Locum Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician

Job overview

The Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant to replace an existing gap within the consultant team. The full consultant team consists of 7 Neonatologists/ Neonatal Paediatricians. The posts attract 10 PAs, part time applicants and job share applications will be welcomed.

Main duties of the job

• Consultant of the Week for the Neonatal unit. •    Neonatal follow-up clinics. •    Away weeks at NICUs. •    Consultant of the Paediatric Assessment Unit weeks.  •    General Paediatric Clinics •    Complete Neonatal on calls – 1 in 7 – Weekday Resident (17:00-19:30) and then non-resident (19:30-08:30). Saturday and Sunday resident 10.00 – 13.00 and 19.30 – 20.30. Non -resident outside these hours.  •    To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients. •    To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team. •    To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners. •    To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Directors and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 1 month of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities. For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as: •    8.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work. •    1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research. The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.