General Paediatric Locum Consultant

at  University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Division: Children’s, Women’s & Diagnostics
Job Title: Locum Paediatric Consultant
Grade: Locum Consultant
Location: University Hospitals of North Midlands
Hours of Duty: 10.0384 PA
Managerially accountable to: Clinical Director
Professionally accountable to: Clinical Director
Medical Director
Key Relationships: Consultant and other medical colleagues
Clinical Director
Directorate Manager
Divisional & Directorate Management
Senior Nursing colleagues
This post is based at Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University
Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond.
This post is to provide general paediatric outpatient clinics.
Staffordshire Children’s Hospital is part of UHNM which has two sites: Royal Stoke University Hospital, located in Stoke-on-Trent, and County Hospital, located in Stafford. The Staffordshire Children’s Hospital is based at the Royal Stoke site, all inpatient services for children are there. Outpatient clinics run at both sites.
The Paediatric Department is one of the largest in the country with a number of sub speciality areas receiving tertiary care referrals. The Trust has a purpose built Children’s Centre comprising of inpatient wards, Children’s A&E and admissions unit and outpatients department adjacent to the Child Development Centre. The Child Health Directorate provides a wide range of services encompassing acute paediatrics, paediatric and neonatal intensive care, outpatients and community paediatrics. We also provide consultant support to the children’s emergency centre and deliver a range of paediatric general and speciality clinics on the County Hospital site.
Flexible working requests will be considered.
This post is based at Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond.
This post is for a General Paediatric Consultant with specialist Children’s Palliative Care. The successful candidate will become part of a team of 15 whole time equivalent consultants delivering acute paediatric services.
Participate in the on-call rota of 1:12, which includes resident on call up to 10pm weekdays.
Take on-going responsibility for patients under your care.
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues in other specialties
Develop and maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external
Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit. This will include the development and maintenance of appropriate systems and practices to ensure continued safe clinical
Ensure own practice is up-to-date. This will involve taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the Trust’s Performance and Annual Review
Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of
Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and
Take responsibility for improving and complying with infection control practices
Ensure that all Trust-wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Take part in meetings and other activities as agreed with the Clinical Director
In conjunction with Consultant colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of directorate staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the directorate
In conjunction with the Directorate Manager and Consultant colleagues, to take a role in the daily business of the directorate and to develop the service in accordance with the Trust’s strategic direction.
Provide education, training and support for both trainee and non-trainee Emergency Medicine medical staf

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