Locum Consultant in General Paediatrics

at  Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust

This is a Fixed Term Post for one year to cover Maternity leave. It is an exciting opportunity to join our friendly, enthusiastic and innovative team of general paediatricians within a leading tertiary paediatric centre. The General Paediatrics team at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BWCH) provide secondary level general paediatric services to the children and young people of Birmingham. In addition, we support the care of children with complex health needs, working closely with colleagues from medical and surgical specialties.
You will be part of a team of 14 WTE Consultants (including this post), trainees (including paediatric ST1-8s, general practice and foundation year trainees), clinical fellows and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

• Provide high quality, consultant-led paediatric medical care to children and young people referred from general practitioners and/or other colleagues, in both the acute and outpatient setting
• To take part in the on-call consultant rota for general paediatric medicine at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
• To support specialty colleagues in the management of paediatric medical problems, including child protection issues and the co-ordination of care for children with complex needs when necessary.
• To contribute to advice and guidance services for primary care as required
• To participate in quality improvement initiatives within the general paediatric department
• To facilitate research within the general paediatric department
• To participate in governance activities within the department of general paediatrics including audit, development of clinical guidelines and morbidity / mortality reviews
• To provide educational & clinical supervision for trainees and non-training grade staff
• To undertake medical student teaching.

• Provide high quality, consultant-led paediatric medical care to children and young people referred from general practitioners and/or other colleagues, in both the acute and outpatient setting
• To take part in the on-call consultant rota for general paediatric medicine at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
• To support specialty colleagues in the management of paediatric medical problems, including child protection issues and the co-ordination of care for children with complex needs when necessary.
• To contribute to advice and guidance services for primary care as required
• To participate in quality improvement initiatives within the general paediatric department
• To facilitate research within the general paediatric department
• To participate in governance activities within the department of general paediatrics including audit, development of clinical guidelines and morbidity / mortality reviews
• To provide educational & clinical supervision for trainees and non-training grade staff
• To undertake medical student teaching