Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

5 days ago

About the role

This is a replacement/reconfiguration substantive post resulting from changes toorganisationofconsultantteam to deliver the existing respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis service. The post holder will join an established Respiratory and Cystic fibrosis service which provides tertiary respiratory care including Cystic fibrosis, Long-term ventilation, Sleep, Difficult asthma, Primary ciliary dyskinesia,Bronchiectasisand several other conditions.

The post holder will join an established Respiratory and Cystic fibrosis (CF) service which provides tertiary respiratory care including in CF, long term ventilation, sleep problems, difficult asthma, non-Cf bronchiectasis, Primary ciliarydyskinesiaand several other conditions. The post holder willparticipatein general respiratory and CF service outpatientprovisionand there is provision to develop a subspeciality interest in LTV and sleep based on post holder's experience and service needs. There is alsoscopeto support the development of CF service provision with newer expectations and specifications and lung function testing.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registration
MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
On the GMC's Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
Appropriate progression of career to date
Minimum of 2 years specialist training in units approved for training by Respiratory CSAC (RCPCH) or an established consultant in Respiratory Paediatrics elsewhere with equivalent experience.
Competent in all aspects of the paediatric respiratory training curriculum for inpatient and outpatient management and competent in performing flexible bronchoscopy, reporting complex lung function tests and sleep study reporting.
Skills to manage acutely ill child in setting of complex/ chronic respiratory issues Ability to interpret various specialist lung function tests
Experience in managing safeguarding cases
Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
Valid BLS training
Good knowledge and skills in clinical governance, patient safety and child protection procedures
Completed audit cycle
Experience of management and leadership
Evidence of development of innovative approaches to healthcare delivery
Experience in developing and motivating staff
Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English
Capacity to gain confidence and trust from others
Excellent communication skills
Able to build strong and effective relationships with patients, families and colleagues
Ability to cope with pressure from unexpected or urgent clinical situations
Flexible and able to lead a professional team
The ability to organise workload and prioritise competing demands, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
Empathy, listening skills and patience
Ability to work within team
Honesty and integrity
IT literacy
"Training the trainers" training or equivalent Commitment to teaching and training
Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
Ability to fulfil all of the duties of the post, including on-call commitments and travel requirements
Satisfactory Enhanced DBS and required immigration status

Desirable

Higher Degree (MD, PhD, etc)
Management training
Special experience in long-term ventilation, difficult asthma and sleep to complement current interests within department
Valid APLS
Influenced guideline or protocol development and effected change in practice
Attendance at recognised management course
Evidence of some Regional or National experience of committee work
Innovation and an excellent ability to respond to and cope with change