Locum Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist

NHS • Remote (MD, United States) • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

Locum Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our integrated team as a locum consultant for 12 months.

This is a 10PA locum consultant post in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes to cover a period of maternity leave. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to join an established team delivering diabetes and endocrine care to the North East and North Cumbria.

Although it is currently planned for the successful candidate to contribute to both the diabetes and endocrinology service, there will be scope to tailor responsibilities to the successful candidate's wishes. There will be an out of hours 'telephone' on-call commitment (approximately one week in 6 or 7).

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric Endocrine Department provides a comprehensive tertiary service for a population of approximately 3.1 million across the North East and North Cumbria as well as supporting the secondary health care services in Newcastle (a population of around 500,000). Most services are delivered in Newcastle upon Tyne, but there are regional clinics held in Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, and Middlesbrough (James Cook University Hospital). There are strong links with regional district hospitals, and most are staffed by a consultant team that includes one or more experienced paediatrician/s with a major interest in paediatric endocrinology.

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

To provide an expert opinion regarding patients with a wide range of suspected or established acute and longstanding paediatric endocrine and diabetes problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
To support the regional delivery of paediatric endocrinology services both in and out of hours, providing clinical advice and support to paediatric colleagues.
To work closely with nursing and other staff to create or further develop systems of care dedicated to the management of children with specific disorders, in keeping with the general philosophy of the department.
To provide daytime consultant-based advice for primary/secondary care paediatric endocrine queries.
To undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
To undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43-week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.

Administrative:

To undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of patients and the running of the Children’s Services Directorate in cooperation with the Heads of Department, Directorate Manager, and Clinical Director.
To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
To become involved with the financial management of the paediatric departmental budget while ensuring the delivery of high-quality care to agreed standards.

Audit and Research:

Audit is a key component of practice and ensuring that services adhere to recognised standards is an important part of clinical care.
The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high-profile activity that complements the service provided, with emphasis on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.

Teaching:

To participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in all parts of the course but specifically in stage 3 and 5 during their attachments in Child Health.
Active involvement in the clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor.
The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the teaching of all levels of paediatric postgraduate trainees.
To participate in the teaching and training of any other healthcare professionals within the Directorate.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

Primary Medical Qualification
Full GMC Registration
MRCPCH or equivalent
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register as a Paediatric Endocrinologist (or be within 6 months from the date of the AAC)
Higher Degree - MD/PhD

Clinical Experience

Evidence of experience in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the specialty
Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
Recognised ability to coordinate the care of complex patients with other sub-specialty paediatric teams

Management and Administration Experience

Must work well as a member of a team
Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
An understanding of Clinical Governance
Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
Evidence of leadership/project management
Evidence of having implemented change
Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching

Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Ability to teach clinical/technical/practical skills
Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Research

Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
Research/critical review of literature
Publications in the last five years

Audit

Evidence of participation in audit
Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement

Personal Attributes

Alignment with the Trust's values
Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
A commitment to personal/unit CPD
Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work

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.