Consultant Paediatrician

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

27 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant in Acute Paediatrics to join the Ipswich Hospital team. Applicants should have completed CCT or equivalent and be on the Specialist Register or due to complete within six months.

The post supports a consultant-led service with opportunities to develop care pathways, guidelines and teaching while collaborating with tertiary centres and primary care.

Qualifications

• CCT or equivalent (Portfolio Pathway) completed
• On Specialist Register or due to complete within 6 months

Responsibilities

• Consultant-led service with highest standard of care
• Develop care pathways and clinical guidelines with the multi-professional team
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E
• Collaborate with tertiary centres, community services and primary care
• Offer leadership to junior medical staff and multidisciplinary team
• Participate in general consult-rotas, clinics, operating as per specialty
• Teaching and training of junior staff and students
• Participation in Clinical Governance

Job description

A 6.5 PA Consultant opportunity has arisen to join our team at Ipswich Hospital in the Child Health CDG.

We are inviting applications for a Consultant in Acute Paediatrics with any specialist interest welcome. Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (Portfolio Pathway) and must be on the Specialist Register or due to have completed with 6 months.

All consultants in the department have a continuing and individual responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and a general responsibility to provide, in conjunction with their colleagues, an effective Service to meet the needs of the local population, within the resources available.

The Post-holder Will

• Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
• Develop and maintain good working practices within wards, outpatients and A&E
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in tertiary centres, community services and primary care
• Offer support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

Clinical Responsibilities

The Key Duties And Responsibilities Are

• General responsibilities including participation in Consultant on call rota
• Specialist Clinics
• Outpatient clinics
• Operating: as per specialty
• Teaching
• Other care of inpatients or outpatients
• Clinical and other administration as required by agreement
• Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates
• Participation in Clinical Governance

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We have invested in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation has brought what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Matthew James Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01473 712233