Trust Locum Consultant Acute Paediatrics

Trust Locum Consultant Acute Paediatrics

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a general paediatrician to join our team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will contribute acutely to a 1:5 hot week/on-call rota. Additionally, we are looking for individuals who can provide clinical leadership, driving forward initiatives and improvements within the department.

This is a part-time post and we are committed to flexible working, with some sessions being delivered remotely.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent Full registration with GMC and a licence to practice
• Holds CCT or equivalent or will obtain within 6 months of interview date
• MRCPCH
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding training
• Distinctions, Scholarships prizes, other degrees eg BSc MSc, MS
• SPIN Module in Diabetes

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit projects
• Evidence of leading audit projects

Research

• An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature.
• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Motivation

• Punctuality, reliability
• A sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
• To have undertaken a postgraduate course on communication skills (or ensure that you have undertaken one within one year of appointment)
• Ability to establish good professional relations with others
• Common sense and enthusiasm
• Initiative
• A commitment to lead and develop a high quality regional clinical service

CV

• An appropriate, well organised and clearly presented CV indicating experience in the training of Specialist Trainees.

Personal Skills

• Evidence of leadership
• Organisational ability
• Able to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations
• Able to get on with other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
• Formal leadership qualification

Teaching

• Commitment to teaching of both undergraduates and postgraduates and evidence of active participation in teaching
• Attendance at specialist programmes to improve teaching
• Possession of certificates or diplomas of special Expertise in teaching.

Ability to operate within wider NHS context

• Understands the NHS system nationally, regionally and locally.
• Aware of the issues affecting current & future NHS practice
• Understands the concepts and principals of clinical governance
• Evidence of ability to act as an ambassador for ESHT with our partners.

Management

• Evidence of organisational ability
• Will have attended a National Health Service Management Course appropriate to Consultant duties.

Other requirements

• Able to meet the demands of the job
• Clearly formulated career goals

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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