Children Emergency Department Consultant

at  Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust

We are seeking a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine to join our dynamic and growing team at BHRUT. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of exceptional paediatric emergency care, working with a multidisciplinary team of experienced clinicians, and contributing to the continuous development of our services.
Job purpose
Work across site in the Paediatric Emergency Departments
Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients and for the proper functioning of the Paediatric Emergency Department
Undertake the necessary administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of a clinical department
Be responsible for delivering both shop floor and formal teaching for junior medical staff and medical students
The recruitment of junior medical and such other staff as appropriate for the Paediatric Emergency Department

Run high-quality Paediatric Emergency Service

- - Act as a role model for compassionate and inclusive leadership and take personal responsibility for obtaining feedback on self and ensuring all managers and staff within the directorate are trained in EDI

–Commitment to deliver equality and inclusiveness in all aspects of service line activity

— Take an operational leadership role in improving culture at service line level, delivering key actions as agreed.

- - Cultivate a safe working environment where there is regular opportunity to hear and act on staff experience feedback and deliver on the plans to improve experience.
- - Have difficult conversations and manage performance around behaviour effectively.
- - Lead on obtaining staff feedback via different mechanisms i.e., staff survey.
- - Ensure there are regular walkabouts scheduled to meet and be known to our staff.
- Clearly share an ambitious vision and goals actively aligning all teams through proactive use of the BHRUT appraisal process.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Clinical / operational responsibilities
Supporting Professional Activities
Includes CPD, revalidation, formal teaching, appraisal, audit, Clinical Governance and service development, the post holder will be expected to participate in the process of medical audit, in line with Trust Policy and Royal College guidance
Medical Administration
Office accommodation is provided together with medical secretarial support
Post Graduate Facilities
There are excellent postgraduate facilities at Queen’s and King George, all of which include library services.
Teaching and Continuing Medical Education
All consultants must attend relevant external courses to meet the compulsory professional requirements of the Royal College of Paediatrics Continuing Professional Development Programme. Study leave is available.
Research and Development
The Trust has a well-developed research and development unit and an active interest in medical research is encouraged

- - Cultivate a safe working environment where there is regular opportunity to hear and act on staff experience feedback and deliver on the plans to improve experience.
- - Have difficult conversations and manage performance around behaviour effectively.
- - Lead on obtaining staff feedback via different mechanisms i.e., staff survey.
- - Ensure there are regular walkabouts scheduled to meet and be known to our staff.
- Clearly share an ambitious vision and goals actively aligning all teams through proactive use of the BHRUT appraisal process