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Job overview
JOB TITLE: Consultant Paediatric Audiovestibular Team
CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) Flexible working
available – including job share, part-time
BASE: Harold Wood Clinic, 24 Gubbins Lane, RM3 0QA
Child & Family centre, Axe Street, Barking IG11 7LZ
The Consultant will be a key member of an interdisciplinary/multi Speciality Paediatric Audiology team working across Harold wood Clinic (Havering) and Child & Family centre (Barking).
We would expect the post holder to be actively involved in service development in supporting the Paediatric Audiology team lead and changes to patient pathways in order to deliver an MDT audiology care in a timely manner.
The post holder will also support the vestibular service with MDT colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and high quality evidence-based Paediatric Audiology service, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
·Leadership, development and organisation of the services in line with Trust /directorate business plans. Full participation in the management of the Paediatric Audiology service and will be required to work within the financial and other constraints decided upon by the Trust. Liaison and communication with the Audiology service manager, ICD and Associate medical director.
·All consultants represent the department on various committees within the trust as well as taking responsibility for particular delegated areas according to their interests and availability. The Associate medical director is responsible for delegating these responsibilities.
·To develop their own interests and specialities within Audio vestibular medicine, including active participation in research programmes. The appointee will contribute to the supervision of trainee audio-vestibular physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team and to participate in postgraduate meetings of the department as well as audit, governance and training meetings.
·To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards, the Improving Outcomes reports and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance reports.
Working for our organisation
Accountability:
The postholder will be professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer via the Associate Medical Director for Havering and operationally accountable to the Integrated Care Director for Havering (Irvine Muronzi) and ultimately the Chief Executive Officer (Paul Calaminus).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, community and acute services, and all healthcare agencies.
2. To maintain and promote team and multidisciplinary work. To participate fully in the preparation for and representation at peer reviews.
3. To organise and prioritise your own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
4. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
5. To ensure effective risk management at clinical and team level.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
6. MBBS [or equivalent] MRCP or MRCS(ENT) or FRCS (ENT) or MRCPCH
7. NB: Non-UK trained doctors must be on the GMC register and Specialist Register in relevant specialty by date of interview Full UK GMC Registration
8. On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attainment of CCT in Audio vestibular Medicine at date of interview
Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Experience in managing paediatric patients with hearing and balance disorders
10. Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of audio-vestibular disorders
11. Knowledge of evidence informed practice
12. Detailed knowledge and experience in area of Genetics of Hearing loss
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
13. Experienced in diagnosis, investigation and management of audio-vestibular disorders.
14. Can demonstrate that they have the skills to work within an interdisciplinary / multispecialty neuro-otology service
15. Demonstrate an ability to identify and organise the specific clinical investigations and onward referrals relevant to the post.
16. Demonstrate an ability to perform the specific clinical procedures, drug manipulations and clinical advice relevant to the post, including management of clinical risk
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
17. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
18. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
19. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
20. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.