Consultant General Paediatrician with interest in eating disorders
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:
* Caring for each other - in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
* Working together as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first
* Always improving - so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.
Job overview
We wish to appoint a Consultant Paediatrician to join our team of dedicated general paediatricians. As well as providing support to our patient inpatient unit and outpatients, the successful candidate would work 2 sessions per week alongside CAMHS colleagues as the paediatric link for the eating disorder service.
You will be expected to participate in the Consultant on call rota (1:14) and current service week arrangements at Morriston Hospital undertaken. This is an eight session post with appropriate sessions for supporting professional activities. The department envisages that this would be divided as eight sessions for general paediatric duties including inpatient and outpatient and two sessions working with the eating disorder service.
The CAMHs Eating Disorder Service carries out approximately 2 assessments each week for young people with a suspected eating disorder. This is an exciting opportunity to develop the role of the link paediatrician, but it is currently envisaged that you will support the wider CAMHs Eating Disorder MDT in the physical health assessment of these young people and developing an expertise within the physical health challenges of children with an eating disorder.
You will also support the multidisciplinary team with their expertise in physical health for the wider eating disorder caseload. There will also be opportunities to help develop the eating disorder service including supporting local policy and guidelines.
Main duties of the job
Your role as part of a multi-disciplinary team will include responsibility for the provision of clinical care for children and young people focusing on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. Your management responsibilities will include the safe, efficient and effective functioning of the services in which you work in line with the values, operational policies and integrated medium term plan (IMTP) of the Health Board.
You are encouraged to consider how services can be improved and to report any concerns about safety. You will participate in the Consultant on call rota at Morriston Hospital, with prospective cover. In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the Health Board. Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinic will be required to undertake such duties.
There may be changes to the consultant working patterns as part of improving workforce within the department. You will adhere to all policies which cover radiation exposures as currently outlined in IRMER regulations. The Health Board is committed to meet its obligations to minimise infection. You will be required to comply with current procedures for the control of infection, including dress-code, to challenge non-compliance by colleagues, and to attend training. You may be asked to be the Educational Supervisor for trainees. This will involve overseeing their training and being the initial source of advice for doctors regarding their careers.
Working for our organisation
Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.
Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings (Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings.
We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.
The Health Board is part of a Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered with the GMC
* Licensed to practice
* On Specialist Register with GMC
* CCT in Paediatrics or equivalent, or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview, or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by GMC, or a primary medical qualification and recognised specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
* Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
* Valid BLS Training
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Valid APLS and NLS
Experience
* Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi‑disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (“Working Together”)
* Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (“Always Improving”)
* Values partnership with other agencies (“Working Together”)
* Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit
* Evidence of undertaking or participating in clinical research
* Experience of eating disorder in children and young people
Skills & Abilities
* Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
* Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change (“Working Together”)
* Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare (“Caring for each other”)
* Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly (“Caring for each other”)
* Understands information systems and technology
* Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service (“Always Improving”)
Personal Attributes
* Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
* Ability to undertake on-call
* A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service (“Always Improving”)
* Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development
* Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy‑making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.
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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.
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