Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A major health trust in the UK is seeking a Locum Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant in Bristol. The role includes working within a busy children's emergency department, contributing to patient care, and supporting innovative services. Applicants should hold a CCT in either Paediatric or Emergency Medicine and must have essential qualifications like APLS provider status. Experience in child protection is desirable. This is an exciting opportunity in a forward-thinking, award-winning trust.

Qualifications

• Specialist register for Paediatric Medicine or Emergency Medicine.
• Experience of Child Protection Issues is desirable.
• In date APLS provider status is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Locum Consultant in the Children's Emergency Department.
• Contribute to a new same-day telephone advice service.
• Oversee the busy inner-city teaching hospital's pediatric emergency services.

Skills

Clinical focus

Child Protection Issues

Paediatric transfer/retrieval

Major trauma experience

Education

CCT in Paediatric Medicine

CCT in Emergency Medicine

Tools

APLS provider status

EPLS

ATLS

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to recruit one highly motivated and clinically focussed individual to work as an 8PA Locum Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant with the opportunity to take an additional 2PA working with BrisDoc on the Paediatric Advice Line. The Trust has both Adult and Paediatric Emergency Departments in the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Bristol Royal Children's Hospital. The appointee will be working within the Children's Emergency Department which is based in Bristol Royal Children's Hospital. They will join a consultant team of 19 individuals comprising of a mixture of Paediatricians with subspecialisation in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Consultants with a sub-speciality interest in Emergency Paediatrics.

Applicants should be on the specialist register for Paediatric Medicine with a sub-speciality interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine or on the specialist register for Emergency Medicine with a subspecialty interest in Paediatrics, within 6 months of obtaining their CCT in either. Informal enquiries/informal visits are welcomed and may be made to Dr Bianca Cuellar (Clinical lead for the Children's Emergency Department).

Instructor status in APLS/EPLS/ATLS or equivalent is preferable and in date APLS provider status is essential. Experience of Child Protection Issues and Paediatric transfer/ retrieval and Major trauma is desirable. General Paediatrics with a sub-specialist interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine or Emergency medicine with an interest in Paediatrics or be able to demonstrate equivalence. Disability Confident.

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About the Department and Role

The Children's Hospital runs a single front door model supported by an adjacent 8 bedded short stay ward which is overseen by the Paediatric Emergency team. This hospital is a busy inner city teaching hospital, with the Children's Emergency Department seeing around 50,000 patients in the last year. The Children's Emergency Department acts as the receiving clinical area for all children either as a primary attendance or a regional secondary transfer referred to the Paediatric Major Trauma Centre from the trauma units. The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children is one of 5 standalone designated PMTC and is located within the Severn and Peninsular Trauma Networks. The Children's Emergency Department is the designated training site for Paediatric Emergency Medicine in the South West for both paediatric trainees sub-specialising in emergency and Emergency trainees sub-specialising in paediatrics. An exciting new development with BrisDoc is the provision of same day telephone advice to primary care to avoid admission and to ensure the right care in the right place at the right time. The postholder will have the opportunity to contribute to this new service.

The appointment will initially be for a three month period starting in October 2025.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the