Locum Consultant Paediatrician

Main area Paediatrics Grade Consultant Contract 12 months (12 months fixed term contract) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

40 hours per week (10 PAs) Job ref 434-SCS Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/:59

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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
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• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

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We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking team of consultant paediatricians within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

We are seeking a General Paediatrician to play a key role in continuing to deliver our acute paediatric and neonatal services. There is also a new exciting role within our National Spinal Injuries Unit to work closely as their paediatric liaison.

The main purpose of this role will be to provide paediatric perspective for this group of children that are attending for rehabilitation purposes both as inpatients and outpatients. The consultant will provide general paediatric input to children and young people, including weekly ward reviews, MDT participation and high-quality clinical documentation, working collaboratively with the specialist spinal rehabilitation team.

Applications are welcome from those with special interest (s) in spinal injuries or neurological rehabilitation, but this is not essential to the role.

Main duties of the job The successful candidate will join a team of consultants to undertake inpatient and outpatient work in Neonates and General Paediatrics including inpatient ward attending weeks, observation ward attending and on call activities on a pro-rata basis.

Outpatient

• There will be 1 General Paediatric clinics every week across Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospitals ensuring local access for patient-
• Attending 1 spinal MDT clinic / week

On call

• The role will involve Paediatrician of the week (POW) and Neonatologist of the week (NOW) totalling 7 a year.
• There will also be attending weeks for the Children's Observation Unit (COU) within the Children's Emergency Department (CED)1.67 weeks / year. During these days s/he will have no other clinical commitment.
• The post holder will have resident duties on a fixed weekday evening working "Twilight" shifts from 16:00-22:00 hours within the Children's Emergency Department. There will be a weekend twilight shift to cover the Friday to Sunday evenings for 3 weekends a year to ensure that college standards for Facing the Future are fully met.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification Qualifications/Registration

• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Full registration with the General Medical Council. Licence to practice MB, ChB or equivalent
• On GMC specialist register or within 6 months of receipt of CCT in Paediatrics at time of interview
• Formal Qualification in Medical Education

Experience/Training

• MB, ChB or equivalent
• Registration on RCPCH CPD programme
• Level 3 Child protection training.
• Current APLS and NLS provider status (2 for each)
• Have clinical experience of assessing and examining children and young people as appropriate to the role to include safeguarding
• Extensive knowledge of neonatal and general paediatrics
• APLS / NLS Instructor (1 for each)

Clinical and Technical skills

• Ability to diagnose and manage wide variety of illness in children.
• Ability to make good medical notes

Clinical Governance

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving clinical practice.
• Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of clinical governance
• Knowledge of risk management

Leading and Managing

• Drives up standards
• Will follow as well as lead
• Is clear and explicit about standards expected
• Is Visible
• Shows humility
• Delegates appropriately
• Adapts leadership style to situation
• Clear about direction of travel
• Encourages others to question and challenge
• keeps others on board
• Deals with performance issues fairly but clearly
• Listens and acts on what s/he hears
• Influences and negotiates effectively
• Accepts others views
• Confident without being arrogant
• Uses power appropriately

Team Working

• Helps team learn from others
• Develops others
• Shows loyalty to the team
• Is inclusive
• Supports and cares about the team
• Co-operates with other teams

Values

• Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
• Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued
• Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative

Ability, Skills and Knowledge

• Shows concern for individuals
• Recognises work life balance
• Willing to apologise
• Approachable
• Proven undergraduate teaching skills

Transport

• Ability to provide own transport between sites

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

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