Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Infectious Diseases

Purpose of role:

The Rainbow Paediatric Infectious Diseases service is a tertiary, national service, delivered currently by 4 WTE consultants. This is a very busy, ever expanding service dealing with the most complex patients. The service deals with approx. 70 consults/month in CHI Crumlin and Temple Street with daily, consultant delivered, ward rounds. In addition, the Paediatric Infectious Diseases service provides a 24/7, 365 national on-call service to paediatricians, GPs, and public health professionals around the country providing telephone consultations and accepting inpatient transfers when required. The PID service work closely with our clinical microbiology colleagues and have a number of weekly meetings including anti-microbial stewardship rounds.

Purpose of role:

The Rainbow Paediatric Infectious Diseases service is a tertiary, national service, delivered currently by 4 WTE consultants. This is a very busy, ever expanding service dealing with the most complex patients. The service deals with approx. 70 consults/month in CHI Crumlin and Temple Street with daily, consultant delivered, ward rounds. In addition, the Paediatric Infectious Diseases service provides a 24/7, 365 national on-call service to paediatricians, GPs, and public health professionals around the country providing telephone consultations and accepting inpatient transfers when required. The PID service work closely with our clinical microbiology colleagues and have a number of weekly meetings including anti-microbial stewardship rounds.

The successful candidate will be required to contribute to all aspects of the Paediatric Infectious Disease service and to work across CHI sites and services in line with organisational requirements and the development of the new children's hospital and associated services.

Essential Criteria: Mandatory Professional Qualifications and Experience:

• Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of Paediatrics

AND

• At least Two years certified postgraduate training in Paediatric Infectious Disease

The successful interviewee must be registered as a specialist in the relevant specialty on the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland, within 180 days of the day of interview and before taking up appointment. In exceptional circumstances proleptic appointments may be considered for candidates engaged in relevant training programmes. The Consultant must, at all times while continuing to hold office, continue to be registered with the Medical Council of Ireland. Documentary evidence of Medical Council Registration is required and must be produced annually to the Medical Administration Department within the Children's Health Ireland. Should the successful candidate not be registered as a Specialist at that time, the post may be offered to the next suitable candidate. Should no suitable candidate exist, a further recruitment process may be initiated.

Desirable Professional Qualifications and Experience:

• Higher degree MSc, MD, PhD in Paediatric Infectious Disease or related area
• Previous research in the subspecialty of Paediatric Infectious Disease
• Leadership and MDT management skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Knowledge of governance and service reform within Irish paediatric healthcare.
• Teaching and audit leadership skills

Essential Skills / Competencies / Knowledge:

• Significant experience in clinical practice in delivery of acute unscheduled care at both local and national levels
• Experienced clinician with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals
• Experience of developing, applying and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making
• Excellent inter-personal skills, including experience and familiarity with public, professional, media and political communications and stakeholder relations
• Demonstrate commitment to fostering partnerships, multi-professional and multi-disciplinary relationships
• Demonstrate a knowledge and undertaking of the current governance structures and anticipated changes with the establishment of the new children's hospital
• Experience in reconfiguring acute services across organisations and regions
• Demonstrate leadership and team management skills including the ability to manage his/her staff and service and work with multi-disciplinary team members
• Experience of operating in complex and challenging environments
• Knowledge of the Irish health sector, national health programmes and health reform agendas
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Effective change management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Risk and issue management skills
• Ability to recognise and respect the expertise of others and the contribution of team members and harness good teamwork and open contributions to enable the achievement of programme aims
• Demonstrate evidence of effective planning and organising skills including awareness of resource management
• Have excellent computer skills, competencies and knowledge of hospital data/ information systems