Locum Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Leeds is seeking a Paediatric Hepatology Consultant for a six-month term. The role involves joining a multidisciplinary team, delivering specialized care to paediatric patients with liver diseases, and contributing to research and training. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and demonstrate a commitment to patient-centered care. This position offers an exciting opportunity for professional growth and service expansion.

Qualifications

• Eligible for full GMC registration at the time of appointment.
• Experience training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Demonstrate ability to work within a team.

Responsibilities

• Join the existing consultant team in delivering specialist services.
• Contribute to research and teaching within the department.
• Deliver care to patients under the Paediatric Hepatology team.

Skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Well organized

Good time management

Medical research ability

Education

Membership examination of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Completed a recognised training programme in paediatric Hepatology

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Paediatric Hepatology department for 6 months.

The Paediatric hepatology team provide a comprehensive range of tertiary paediatric hepatology services such as acute and chronic liver disease, portal hypertension, or intrahepatic lesions. Examples include acute liver failure, biliary disease or structural abnormalities, metabolic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune disorders, cystic fibrosis, NAFLD, congenital hepatic fibrosis, Wilsons disease.

Outreach clinics are currently provided with colleagues in Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and Glasgow. There is a multidisciplinary team of specialist clinical nurses, transplant coordinators, dieticians, pharmacist, social worker, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, youth worker and play therapists.

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

• The successful candidate will join a team of 4 consultants with a 1 in 5 on call requirement on a 10PA contract. There are opportunities to develop a specialised interest of the candidate’s choice and for the post to be extended if it suits service needs.
• The Paediatric Hepatology Department in Leeds is a National Specialist Service for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of children who have a wide range of acute and chronic liver disease, portal hypertension, or intrahepatic lesions. Examples include acute liver failure, biliary disease or structural abnormalities, metabolic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune disorders, cystic fibrosis, NAFLD, congenital hepatic fibrosis, Wilsons disease. The department has a close relationship with other specialties including cardiology, nephrology, haematology and oncology and rheumatology, for joint management of multisystem disorders.
• The department receives approximately 300 new patients per year, and performs 20 transplants, of which an increasing number are from live donors.
• Future proofing such an integral service to the vast population that we serve. The department has secured funding for a permanent position (to expand to 5 full time consultants). We anticipate that we will have substantive post advertised within the next 6 months.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.8 billion. Our 17,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000-day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 260,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites.

Our vision is based on The Leeds Way, founded on values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are:

• Patient-centred
• Fair
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will join the existing consultant team in delivering the specialist Paediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Service. The post holder will strive to ensure that the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust maintains and improves its standing nationally and delivers high quality patient care within the framework of the NHS.
• The Paediatric Hepatology Consultant post will offer an exciting opportunity to work flexibly within the department. This will require a commitment to close team working so as to be able to offer timely interventions for patients. As well as having fixed clinical commitments, the post holder will contribute to the Annual teamwork plan to ensure the service is delivered continuously.
• 1.1 To deliver care to patients under the care of the Paediatric Hepatology team: Out-patient clinics; Supervision of patients; Care of in-patients as part of a 1:5 on-call rota; Contribute to Specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings.
• 1.2 To link with Consultant colleagues in other relevant site specialist teams within the Children's CSU and across the Trust.
• 1.3 To work with colleagues in Paediatric Hepatology to deliver acute on-call (1:5). This includes both out-of-hours cover in addition to acute ward rounds during normal working hours.
• 1.4 To contribute to research, teaching and new developments within the Paediatric Hepatology department. The post holder will be encouraged to facilitate and contribute to the current clinical research programs on going in the department.
• 1.4.1 To take on and develop outreach clinics, as well as participating in the various general and sub- specialty hepatology out-patient clinics based on site at Leeds.
• 1.4.2 To assist the Paediatric Liver Transplant Surgeons and Paediatric Hepatobiliary Surgeon, in delivery of an emergency and elective hepatobiliary and liver transplant supra-regional service, as recommended by NHS England.

Facilities

Paediatric Hepatology inpatients are in ward L50, Clarendon wing in LGI. This is a shared ward with Paediatric Nephrology. There are 13 beds, including 2 high dependency beds, and 9 isolation cubicles. There is an adjacent designated transplant theatre and PICU within Clarendon Wing. There is one general anaesthetic designated endoscopy/liver biopsy list per week in theatre and urgent procedures can be arranged any other day in the acute theatre. The Leeds based liver clinics take place in the children's outpatient suite in Martin Wing.

Current teams

Current Hepatologists in post: Dr Sanjay Rajwal; Dr Marumbo Mtegha; Dr Palaniswamy Karthikeyan; Dr Kavitha Jayaprakash. Current Hepatobilary Surgeons: Mr Naved Alizar; Mr Michael Dawrant. Current Liver Transplant Surgeons: Mr Magdy Attia; Mr Dhakshina Vijayanand; Mr Vivek Upasani; Mr Raj Prasad.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Should have completed a recognised training programme in paediatric Hepatology
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or Achieved the minimum score of 7 across all 4 categories in the academic International English Language Testing System
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
• Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
• Medically fit to fulfil ALL aspects of the post, and to be able to respond quickly to emergencies, as necessary.
• Meets professional health requirements(in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice

Desirable

• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Desirable

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in paediatric Hepatology
• Specifically, he/she must demonstrate higher paediatric training in paediatric Hepatology
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.

Qualifications

Essential

• Membership examination of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) or equivalent qualification.

Desirable

• Relevant higher degree

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