Overview
This post provides consultant cover to the Paediatric Critical Care Transport service (CoMET). Details of the breakdown between these two areas is described below.
Responsibilities
* Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients referred to CoMET and support for those managing children requiring critical care interventions elsewhere in the hospital and throughout the region
* Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
* Supervise and train junior medical staff
* To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
* Teaching, research and administration.
* To proactively develop the service.
* To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit.
* The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
* Responsibility for the core consultant activity of day-to-day running and leadership of the clinical activities in the paediatric critical care transport services.
* Cover consultant colleagues for absences caused by late night clinical activities or when out on retrieval.
* Participate in audit activities in the directorate relevant to critical care transport.
* These are a continued availability to provide advice or undertake retrievals if required when on for CoMET.
* Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
* The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.
* Assume clinical accountability for the transport service during duty hours.
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of equipment, operational policies, and staffing levels/competencies.
* Coordinate and facilitate urgent conference calls for patients requiring high-priority transfer.
* Provide initial clinical advice and organise discussions between the referring clinician, the designated accepting consultant, and other specialists as needed.
* Triage incoming calls to determine the appropriate transport team composition.
* Offer clinical guidance to the transport team regarding patient management during transfers.
* Personally undertake transfers, particularly when patient acuity requires consultant-level care.
* Support training and development of new team members, including supervised transfers.
* Be involved in appraising and assessing residents.
* Conduct utilisation reviews to ensure effective resource management
* Report incidents in line with a just culture approach to safety.
* Contribute to audit and research initiatives.
* Adhere to all service policies and protocols.
* Participate in the management and continuous improvement of the service.
* Actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit.
* Provide mentoring and support to both medical and nursing staff.
Strategy and Values
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
* high-quality care for all,
* being a great place to work,
* partnerships for impact, and
* research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
* we are compassionate,
* we are proud,
* we are inclusive, and
* we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Assume clinical accountability for the transport service during duty hours.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of equipment, operational policies, and staffing levels/competencies.
Coordinate and facilitate urgent conference calls for patients requiring high-priority transfer.
Provide initial clinical advice and organise discussions between the referring clinician, the designated accepting consultant, and other specialists as needed.
Triage incoming calls to determine the appropriate transport team composition.
Offer clinical guidance to the transport team regarding patient management during transfers.
Personally undertake transfers, particularly when patient acuity requires consultant-level care.
Be involved in appraising and assessing residents.
Conduct utilisation reviews to ensure effective resource management
Report incidents in line with a just culture approach to safety.
Contribute to audit and research initiatives.
Adhere to all service policies and protocols.
Participate in the management and continuous improvement of the service.
Actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit.
Provide mentoring and support to both medical and nursing staff.
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