Locum Consultant Paediatrician

ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST ST GEORGE'S HOSPITAL, LONDON SW17 0QT Locum Consultant Paediatrician - 6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT 10 PA role Applications are invited for a dynamic, enthusiastic consultant paediatrician to join the Acute General Paediatric Service at St George's Hospital. This is a 6 month fixed term opportunity, with one full-time 10PA post available. The service has undergone expansion in the last 5 years as part of the Trust initiative to comply with acute care standards, enable the provision of a dedicated consultant of the week for the inpatient wards and emergency care and an out of hours rota with a resident consultant presence over extended hours seven days per week. In 2018 an ambulatory unit for children and young people opened, in addition to the paediatric assessment unit in the Children's Emergency Department. This consultant delivered unit has improved emergency flow, reduced inpatient admissions and provides a better quality of care for patients with urgent care needs.

The postholder will work with ten other colleagues to provide a full general paediatric service. This will include a 1:5 attending week with all elective commitments cancelled, to cover either inpatient wards or the ambulatory unit. During these weeks they will provide daily ward rounds/patient reviews, attend board rounds and safety huddles, cover emergency admissions and referrals, liaise with PICU regarding step-down patients and attend the morning and afternoon handover rounds. The non-service weeks are varied and will include outpatient work, education, academic and management activities. A key development in outpatient work in the last five years has been to provide integrated clinics in primary care and improved rapid access general clinics. The post holder will form part of a locality based team within the local area, responsible for delivering an integrated service with primary care practitioners. St George's paediatric department is a highly rated teaching and training centre and there will be plenty of opportunity to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities. We encourage all general paediatric consultants to develop a specialty interest to work within and alongside our specialty colleagues. Currently we are looking for paediatricians with a special interest in asthma, epilepsy and non-malignant haematology.