Thisis a 10 PA locum appointment for a Consultant Paediatrician. This post isavailable immediately, for a 6-month period.
Thispost will deliver 10 PAs supporting the General Paediatric team.
Thepost will be based at the Leeds Children's Hospital at the Leeds GeneralInfirmary.
Thesuccessful applicant should hold accreditation in Paediatrics in the RoyalCollege of Paediatrics and Child Health or equivalent, and should be on theSpecialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register fortrainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have referenceswhich have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and ClinicalDirector.
Applicantsshould have established skills in General Paediatrics. Excellent communicationand team working skills, a strong commitment to teaching and servicedevelopment are essential.
Considerationwill be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and thosewishing to job share. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit thehospital, which can be arranged by contacting:
AvanishTantry, General Paediatrician and Lead Clinician
Avanish.Tantry@nhs.net
01133920735
RuthKirby, Service Manager
0113 3923343
Main duties of the job
Delivercare to patients with common paediatric illnesses at the Leeds ChildrensHospital
Supervision of patients
Care of in-patients
Contribute to SpecialistMulti-disciplinary team meetings
Linkwith Consultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within theChildrens Hospital.
Workwith colleagues in general paediatrics to deliver acute ward services andproviding support for resident doctors.
Contributeto research, teaching and new developments within the Childrens Hospital. Thepost holder will be encouraged to facilitate and contribute to the currentclinical research programs on going in the department.
Contributetowards the Consultant led triage of acute GP referrals to the CAT unit, providing e-mail advice to GPs,triage of all elective referrals to the service and participating in theprovision of community GP hubs.
Workwith the safeguarding/child protection team and partners in other agencies toconduct safeguarding assessments.
About us
Thepost will be based at Leeds General Infirmary. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is onethe largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinicalexpertise and medical technology. Wecare for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents ofLeeds itself. The Trust has a budget of£1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensuresthat every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds orout-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients,200,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites alllinked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialistand integrated care.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.
Job responsibilities
Thispost is a locum post for a period of 6 months
1. BACKGROUND
Thisis a 10PA locum appointment for a Consultant In General Paediatrics.
Thispost will deliver 10PAs supporting the General Paediatrics team.
Thepost will be based at Leeds General Infirmary. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is onethe largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinicalexpertise and medical technology. Wecare for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents ofLeeds itself. The Trust has a budget of£1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensuresthat every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds orout-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients,200,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites alllinked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialistand integrated care.
Weare looking for a new enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our existinggroup of consultants who are all highly motivated and committed to developingexcellent services for patients. The expectations of all members of themulti-disciplinary team are high. The team consists of consultants with variousspecialist interests, including immunology and infectious diseases,respiratory, nephrology, eating disorders and secondary epilepsy. The role willinclude acute work in the Childrens Assessment and Treatment unit (CAT) and onthe Childrens inpatient wards, as well as outpatient work in the form ofgeneral paediatric clinics.
Therole has a vast mixture of secondary and tertiary paediatrics supporting anextensive array of other tertiary specialists across Leeds Childrens Hospital.
LeedsChildrens Hospital caters to every paediatric sub-specialty under one roof. Italso has close links with the adult hospital, within the same building, whichenables smooth transition of care from paediatrics to adults.
Theteam is developing exciting new pathways to make the department more efficient,improve patient experience as well as providing an excellent experience tojunior doctors in training. Over the years there has been a significantoverhaul of the workforce and this has now resulted in the appointments ofqualified advanced nurse practitioners, trainee ANPs, as well as specialtydoctors, who complement the junior doctor workforce.
2. OBJECTIVES OF THE POST
2.1 To deliver care to patients with commonpaediatric illnesses at the Leeds Childrens Hospital
Supervision of patients
Care of in-patients
Contribute to SpecialistMulti-disciplinary team meetings
2.2 To link with Consultant colleagues inother relevant site specialist teams within the Childrens Hospital.
2.3 To work with colleagues in generalpaediatrics to deliver acute ward services and providing support for residentdoctors.
2.4 To contribute to research, teaching andnew developments within the Childrens Hospital. The post holder will beencouraged to facilitate and contribute to the current clinical researchprograms on going in the department.
2.5 To contribute towards the Consultant ledtriage of acute GP referrals to the CATunit, providing e-mail advice to GPs, triage of all elective referralsto the service and participating in the provision of community GP hubs.
2.6 Work with the safeguarding/childprotection team and partners in other agencies to conduct safeguardingassessments.
THELEEDS WAY VALUES
Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this asa strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staffand set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Accountable
Empowered
Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of AcuteTrusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across WestYorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care forour patients.
Bybringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshireand Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward changeto deliver the highest quality care. Byworking for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be apart of that change.
WYAATis the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and CarePartnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. ThePartnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health andwellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports thatambition.
3. REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST
3.1 General Training and Qualifications
The appointee must holdaccreditation in Paediatrics in the Royal College of Paediatrics and ChildHealth or equivalent and have completed higher specialist training (orequivalent) if currently in a training programme within the UK.
Applicantsmust be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted tothe Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK orhave references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director andClinical Director.
Applicantsmust provide information regarding their status from the GMC and/or relevantRoyal College at the time of application, in order for their application to beprogressed further.
3.2 Experience
Theappointee must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience andcompetence in all aspects of General Paediatrics. It is desirable that thecandidates have experience in the conduct of clinical trials.
3.3Person specification
See person specificationdocument.
3.4 Clinical Audit
Theappointee will be expected to contribute and, where appropriate, take the leadin the following:
Mortality and morbidity meetings;
Development and application of agreedclinical guidelines.
Thisis to be included in allocated time in the individuals job plan as asupporting programmed activity. It wouldbe expected that the time allocated for this would include attendance at therelevant departmental audit meeting(s) and that such attendance would berecorded (in accordance with the Trusts clinical audit policy).
Inthe discharge of these responsibilities the candidate will be expected tomaintain and update his/her skills and knowledge through appropriate continuingmedical education.
4. TEACHING
TheTrust as a teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with theUniversity of Leeds, School of Medicine for the undergraduate teaching and allConsultant and medical staff are required to provide an appropriatecontribution to the undergraduate teaching programme.
Thepost-holder will be required to participate in the undergraduate teachingprogramme for the school of Medicine, University of Leeds, which is organisedon a speciality or clinical area basis.
Thepost-holder will be required to collaborate with clinical colleagues to deliverappropriate undergraduate teaching in accordance with the Trust contract withthe NHS Executive in association with the University of Leeds.
The appointee will be expected, with colleagues toalso contribute to the teaching of postgraduates, including the teachingprogramme for SpRs in General Paediatrics in the Local Education and TrainingBoard.
Person Specification
Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills
* Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
* Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
* Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
* Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
Qualifications
* MB BS (or equivalent)
* Membership Examination of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health or equivalent qualification.
Experience
* Should have completed a recognised training programme General Paediatrics.
* Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in General Paediatrics.
* Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills
* Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
* Eligibility to work in the UK.
* Is up to date and fit to practise safely
* All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
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.
General Paediatrician and Lead Clinician
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