Locum Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Job overview

The Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital, NNUH, is seeking 10PA locum fixed term consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine. The successful appointee will help shape the developments of this well-established unit and support the East of England CF network and regional respiratory services. The post comprises of 10PA of which 1.5 SPA and 8.5PAs of clinical work. The clinical work will include specialized cystic fibrosis and respiratory work, and some Acute Paediatric work (subject to negotiation).

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work with colleagues in paediatric respiratory medicine, paediatric medicine, surgery, and neonatology to provide respiratory support to inpatients and outpatients in the Jenny Lind Children Hospital. They will collaborate with colleagues at CUH to develop closer clinical, research and training links, as lead centres within the regional Paediatric Respiratory and Cystic Fibrosis services. NNUH is a recognised specialist centre for Cystic Fibrosis.

• The appointee will provide inpatient and outpatient care for patients with respiratory disease. The appointee may not be expected to have any on call commitment to acute paediatric medicine, which is subject to discussion. There is currently no sub-specialty on-call cover included in this post, although a more regional approach may be developed in the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the ‘Job Description’ link for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.