Locum Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a locum Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine to join their team. This role involves providing high-quality emergency care to children, educating medical staff, and engaging in clinical leadership. Candidates should be on the GMC register and possess substantial experience in paediatric emergency care. The organization promotes a culture of innovation with strong ties to academic research. Competitive salary range from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, based on experience.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• On GMC specialist register Paediatrics (PEM) or Emergency Medicine (PEM) or Paediatrics.
• ATLS, APLS and/or ALS provider.
• Experience of major trauma in children.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to children presenting as emergencies.
• Teach and train MDT members and undergraduate students.
• Support research activity within the emergency department.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Teaching experience

Communication in English

Education

GMC specialist register in Paediatrics or Emergency Medicine

Higher degree or research degree

Tools

Clinical audit tools

POCUS

Job description

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

We are recruiting a locum Consultant (7.5 PAs) to work in our Paediatric Emergency Department at St Mary's Hospital.

We are a dedicated paediatric ED with approximately 30,000 attendances a year of children and young people up to 16 years of age. We are the Major Trauma Centre for North West London. We have an on-site PICU, and support from medical and surgical specialties across Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust and West London Childrens Hospital. We run a busy co-located 4 bedded Paediatric CDU, and we have a co-located Urgent Treatment Centre.

We are an academic and teaching hospital, with strong research links to Imperial College for both paediatrics and trauma, and multiple active projects ongoing. We host medical students on paediatric, ED and elective placements. We have a culture of innovation and improvement. We have clinical fellows in Paediatric Trauma and in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) with expertise in these areas within the consultant body.

We are looking for a consultant with subspecialty training in Paediatric Emergency Medicine to work as part of our team of 10 consultants. Key qualities include the ability to manage the various pressures within a busy emergency department, an enthusiasm to work well with people and a desire to help maintain a culture of learning and improvement in everyday practice.

Main duties of the job

This clinical post will provide direct patient care, clinical leadership and support for the medical and nursing staff, ensuring the safety of patients and the delivery of high-quality emergency care in an effective and efficient manner. The post holder will lead paediatric major trauma teams, work closely with the nursing team to maintain a safe department and to ensure appropriate flow. The post holder will develop good working relationships with the general paediatric and specialist teams. Consultants are "on the shop floor" until 10 pm every day (including weekends) on a 1:8 basis.

Post-holders would be expected to contribute to the teaching opportunities both within the department

(undergraduates, resident doctors and nursing staff), and across the trust (for example FY training,

RCEM training, APLS etc), including formal and informal teaching sessions, and work placed based assessments. The post-holder will provide educational supervision to relevant resident doctors.

We have embeded a culture of innovation and improvement within the department, and we would

expect consultants to actively participate, and support trainees and nursing staff with their own projects. Consultants are also expected to support the extensive research activity within the department.

The consultant body are responsible for the quality of care and the safety of our patients, and are heavily involved in the governance processes, safeguarding processes and safety work within the department.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Job responsibilities

Key areas of responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to children and young people who present as an emergency, both in direct clinical care, and in supporting the resident doctors, nurses and other specialty teams in their management.

Provide Teaching and Training to all members of the MDT within the department, for specialist teams who manage patients in the ED, for the wider medical and nursing teams within the trust who may deal with children, and to the undergraduate students in their paediatric learning.

Provide support for the research activity within the ED, and help translate new evidence into practice.

Provide educational supervision for resident doctors to enable their development.

To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in clinical efficiency, quality care, financial management and operational efficiency.

To help manage the staff within the department, including ensuring compliance of resident medical team rotas, ensuring adequate safe staffing, and engaging with regular job planning and regular appraisal.

To help review clinical outcomes, participate in incident reporting and safety reviews (using the PSIRF framework), responding to complaints and ensuring guidelines and protocols are up to date and adhered to.

To demonstrate excellent leadership skills, trust values, collaboration with colleagues, role model exemplary behaviour and attitudes, and to help resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• On GMC specialist register Paediatrics (PEM) or Emergency Medicine (PEM) or Paediatrics
• ATLS, APLS and/or ALS provider
• Higher degree or research degree
• APLS/ATLS Instructor
• Completion of training in PEM Acute Paediatrics with an interest in PEM
• Experience of major trauma in children
• Relevant experience in paediatric same day emergency/ambulatory care
• Relevant experience outside of the UK in PEM

Clinical skills

• Able to demonstrate clinical skills in line with RCPCH or RCEM PEM curriculum
• Additional clinical skills appropriate for post (eg POCUS)
• Experience of clinical leadership in dept
• Experience of managing workforce issues and planning
• Experience of service development

Teaching & Training

• Experience of clinical teaching
• Experience of educational and clinical supervision
• Completion educational training course
• Higher teaching qualification
• Experience of leading training and educational programme

Language

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

QI

• Evidence of completion of improvement work, with use of QI tools/audit, and with evidence of implementation of recommendations
• Higher training in Quality Improvement and Innovation

Academic achievements/research/publications

• Evidence of participation in clinical research
• Evidence of publications

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.

Depending on experience£109,725 to £145,478 per annum WTE