Consultant Paediatrician with interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology
- high wycombe, england, United Kingdom
- Permanent·On-site
- Full time
- £114 - £151 Per Annum
Job Description
Consultant Paediatrician with interest in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Consultant
Main area Paediatrics Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
Site Wycombe Hospital Town High Wycombe Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/09/ :59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
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We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking team of consultant paediatricians within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The post holder will provide consultant leadership for children and young people with diabetes and endocrine disorders in South Buckinghamshire, contributing to the Trust's successful paediatric diabetes service and maintaining national quality standards. In addition, they will undertake general paediatric and neonatal responsibilities, participate in the consultant on-call rota, and support the delivery of high-quality acute paediatric care across both hospital sites.
This is a full time (10 PA) substantive post with cross site working delivering outpatient clinics at Wycombe Hospital, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Amersham Hospital.
The successful candidate will join a team of consultants and undertake inpatient and outpatient work in N eonates and G eneral P aediatrics including inpatient s and children admitted to the observation ward . T hese clinical areas have day on call ( attending weeks) . On call activities are on a pro-rata basis. In addition to the general paediatrics this post h older will also have specialist clinics in diabetes to ensure we continue to meet the standards to achieve the best practice tariff.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
There will be 3 clinics every week : 1 general and 2 diabetes. These will be in Stoke, Wycombe or Amersham Hospital to cover the needs of the patients in the South of the county. Dr Dutta covers the Diabetes and E ndocrine service for patients in the North of the county .
The post holder will be Paediatrician of the week (POW) and Neonatologist of the week (NOW) totalling 7 on calls a year. There will also be attending weeks for the C hildren’s O bservation U nit (COU) and the number of these will be 1 -2 weeks / year. During these days s/he will have no other clinical commitment s .
The post holder will have resident duties covering “Twilight” shifts from 16 : 00-22 : 00 within the Children’s Emergency Department. Th is will be a weekend twilight shift to cover the Friday to Sunday evenings for 4 weekends a year to ensure that college standards for facing the future are fully met.
- Full registration with the General Medical Council.
- MRCPCH, or equivalent
Experience/ Training
- Extensive knowledge of neonatal and general paediatrics.
- Minimum of 1 year Endocrine and Diabetes experience within training.
- Have clinical experience of assessing and examining children and young people as appropriate to the role to include safeguarding.
- Diabetes SPIN module
Clinical and Technical Skills
- Ability to carry out common neonatal and general paediatric procedures
- Ability to diagnose and manage wide variety of illness in children
- Any other knowledge base to enhance service – insulin pump training etc
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
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Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Michelle Russell-Taylor Job title Consultant Paediatrician and co-CDU Lead Email address
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