Locum Consultant in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Freeman Hospital; Carthage (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle is seeking a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases. The post supports a 12-month career break of a senior colleague and offers opportunities for teaching, education, research and audit.

You will run outpatient clinics, contribute to HSCT and infectious diseases, and participate in MDTs, with out-of-hours rota duties. The role requires GMC registration and a commitment to high-quality care, teaching and service

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification.
• MRCPCH or other recognised equivalent medical qualification.
• Wide experience of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to outpatient clinics for immunology and infectious diseases.
• Contribute to HSCT care and related services.
• Provide out-of-hours cover on a 1:7 rota.
• Lead multidisciplinary team meetings and ward rounds.

Skills

Pediatric ID expertise

Leadership

Teaching

Research & audit

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Job description

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Employer heading

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who can offer expert clinical opinion within the field of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases. In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit. Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners.

This locum consultant post has been configured to cover the duties outlined in the job-plan of a senior colleague who is about to take a 12-month career break, in order to continue to develop our clinical service and meet quality standards within Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This post offers an unparalleled opportunity to be part of a dynamic and innovative team with internationally recognised clinical and academic strength. Research is a strategic priority at the GNCH and there is scope to develop clinical studies within Paediatric Immunology, Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) and Infectious Diseases.

Main duties of the job

An attending consultant system operates for the care of immunology/infectious disease in-patients and to provide consult services to other teams and GPs, to which the post-holder will contribute at least 13 weeks per year. Regular team meetings include the HSCT MDT, weekend handover meeting, and immunology/infectious diseases grand rounds (all weekly), consultant meetings (monthly) and departmental meetings every 3 months. The post-holder will conduct out-patient clinics covering immunology, and infectious diseases and TB clinics, together with associated multi-disciplinary team meetings, when not attending. The GNCH has been designated as a referral centre for infants who are identified through a newborn screening pilot programme, as requiring investigation for possible Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. In addition, the RVI is 1 of 4 national surge centres designated for the care of paediatric patients with airborne high consequence infectious diseases (HCID) and 1 of 2 for the care of children with contact HCID, such as viral haemorrhagic fevers. Members of the Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology team support this service in collaboration with the Adult Infectious Diseases Department located within the RVI. There will be a requirement to contribute to the out of hours Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology rota 1:7 (with prospective cover).

Working for our organisation

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:

Dr Stephen Owens, Head of Department – Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases
email: [e-mail]; Dr Eleri Williams, Consultant in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases,
e-mail: [e-mail].

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Services within the Trust by means of outpatient clinics, day-case and in-patient care, including consults for other teams, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings and ward rounds.
• Contribute to the care of children who are being prepared for, and have undergone, HSCT.
• Contribute to out-of-hours cover: 1:7 weekday nights and weekends for paediatric immunology and infectious diseases, not including the HSCT Unit.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

• Primary medical qualification.
• MRCPCH or other recognised equivalent medical qualification.
• Wide experience of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, including infection in the immunocompromised and stem cell transplantation.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).

Desirable criteria

• Research training with a Higher Degree.
• Leadership and training experience.
• Recognised teaching skills and training.
• Peer-reviewed publications.

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of a substantial career commitment to Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the field of Paediatric Immunology; evidence that such opinions are sought after.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of children with immunological disorders and infectious diseases referred to a tertiary centre, including tuberculosis.

Desirable criteria

• Experience managing children exposed to or suffering from High Consequence Infectious Diseases.
• Leadership of antimicrobial stewardship programme.
• A minimum of 1 year experience of caring for children undergoing HSCT for Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI).

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Proven management and administration ability and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Experience in quality improvement and audit.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.

Desirable criteria

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Ability to run a service and participate in management process.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
• Experience of JACIE/QPIDS accreditation.

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential criteria

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research / critical review of literature.

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree.
• Experience in supervising research students.
• Published research.

Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of participation in audit or other quality improvement activities.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 735.4KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Victoria Cowan Job title HR Advisor Email address [e-mail]