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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:        

·       Provide diagnostic opinion on patients with paediatric syndromes as part of a multi-professional team and with appropriate consultant support.

·       Ensure appropriate diagnostic testing is undertaken and the results of these and their implications are communicated to referrers patients, relevant family members, primary care team and other involved clinicians as appropriate.

·       Ensure appropriate follow up arrangements are made for patients and family members.

·       Work in collaboration with laboratory staff to ensure that appropriate diagnostic testing is undertaken and that the most clinically effective use of these resources is made.

·       Participate in Genomic MDT Meetings to facilitate interpretation of Genomic test results

·       Participate in regular Department and multidisciplinary team meetings as appropriate.

·       Undertake clinical duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.

·       Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Physicians or Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Heath.

·       Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays

·       It is a condition of employment that so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:

be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control

attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control

include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development

take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues. 

Administrative:

·       Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of Northern Genetics Service

·        Undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives 

Research: 

·       Although the appointee will be not be expected to participate substantively in clinical research and service innovation, there are potential opportunities to recruit patients to research studies with the support from R&D as well as develop their own research interests. 

Teaching:

·       Participate in teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students and health professionals appropriate for level of expertise. 

Flexibility: 

In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend.  As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.