ConsultantPaediatricsFixed Term

Locum Consultant Paediatrician with interest in Diabetes-Endocrinology

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Carshalton

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

We are currently looking to recruit a Locum Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Diabetes & Endocrinology to Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital, to help deliver our service in the boroughs of Merton and Sutton. This post is a temporary post and will be based at St Helier hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with the acute General Paediatric team during working hours to provide routine day to day acute paediatric services. We currently offer our patients a wide range of acute paediatric and community services including Diabetes & Endocrinology which this post is expected to contribute to. The post holder will be attending Consultant on a 1 in 5 week basis and on the General Paediatric ward and join the on call team with a 1 in 8 on call frequency. As an organisation we are committed to develop our services in a collaborative manner with the local authorities, in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.

Locum Consultant Paediatrician with interest in Diabetes-Endocrinology

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

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The successful applicant will play a crucial role in ensuring the team continue to deliver a high quality service and will be involved in strategic planning of services with our local partners. The post holder will join a team of 13 Acute Paediatric Consultants and 2 Associate Specialists. There are also 14 middle grade and 16 junior doctors on the acute paediatric and neonatal rotas, in addition to Clinical Nurse Specialist for Epilepsy, Asthma, Allergy, Diabetes and Neurodisability. Routine educational activities include weekly junior doctor teaching programme in addition to Quality meetings, Child Protection Peer review and Mortality & Morbidity meetings run as part of the monthly programme. There will be opportunities to build and further teaching and training ambitions, as we have middle grade trainees within the department For any queries, please contact Dr Mashhood Ayaz ext 3031 or Dr Arun Kundu ext 8093 at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Person specification

Essential

Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT
Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCPH or equivalent
APLS and NLS provider
High standard of Training, clinical skills and expertise in the Acute General Paediatrics and Special interest in Diabetes/Endocrinology
Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for the specialty
Safeguarding level 3 training
Strong communication skills
Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Teaching experience
Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
Work as one team - communicate, collaborate and share
Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening
Ability to contribute to change management
Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
Ability to critically review research
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
Good interpersonal skills, Enquiring, critical approach to work
Ability to communicate with patients and relatives

Desirable

MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
APLS instructor
Evidence of further training and experience in Diabetes/Endocrinology
Evidence of special interest
Experience of supervising junior doctors
Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups
Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Publications in peer review journals