About this role
Job summary
Applications are invited for 2 Consultant Pediatricians' with interest in Neonates.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides maternity and neonatal services across its two main acute sites: Scunthorpe General Hospital (SGH) and the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (DPOW), Grimsby. Together, the Trust supports a combined birth activity of approximately 4,800 births per year, comprising around 2,100 births at SGH and 2,700 births at DPOW.
Neonatal admissions at both sites arise directly from the Labour Ward(SGH)/ LDRP maternity model (DPOW) and the postnatal wards. Infants requiring ongoing specialist care are managed within the respective LNUs wherever clinically appropriate Babies under 30 weeks at SGH and under 27 weeks at DPOW or those requiring neonatal surgery or complex cardiac intervention are transferred in utero or ex utero via the regional transport service according to ODN pathways.
Both hospitals maintain a strong focus on Perinatal optimisation standards (BAPM), Avoiding Term Admissions (ATAIN) and NNAP quality measures.
Robust transitional care models to reduce separation of mothers and babies (supported at DPOW by the LDRP model and at SGH via dedicated transitional care cots).
Main duties of the job
As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's Patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -
To ensure the provision of a high standard clinical service.
To provide effective leadership to the junior doctors and medical students
To undertake all work in accordance to the Trust's procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's operational group service plans.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description Job responsibilities General Paediatric Responsibilities
Participation in consultant-of-the-week rota (approx. 1:10), providing senior decision-making, acute assessment and ward leadership.
Non-resident on-call rota (approx. 1:10) providing acute paediatric, neonatal and safeguarding Level 3 support.
Outpatient responsibilities including general paediatrics, rapid-access clinics and developmental follow-up.
Supervision and teaching of junior doctors, ANNPs, nurses and allied health professionals.
Neonatal Specialist Interest Responsibilities Lead daily neonatal ward rounds during neonatal consultant-of-the-week commitments.
Provide Antenatal counselling clinics
Support weekly neonatal grand rounds
Provide senior leadership for neonatal resuscitation and stabilisation, including infants requiring tertiary transfer.
Deliver antenatal counselling for high-risk pregnancies in collaboration with obstetrics and fetal medicine teams.
Support and develop transitional care pathways in collaboration with maternity services.
Lead neonatal governance activities including NNAP, ATAIN, BAPM compliance and incident review.
Participate in ODN and LMNS meetings and contribute to regional neonatal service development.
Participate in Perinatal Mortality meetings/PMRT /Clinical audit
Provide neonatal education including simulation training and NLS teaching.
Act as consultant lead for neonatal outreach and developmental follow-up pathways.
Person Specification
EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS Essential
Registerable Medical Degree MBBS MRCPCH Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training MRCPCH by examination or equivalent Valid BLS Training Sub-speciality interest in Neonates (SPIN equivalent)
Desirable
An appropriate higher degree, eg an MD, PhD or higher degree
ELIGIBILITY Essential
Full GMC registration On the GMC's Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on Specialist Register at the point of application
KNOWLEDGE AND CLINICAL SKILLS Essential
Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of paediatric conditions Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients Ability to prioritise and organise work effectively Willingness to participate in and lead on multi-disciplinary teams, balancing departmental and personal objectives
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNIATION SKILLS Essential
All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues Demonstrate clarity in written/spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation Capacity to listen and take in others' perspectives Always considers the full impact of clinical decisions on patients, practice shared decision making
Desirable
Patient survey feedback and reflections
SPECIALITY SPECIFIC SKILLS RELATED TO POST Essential
Appropriate to the holding of a Consultant Paediatrician with wide experience in General and Neonatal paediatrics. Experience in Safeguarding children. Awareness of new developments in the speciality with ability to critically assess the impact of these on the service. Able to support colleagues in constructively challenging other professionals, when appropriate, in the best interests of children. Able to participate in organisation training need analysis, and to teach and educate health service professional and multi-agency partners as part of a team of willingness and ability to fulfill the key elements of the job description
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 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Address DPOW
Scartho Road
Grimsby
DN33 2BA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)