Consultant Paediatrician

Position: Consultant Paediatrician
Location: Middlesbrough & Northallerton TS4
Salary: £93,666 to £126,281
Job Type: Full-Time

Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced and motivated child and young people service team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Department of Paediatrics at South Tees is a dynamic department working across two sites – Middlesbrough and Northallerton. This post is a substantive post of Acute General Paediatrician and a specialist interest will be encouraged. All Consultants work cross site and a variety of opportunities are available for this.

Main duties of the job
We are a large secondary care centre in the Tees Valley area providing acute, community and specialist care as well as planned services for children in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Northallerton. We provide a broad range of specialist treatments including cardiology, diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, asthma, paediatric endocrine, allergies, gastroenterology and the full range of community paediatric services. We have 6 commissioned level 2 HDU bed and we are part of the North East Paediatric Critical Care Network.

We have a large number of trainees in the department at all levels of training covering tier 1 and 2 rota including foundation doctors, general practice training, military GP trainee and specialist trainees rotating across the Northern Deanery. The department is actively involved in the delivery of the undergraduate education programme for medical students of Newcastle and Hull University.

About us
The Trust is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in England. Working in the North East offers an excellent quality of life. This area boasts great transport links with easy access to a beautiful coastline and countryside and a great range of local amenities.

Applicants should possess full GMC registration, MRCPCH (or equivalent) and either already be on the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receiving their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) for paediatrics at the time of interview.

The successful candidate will be appointed under the current terms and conditions of service for NHS Consultants. Full consideration will be given to applicants who wish to apply for a reduced/part time contract.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• The applicant must produce evidence that he/she is either on the UK Specialist Register or within 6 months of specialist registration date, and is expected to achieve specialist registration
• APLS or EPLS provider

Desirable

• A higher qualification
• Management course for clinicians
• Course on “on the job” training
• Relevant CCT or equivalent

Clinical experience and effectiveness

Essential

• General paediatric experience in both secondary and tertiary care
• Knowledge of and training in Child Protection
• Knowledge of legislation relating to child health
• Evidence of clinical audit

Desirable

• Evidence of research or innovative service developments
• Formulation of guidelines
• 6/12 Experience in PICU during training

Clinical experience and effectiveness

Essential

• General paediatric experience in both secondary and tertiary care
• Knowledge of and training in Child Protection
• Knowledge of legislation relating to child health
• Evidence of clinical audit

Desirable

• Evidence of research or innovative service developments
• Formulation of guidelines
• 6/12 Experience in PICU during training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.