Locum Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist
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This post is a replacement post following the retirement of an existing post holder. The post is being advertised as a locum post for a period of 12 months, pending a substantive post. The post‑holder will join a well‑established multidisciplinary team, providing a comprehensive paediatric rheumatology and chronic pain service for the Thames Valley and surrounding region. The appointee will work closely with consultants and allied professionals from the Children’s Hospital Oxford, as well as a number of other DGH’s throughout the region. There are close links with the adult rheumatology service. The appointee will also be part of the regional Chronic Pain service, providing a comprehensive out-patient and intensive day‑case service to young people and families from across the region and beyond.
We are looking for innovative and enthusiastic Consultants with appropriate clinical and leadership abilities. The post holder will be supported by a busy & friendly department and will be encouraged to take part in research & academic development. Close links to the University of Oxford provide an excellent opportunity to develop research interests in a variety of areas.
* Support the clinical team in providing a high quality secondary & tertiary rheumatology service to children & adolescents of Oxfordshire, Thames Valley & neighbouring counties.
* Provide care for acutely unwell children & young people in paediatric & intensive care settings where diagnosis is uncertain or requires multispecialty input, including complex multisystem inflammatory illnesses, hyperinflammation, HLH/MAS etc.
* Support a comprehensive paediatric chronic pain service & link closely with the programme director for rehabilitation service, Dr Konrad Jacobs, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Explore opportunities for further service development & collaboration with Long COVID & chronic fatigue services.
* Support & continue to develop clinical collaboration with other paediatric services in Oxford.
* Provide clinical care, education & support for outreach services & a clinical network for paediatric rheumatology across Oxfordshire & neighbouring areas.
* Contribute to paediatric training in rheumatology & to provision of rheumatology teaching for other postgraduate trainees. Establish & develop sub‑specialty training in paediatric rheumatology.
* Comply with the recommendations of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health over the provision of acute and specialty services for children.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Akhila Kavirayani
Job title: Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist & Clinical Lead
Email: paediatricrheumatology@ouh.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01865 737625
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