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Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant General Paediatricians to join a growing team of General and Community Paediatricians at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.  The Paediatric team provide services from a dedicated Children’s Outpatient department, as well as a 24 hour Children’s Short Stay Assessment Unit and a Special Care Baby Unit.

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The proposed job plan for the post will consist of up to 8.5 DCC PAs and 1.5 SPAs. For candidates wishing to work less than full time an appropriate job plan can be negotiated.  

The posts include contributing to the general paediatric service with some daytime support of the acute service, general paediatric outpatient clinics and participating in the acute paediatric consultant on-call rota at the QE Gateshead. Applications from candidates with Community Paediatrics experience will also be welcomed.

Contribution to the ongoing improvement and development of services is an integral part of the consultant role but is particularly important to the department at this time when there is redevelopment of the out-patient services. The appointee will also be expected to contribute to all areas of teaching and training. 

Candidates must hold the MRCPCH (UK) or equivalent qualification and have CCT in General Paediatrics or be in an approved training program within 6 months of expected CCT date at time of interview.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the BAME network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our armed forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.