Employer Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bradford Teaching Hospital Town Bradford Salary £109,725 - £145,478 PER ANNUM Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2025 23:59
Consultant General Paediatrician SPI Cardiology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The successful candidate would be joining our paediatric cardiology team. The team delivers a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient’s service. Referrals are received from primary care, the ED department, internally from colleagues and from the inpatient ward. The PECs are supported by an experienced sonographer and a second sonographer is building their paediatric experience.
Main duties of the job
General Paediatric duties include 8 ward weeks/year with double Consultant of The Week cover for the Paediatric Wards. One Consultant is in charge of the Children’s Clinical Decision Area provides clinical support to the Ambulatory Care Nurses looking after children at home. The other Consultant is in charge of the Children’s and Young People Unit (Ward 30) and conducts the daily hand overs and ward rounds.
The rota for the year is agreed bi-anually so that outpatient sessions can be cancelled as appropriate and leave factored in.
The Paediatric team provide resident evening cover of the wards until 22:00 throughout the week Monday to Friday and second consultant ward round support at the weekend 08:30-1430.
Duties will also include participation in the on-call rota (all existing full time consultant posts have 2.13 PA/week for on-call duties which includes an allocation for weekend ward rounds) and a contribution to delivering the safeguarding service for non-sexual abuse assessments.
Working for our organisation
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
* We are one team
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
General Paediatric duties include 8 ward weeks/year with double Consultant of The Week cover for the Paediatric Wards. One Consultant is in charge of the Children’s Clinical Decision Area provides clinical support to the Ambulatory Care Nurses looking after children at home. The other Consultant is in charge of the Children’s and Young People Unit (Ward 30) and conducts the daily hand overs and ward rounds.
The rota for the year is agreed bi-anually so that outpatient sessions can be cancelled as appropriate and leave factored in.
The Paediatric team provide resident evening cover of the wards until 22:00 throughout the week Monday to Friday and second consultant ward round support at the weekend 08:30-1430.
Duties will also include participation in the on-call rota (all existing full time consultant posts have 2.13 PA/week for on-call duties which includes an allocation for weekend ward rounds) and a contribution to delivering the safeguarding service for non-sexual abuse assessments.
Person specification
Experience
* Evidence of completing an approved period of training in Paediatrics
Qualifications
* MBChB or equivalent MRCP or FRCS of equivalent to specialty (UK) or equivalent Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) or equivalent CCT or within 6 months of AAC date On Specialist Register with GMC and continue to hold a licence to practice SPIN in Paediatric cardiology or equivalent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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