseases and is nationally commissioned for highly specialised services.
This job is for a full time (10 PA) Consultant post to join the Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology service in one of the largest children’s hospitals in Europe. The successful applicant will provide and support an outpatient and inpatient consulting service within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will participate in all aspects of the clinical inpatient ID/Immunology consult service and AMS/OPAT service on a rotational basis with consultant colleagues. The successful applicant will be expected to give advice on treating infection in inpatients through ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings. They will also be able to contribute to the TB and HIV services and the inpatient care of immunology patients.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
Inpatient work
The team receives referrals from across the hospital for advice on investigation and management of infection and immunology-related problems. We work very closely with the on-site microbiology laboratory and have a review of positive cultures every morning with a Consultant microbiologist.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GMC
* Primary medical degree
* MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent
* CCT or within 6 months of CCT (or equivalent)
* Valid Level 3 safeguarding training
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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