Locum Consultant Paediatrician

Overview

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership and support to the paediatric service; delivering outpatient and inpatient care at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. The post holder will actively participate with the existing team in developing a comprehensive integrated paediatric diabetes and endocrinology service incorporating the Best Practice Tariff (BPT) requirement, Paediatric Diabetes Peer Review standards and national standards relating to transition of care in paediatric diabetes and endocrinology. The post holder will need to contribute to the delivery of services which are financially responsible and efficient. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the provision of high quality postgraduate experience and teaching to doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in training including Advanced Clinical practitioners and Physician Associates. The post holder will need to work closely with clinicians and colleagues from neighbouring NHS organisations regarding clinical care which is relevant to this speciality and post-holder.

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric Diabetes Services and Hull Royal Infirmary include a dedicates multidisciplinary team which includes three consultants ( fourth -vacant post), 4 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist nurses (3.98 WTE) , 3 Paediatric Dietitian (1.6WTE), clinical psychologists and one dedicated diabetes administrator. There is a well-developed insulin pump and CGM service. The MDT is part of Children and Young People Diabetes Network (Yorkshire and Humber) and also affiliated to the Local Diabetes Network, which promotes regular interaction with the adult diabetes team, patient representatives and local commissioners. The unit has regularly participated in the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit and peer review programme. We have an established transition service for patients aged 16 to 18 years. The post holder will be expected to consolidate transition services in both paediatric diabetes and endocrinology. This post will help the MDT deliver outpatient consultations in accordance to the BPT and establish an out of hours on-call rota for paediatric diabetes.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification
Professional Qualifications and Skills

• Full GMC registration


• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the CCT


• Successful completion of RCPCH SPIN module in diabetes


• MD or other post-graduate qualification relevant to this post.


• Experience and/or qualification in Research

Clinical Experience and effectiveness

• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both elective and emergency within speciality


• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients


• Experience of audit / clinical outcomes


• Understanding of performance measures


• Ability to manage all the typical cases seen in a secondary care diabetes and endocrine service


• Ability to independently perform and interpret complex endocrinology investigations


• Appropriate experience of managing paediatric endocrinology cases in secondary care setting.


• Extensive experience in managing paediatric diabetes, including modern technologies.


• Experience in managing complex child protection cases

Research

• Knowledge and skills in research techniques


• Published research

Teaching and Training Experience

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff


• Ability and willingness to teach clinical and operative skills


• Ability and willingness to teach in clinical and non clinical settings

Management and administrative experience

• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of service.


• Ability to organise and manage own workload and that of the associated team.


• Ability to manage and lead a team.


• Good leadership skills


• Evidence of management and administration experience

Personal attributes

• Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate


• Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.


• Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.


• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.


• Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently


• Formal management training


• Staff Management; Experience of clinical management, developing and motivating staff.


• Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust