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Locum Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The Children's Cardiorespiratory and Intensive Care Directorate are currently seeking a full time locum paediatric respiratory consultant. The successful candidate will have a broad expertise in PRM. The candidate should have completed national grid specialist respiratory training or its equivalent and ideally have engaged in research and obtained or be engaged in achieving a higher degree.

The Evelina London Children's Hospital is seeking 1 full-time (up to 10 PA) specialist consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. The post will join the other paediatric respiratory specialists in providing a respiratory clinical service arising from the increased number of tertiary referrals to the respiratory, airway, sleep and ventilation services and the need to provide additional support to the wide-range of specialist children's services based at the Evelina London Children's Hospital.

This new post will add additional clinical support to the general respiratory inpatient cover and outpatient general respiratory clinics. An interest in the following specialist areas is encouraged:

• Asthma and Severe and Difficult to Control Asthma Service
• The Respiratory Assessment Unit
• Long term ventilation service including existing inpatient and outpatient respiratory and long-term ventilation services and the development of a regional LTV network.
• Complex Airway & Interventional Bronchoscopy Service

The post-holder will be expected to take a role in research and development to keep the Evelina at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence, and to participate in the teaching programs of the department.

Evelina London is part ofGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trustand we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy's and St Thomas'

Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life for children, young people and for womenfrom London, South East England, and - for some rare conditions - around the UK and the world.

As the only NHS Trust in London with women's and specialist children's services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through four clinical directorates: Neonatology and Medical Specialties, Surgical Services, Theatres and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children's Community Services and Women's Services.

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Job Summary:

• To provide children's respiratory services to the Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development

Provide High Quality Care to Patients

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

£24.48 - £34.27 bank rate according to banding

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