Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Job overview

GUY’S AND ST. THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Part Time 6PAs

Main duties of the job

The Evelina London Children’s Hospital Emergency Department is seeking part-time (6 PA) Consultant to join a dynamic,  enthusiastic  and  forward  thinking  team.   The  department  is currently involved in many exciting initiatives and is looking for an individual with appropriate skills  to  complement  the  team  and  help  keep  the  service  in  the  forefront  of  clinical  and academic excellence. It is expected that, with this new post the expanded team will cover the children’s ED 7/7.

To  provide  a  lead  for  the  clinical  care  of  paediatric  patients  attending  the  Emergency Department and other related activities with the aim of ensuring a high standard of clinical care and teaching.  To contribute to service development, research and to take an active part   in   undergraduate   and   postgraduate   teaching   and   training   in   the   Emergency Department

This post is to add an additional full time member to the Paediatric EM Consultant team, providing a significant extension of the high-quality consultant-delivered clinical care the Emergency Department aspires to deliver, and to help provide consistent senior medical cover seven days a week including out of hours and on-call cover.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• a.     Diagnosis and treatment of paediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department; b.     Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff; c.     Liaise with the clinical teams of the Evelina London Children’s Hospital to optimise patient care; d.     Be responsible for the care of children for up to 24 hours in the CSSU; e.     Work in partnership with the Children’s Acute Paediatric team in Evelina London to develop and deliver ambulatory models of care.

All consultants are expected to take part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching during their normal clinical work.

Consultants taking on additional teaching responsibilities will have time allocated for these in their job plan.

All consultants will be expected to contribute to the training and support of doctors in undergraduate and postgraduate training, including the role of Educational Supervisor in the educational contracts for junior staff in the speciality.

In particular the post-holder will be expected to:

• a.     Take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to them, and be the designated educational supervisor in the Education Contracts for these junior staff; b.     Be instrumental in the training of Emergency Medicine Specialist Registrars, Emergency Department ST2/3 or CT3 doctors in training and Primary Care trainees in Emergency Medicine; c.     Train Year 4 medical students during their Emergency Medicine rotation and supervise students undertaking Special Study Modules (SSMs).

Additionally, the post-holder will be responsible for leading the creation, development and educational accreditation of an international PEM fellowship programme, with support from the wider consultant team.

Consultants are encouraged to become involved in clinical research. Clinical research undertaken as part of the trust research and development programme will be allocated specific time in a consultant’s job plan. Consideration will be given to the support required for any research agreed as part of the job plan.

All consultants are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their annual appraisal.

The post-holder will be managerially and professionally responsible to the Clinical Lead for Children’s Emergency Medicine.

All consultants are required to undertake annual appraisal.  The appointee will be expected to appraise junior staff as directed by their Clinical Lead

The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and the consultant may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.  This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time. The trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.

All consultants are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the trust.