Employer Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kettering General Hospital Town Kettering Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/11/2025 23:59
Locum Consultant Paediatrician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
Applications are invited for an enthusiastic and committed Paediatrician, who will join our established team of general paediatricians. This post is for a fixed term of 12 months. We are seeking applicants with an interest in safeguarding but additional special interests including the following will be considered:
The appointment of the additional colleague, will go some way in enhancing senior consultant presence in clinical areas and support 2 consultants to be present and providing acute clinical cover during the working week. There are no routine middle grade responsibilities attached to the post, but the post holder may be required to cover clinical areas without middle grade input or assist in covering clinical areas when availability of middle grades is reduced, for example during regional training days or sickness absence.
The post has clinical responsibilities covering services to children within the Acute Trust in conjunction with the other Consultants working as a team providing elective and emergency children’s acute service for children of North Northamptonshire.
Main duties of the job
The newly appointed consultant will join the team of existing consultants to deliver a high quality emergency and elective paediatric service.
The Consultants operate a Paediatrician/ neonatal consultant of the week rota for the Children’s wards. The Paediatrician of the week is responsible for all paediatric in-patient Paediatric admissions during the week and for all Paediatric emergencies during regular working hours, with out of hour’s on-call shared amongst the consultant colleagues.
There is a separate consultant covering the neonatal unit from 9 AM to 5 PM during the working week and a split oncall rota. All paediatric and neonatal consultants partake in a shared rota covering the paediatric assessment unit 0900-1700hrs; 5 days/ wk.
Oncall:
On-call paediatric consultant attends handover ward round when on-call Weekend on-call are split with one consultant covering Friday and Sunday and is then Duty Paediatrician for the following week. A second consultant is on call for the Saturday. During on-calls on-site presence will be from 1700 to 2200 hrs with on-call from home till 08:30. Consultant of the week is on call from 0830 till 1800 with additional hour (1700-1800) for handovers and urgent reviews. The consultant is expected to do ward rounds on Saturday and Sunday mornings and provide onsite cover from 0900 to 1500 hours.
Working for our organisation
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
Children and Young People Services are part of the Family health Division, led by a Chief of Division, a Divisional Director and Head of Nursing. Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, are each led by a Clinical Director
The Paediatric ward relocated in May 2013 into the purpose built ‘Foundation Wing’ housing the new paediatric Skylark Ward and paediatric assessment unit. The Paediatric Assessment Unit has been successful in reducing short term acute admissions to the children’s wards. It is now co located alongside the inpatient facility. In addition, two high dependency beds were established, and further cohesion achieved by the close proximity to ITU and theatres.
Our Neonatal Unit is returning to a level 2 or 'Local' neonatal unit from September. It is part of the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (EMNODN) and is designated to provide intensive care for gestations twenty-seven weeks and above. Our cot numbers are 2 intensive care, 6 high dependency, and 8 special care cots.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The newly appointed consultant will join the team of existing consultants to deliver a high quality emergency and elective paediatric service, and will share equally in paediatrician of the week with other consultants (1:9.8), provide daytime PAU cover by rotation, conduct clinics and participate in teaching, training, audit and guidelines. The weekday on call cover includes on site presence in the evening, (usually until 19.00 hours, longer in winter).
There is scope to have a dedicated time in the job plan to enhance and further develop the sub-speciality service delivery alongside the transformation programme. The Group model helps to enhance collaborative working as a county wide approach to speciality services with increased opportunity with a larger case mix, opportunities for research and enhancing excellence in paediatric care in Northants.
Participation with consultant colleagues in clinical governance arrangements for the NICU, general paediatrics, safeguarding and areas of special interest to develop practice and buttress existing frameworks is essential.
Person specification
Knowledge, Academic Achievements & Research
* Effective participation in clinical audit
* CCT in paediatrics (or within 6 months of start of the post) or equivalent
* Experience of management/leadership including service improvement
* Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching and training at an appropriate level
* Effective participation in clinical audit
* At least 6 months tertiary neonatal experience at middle grade level
* Specialist interest to complement those of other consultants in the department
* Publications in recognised journals
* SPIN in the relevant subspeciality where applicable
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* CCT in Paediatrics (or within 6 months of interview)
* Current certification APLS and NLS
Applications will be transferred to TRAC system, by completing an application your are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
We welcome applications from members of our black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, especially in relation to senior posts within at KGH.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
Appointments will be made on merit.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Kettering General Hospital (KGH) NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training record.
If you need to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, as a requirement of the role, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check (£49.50) and this amount will be reclaimed from your first salary. From 1st February 2019 all new starters to the Trust are required to join the DBS update service as per Trust DBS Re-checking Policy which has an annual cost of £16. New employees who do not join the update service will be required to pay £49.50 for a new DBS check in 3 years time.
Please note that news starters with KGH are subject to a six month probationary period.
Please ensure that the information you provide on your application form is correct, accurate and that nothing has been omitted. Any information that is stated in your application form in relation to qualifications/training courses/work/education experience/references must be able to be evidenced. Failure to do so may result if your offer being withdrawn.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. KGH considers Safeguarding a priority amongst its citizen's and a key value for all employed to the service.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Dr Poornima Pandey Job title Consultant Paediatrician & Clinical Lead Email address poornima.pandey@nhs.net Telephone number 01536 493275 Additional information
We would love the opportunity to discuss the post and your career aspirations at Kettering General Hospital.
Please do contact one of the following to arrange:
Dr Poornima Pandey, Clinical Director for Paediatrics, poornima.pandey@nhs.net
Dr Abraham Isaac, Clinical Lead for Neonates, abraham.isaac1@nhs.net
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