Paediatric Consultant with a Specialist Interest in Palliative Care

NHS Jobs; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffordshire-based paediatric consultant with a specialist interest in palliative care to join the team at Royal Stoke, part of the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. The post focuses on delivering specialist palliative care and contributing to on-call rotas, governance and teaching across UHNM and the Dougie Mac Children’s Hospice.

You will participate in on-call duties, support the CAU and inpatient wards, and engage in service development and quality improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching would be beneficial.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotas and service development.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the 1 in 12 general paediatric on-call rota.
• Support the CAU and inpatient wards during service weeks.
• Engage in governance, audit and quality improvement activities.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Participate in service development and innovation.

Skills

Teaching

Audit

Clinical governance

Job description

Paediatric Consultant with a Specialist Interest in Palliative Care

This post is based at Staffordshire Childrens Hospital at Royal Stoke which is part of the University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust. The paediatric department at UHNM primarily delivers acute paediatric care to the local children of Staffordshire and beyond. Provide specialist care in palliative care both at UHNM and the Dougie Mac Children's Hospice. Participate in the palliative care on-call rota.

• Participate in the 1 in 12 general paediatric on-call rota.
• Support the CAU and inpatient wards during service weeks.
• Engage in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Participate in service development and innovation.