About this role
Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Emergency Paediatrics to be based at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Hospital in Cramlington on a full time or part-time basis.
The successful candidate will have expertise in General and Emergency Paediatrics and will have a role in the ongoing development of the Children's Unit at the Northumbria Hospital.
You will work alongside other consultant paediatricians and participate in the training of junior doctors and paediatric advanced clinical practitioners in the department. When on duty your main role will be to provide and co-ordinate patient care in the Children's Emergency Department. There are opportunities to develop a regular out-patient clinic as well as teaching, training and service improvement.
The post is for 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week which includes regular on-site working in the evenings and at weekends. There is no regular overnight on call commitment.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The post will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops. Full and part-time applications are welcomed and the content of the job will be agreed with individual candidates.
The Job Plan will typically include an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 1.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities (if full time). A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 4 and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application. MRCPCH APLS provider (or equivalent)
Experience & Knowledge Essential
Clinical training and experience in paediatrics equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in general paediatrics High standard of clinical skill and expertise in general paediatric medicine Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of general paediatric problems both emergency and elective and child protection Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
Paediatric Emergency Medicine training/SPIN module Recent neonatal experience
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)