Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: Consultant Category A - 3% Oncall Supplement
- Hours
- Part time - 8 sessions per week (Consultant Category A - 3% Oncall Supplement)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6399585
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum plus London weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/08/2024
Employer heading
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Consultant in General Paediatrics-Special Interest Diabetes/Endocrine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
Consultant in General Paediatrics With Special Interest in Diabetes and Endocrine
Substantive Post - 8 PA
Barnet Hospital Site
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to appoint a consultant in General Paediatrics, with special interest in Diabetes and Endocrine at Barnet Hospital. This is a new post and is in response to the rising demands of the department.
Working for our organisation
The Paediatric Department consists of a Children’s Ward (24 beds), Pluto day unit (6 beds) and Paediatric outpatient clinic. The department also provides Level 1 POSCU services at this site. The Level 2 Neonatal Unit has 30 cots, 4 of which are equipped for intensive care, 6 High Dependency and a 4-bed transitional care ward.
The Children’s ward (Galaxy) accepts acute paediatric admissions, planned admissions for investigations and surgical cases (both acute and elective work). There are approximately 3,000 medical admissions annually to the ward which operates a ‘Consultant of the week’ system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be a member of the General Paediatric team, contributing to attending weeks and non-resident on call, on an 1:13 rota. The postholder will also be part of an established Diabetes team and will carry out Diabetes and Endocrine clinics at Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals, as well as participate in Diabetes MDT Meetings and the out of hours diabetes rota.
The Diabetes and Endocrine team is lead by Dr Esther Freeman, who is cross-site Lead for this service
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- On the specialist register of the General Medical Council (GMC) for Paediatrics; or
- Registered with the GMC and within 6 months of being accepted for the specialist register for paediatrics at the time of interview
- Membership/Fellowship of Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health / equivalent
- Paediatric Diabetes SPIN or equivalent
- APLS/NLS provider
- Level 3 Child Protection training
Desirable criteria
- APLS/NLS InstructoER
Experience / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience in Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrine subspecialty.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the challenges facing the service
- Demonstrable knowledge of the environment in which the service needs to be delivered
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to take independent and full responsibility of clinical care of paediatric patients.
- Ability to lead and support multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Calm under pressure
- Self-contained with an ability to support team members
- Enthusiasm to participate and teach in dept educational & sim programme
- Effective communication and organisational skills
- Self awareness
Others
Essential criteria
- Member of Medical Defence organisation
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Esther Freeman
- Job title
- Consultant - Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further information on this post please contact Dr Esther Freeman [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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