Consultant Paediatrician

Overview

In this role you will provide consultant-led paediatric care across acute and general services, including PAU, inpatient and outpatient settings, at Manor Hospital. You will participate in the PCOW model and out-of-hours on-call, and drive service development, quality improvement and multidisciplinary collaboration. You will also contribute to teaching, training, safeguarding and research activities, with scope to develop a subspecialist interest. This is an opportunity to shape paediatric care within a Trust-wide, integrated service.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led care across PAU, inpatient, day-case and outpatient services
• Participate in PCOW and Tier 3 on-call rota to ensure safe, high-quality care
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, primary care, community services and tertiary centres
• Develop acute paediatric pathways and innovative models of care
• Support teaching, training and supervision of junior staff and students
• Engage in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, appraisal and revalidation
• Provide senior clinical leadership and contribute to safeguarding services
• Develop and deliver a subspecialist interest aligned with departmental needs
• Provide cover for colleagues during leave and manage acute commitments
• Supervise and train junior medical staff and participate in mandatory training
• Participate in teaching programmes for junior doctors and medical students and act as educational supervisor
• Contribute to evidence-based practice and participate in research as appropriate

Key requirements

• MBChB or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• GMC Specialist Registration: CCT or CESR or in final stages of application
• APLS/EPALS or equivalent provider status
• Children Safeguarding Level 3 Training
• Broad range of general Paediatric knowledge and experience at middle grade level or higher
• Experience of leading children's safeguarding process

• Effective communication and liaison with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team
• enthusiasm for teaching doctors and nurses
• Clinical governance, audit and quality improvement (QI)
• Participation in safeguarding processes and safeguarding governance
• On-call and rota management

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