Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Paediatric Palliative Care Team at BWC. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine to contribute to the delivery and ongoing development of specialist palliative care services for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions across Birmingham and the West Midlands.

The successful candidate will join an established multidisciplinary team providing high-quality, family-centred care to children with both malignant and non-malignant conditions. Working across hospital, community and network settings, the post holder will play a key role in supporting children, young people and their families from diagnosis onwards, including complex symptom management, advance care planning, end of life care and bereavement support.

This is a substantive Consultant post, expected to comprise 8PAs, with flexibility to meet clinical service requirements.

Based at Birmingham Children's Hospital, a leading national tertiary and quaternary paediatric centre, the successful applicant will work alongside the existing Consultants in Paediatric Palliative Medicine and the wider Palliative Care and Bereavement Team. The service supports an increasing number of children and young people with complex medical needs, working closely with specialist teams across the Trust and partner organisations throughout the region.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Deliver specialist paediatric palliative medicine to children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions across Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
• Provide expert clinical leadership in symptom management, advance care planning, complex decision making and end of life care.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across secondary, tertiary and quaternary paediatric services.
• Undertake community-based clinical activity and support healthcare professionals across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of regional paediatric palliative care services and clinical networks.
• Participate in teaching, training, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development activities.
• Support the education and development of medical, nursing and allied health professional colleagues.

Promote research and innovation within paediatric palliative care where appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the Job description and Service Specification for a full breakdown of roles and expectations prior to applying for the role.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact;

Dr Yifan Liang, Clinical lead in Paediatric palliative medicine or Dr Christine Mott Consultant in PPM (0121 333 9999) BWCH

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.