Locum Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has opened for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic colleague to join our established paediatric infectious diseases and immunology team at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC), University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to provide specialist care for the children with complex infectious diseases and immune disorders in the South-West. This position has been designed to cover initially a 6 month period as locum with the prospect of creating a permanent position following the initial 6 month cover. The successful applicant will have ample possibilities to contribute to the provision of secondary and tertiary care services for children with primary and acquired immune disorders, unusual or severe infectious diseases in Bristol and the Southwest Region and to develop their research portfolio and clinical interests in a supportive team embedded within the University of Bristol.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on or eligible to join the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointment Commitee.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, joining a multidisciplinary team providing specialist inpatient and outpatient paediatric infectious disease and immunology services for the hospital and the South-West. The team delivers several cross-cutting services to support local and regional patient flow and improve the quality of care through paediatric OPAT (outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy), vascular access, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control, and High Consequence Infectious Diseases. The post-holder will be expected to take a lead role in regional infection and immunology networks, an active role in research, and to participate in the teaching programmes of the department.

The post holder will participate to the team consulting rota to provide seamless Paediatric infectious diseases and immunology service delivery (approx. 16 weeks per year pro rata), provide weekend specialty cover (6 weekends per year), lead specialist outpatient clinics (approx. 1-2 clinics per week pro rata) including outreach clinics at district general hospitals, participate to the BRHC antimicrobial stewardship programme and support the region in establishing their programmes.

The timetable may be subject to change by mutual agreement with the Clinical Lead and consultant team following job plan reviews.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

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