Consultant Paediatrician With Expertise In Cardiology (PEC)

Job overview

This appointment is for a Consultant Paediatrician With Expertise In Cardiology, the post holder will take work with the clinical lead, focusing on the development of the Paediatric Cardiology service across the department of Paediatrics at Lincoln County and Pilgrim Hospitals which are part of the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Paediatric Department within United Lincolnshire Hospitals is currently undergoing an exciting period of service redesign and has seen the greatest expansion in consultant numbers to facilitate this for many years. The Department is establishing Children and Young People assessment units (CYPAU) and will be aiming to meet the RCPCH ‘Facing the Future’ Standards.

There are excellent opportunities to develop clinical leadership skills and be part of service transformation in Lincolnshire. Lincoln University has secured a new Medical School since 2019. This is an excellent opportunity for the consultants to pursue/develop an academic career and medical education.

The successful candidate will be part of a forward-looking department of General Paediatrics and Neonatology. The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his / her time to the duties of this post.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would join a 11 consultant rota and would be expected to provide both paediatric and neonatal cover on a rolling consultant of the week rota.  Cover of the acute inpatient ward/paediatric day assessment unit will be provided on a 1:11 rota.  Cover of the neonatal unit will also provided on a 1:11 Hot week basis.

The successful applicant will conduct general paediatric clinics and have a number of dedicated paediatric cardiology duties and undertake a number of cardiology clinics at the primary sites.

The post holder will support the care of inpatients who have a paediatric cardiology diagnosis in NICU and general paediatric wards, plus Echocardiography where appropriate. They will be the primary contact for all referrals from inpatients and provide advice and support in managing these patients in liaison with the regional paediatric cardiology service. The post holder will contribute to the provision of high quality medical care for congenital cardiac patients requiring both acute and routine care.The post holder will also attend the joint cardiac meetings at the Regional Cardiac centre.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.