JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Locum Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in

Ambulatory Paediatrics and Named Doctor for Child
Safeguarding

Full Time 10 PAs

Due to shift working and rota patterns this post is not

suitable for a part time role but applications from job
sharers will be considered

Department: Paediatrics and Neonates

Division: Planned Care Division

Reports to: Clinical Director

Clinical Lead

Kingston Hospital and Surrounding Area

Kingston Hospital provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services. The hospital
supports some 320,000 people in the surrounding area including the boroughs of Kingston,
Richmond, Roehampton, Putney and East Elmbridge. Kingston Hospital is one of the largest
employers in the region and employs over 3,700 staff across the widest range of careers. We are
proud of our reputation as the largest single site District General Hospital in London and our
Maternity Unit is the second biggest in London. In a National survey, we were rated as the Best
Maternity Service in London by, the National Health Watchdog, the Care Quality Commission.

Each year, over one million people visit Kingston Hospital for treatment or as a visitor. Out of the
top six London Trusts, Kingston is the only District General Hospital: the others are teaching
hospitals. Overall, the hospital lies 15th nationally. The Hospital is based about 12 miles from the
centre of London with good transport links into the capital and in a beautiful and historic part of
the country. It lies very close to Richmond Park and is close to Hampton Court Palace and
Kempton Park, and the River Thames. Further information may be found on the hospital website
at www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk

Paediatrics and Neonates at Kingston Hospital

Our mission statement is:

“To deliver outstanding medical care that is individualised for every child using a family focused
approach, through a multidisciplinary team.”

We strive to achieve this through the quality communication of our excellent multidisciplinary
team and through the use of our facilities as follows:

Neonatal Unit 18 Cots; 2 ITU, 4 HDU. Supporting one of London’s largest maternity units,
with around 5800 deliveries per year, the maternity unit is consistently
highly rated by users and has been rated as the best maternity service in
London by CQC.

Sunshine Ward 24 Children’s Inpatient beds

2 HDU beds

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Dolphin Ward Children’s Day and Ambulatory care ward

Dedicated Children’s Outpatient Department

We run a Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) model of care on a fully refurbished suite within
Dolphin ward, with four beds and three cubicles.

We also provide the following specialist care:

 PONT – Community Nursing Team
 Specialist Diabetes Team
 Oncology Shared Care - working closely with specialist Centres of Excellence e.g. The
Royal Marsden, Great Ormond Street - and with a very large caseload of around 70
patients on active treatment.
 Specialist Outpatient Clinics run in partnership with Centres of Excellence:
o Renal Clinic, quarterly - The Evelina Children’s Hospital
o Cardiac Clinic including physiologist ECHO clinic, monthly - The Evelina Children’s
Hospital
o Endocrinology, quarterly - Great Ormond Street Hospital
o Gastroenterology, every 2 months – Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

The introduction of a PAU resulted in increasing the Paediatric Consultant workforce at Kingston
to a total of 13.8 WTE Consultants.

With the department providing care through an ambulatory model using a Paediatric Assessment
Unit (PAU), this post is instrumental in running this service. Assessment of patients referred by
A&E as well as attendance of GP referrals directly to the PAU, if appropriate to do so, is
undertaken. The PAU provides rapid access to senior paediatric opinion in a bespoke, child
friendly environment.

In accordance with Working Together to Safeguard Children – a guide to inter-agency working to

safeguard and promote the welfare of children, HM Government 2006, each NHS health trust is
required to have a named doctor for safeguarding children with protected time for the role. The
Named Doctor will work closely with the other team members and with the PCT Designated
Doctor and Designated Nurse in supporting all activities necessary to ensure that the Trust
meets its responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Trust Culture and Values

The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where
all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other.

To support this, our four values are that we are all:-

Caring – we design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants

Safe – we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)

Responsible – all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation

And that we:

Value each other – we all value each other’s contribution.

Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line
with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'

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Hospital Management Structure
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is managed by a Trust Board, made up of the Chairman, the Chief
Executive, full-time Executive Directors and part-time Non-Executive Directors.

Chairman: Sian Bates Interim Chief Executive: Jo Farrar

Medical Director: Miss Jane Wilson

The Trust has 2 Divisions; Planned and Unplanned care each led by an Associate Director.
There are 18 service lines across the 2 Divisions and each Service Line has a Clinical Lead who
reports to the Associate Director/Clinical Director.

Division of Specialist Services and Paediatrics

Divisional Associate Director: Anna Jebb

Clinical Lead for Paediatrics and Neonates: Andrea Beaton
Service Line Manager, Paediatrics and Neonates: Pete Stone
Matron for Children and Young People’s services: Hind Thomas
Matron for NNU: Marie Richter
Head of Midwifery: Gina Brockwell

Department Structure

The department consists of 13.8 WTE Acute Paediatric and 3 Community Paediatric Consultants
(3.25 WTE). The Community Paediatricians do not contribute to the acute rota.

Acute Consultants
Dr Titi Ayeni
Dr Jo Bartley
Dr Andrea Beaton
Dr Nader Elgharably
Dr Jon Filkin
Dr Nadia Hassan
Dr Rowan Heath
Dr Rebecca Hodgkinson
Dr Matthew Lee
Dr Dwight Lindo
Dr Sue Luck
Dr Jo Morris
Dr Vinay Pai
Dr Andrew Winrow
This position

Community Consultants
Dr Alison Pearce
Dr Divya Pore
Dr Sandy Kenyon (Associate Specialist and Designated Doctor for Looked after Children)
Dr Augusto Palombi (Named Doctor for Looked after Children)

Supported by:-

Junior Medical Staff

8 Specialty Trainees ST4 or above / Specialist Registrars
8 Specialty Trainees ST1-3
3 GP Trainees
1 Foundation Yr 2 Trainees

Clinical Nurse Specialists

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2 Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists (1.5 WTE)
4 ANNP (Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner)
3 Diabetes Nurse Specialists (2 WTE)
2 Continence Nurse Specialists
Paediatric Outreach Nursing Team

 General Paediatrics

The General Paediatric ward has 24 beds plus 2 HDU beds. The Paediatric Department admits
approximately 2800 children per annum to its in-patient ward (Sunshine) and sees an equal
number on its ambulatory care unit (Dolphin Ward). The Children’s A&E department sees
approximately 27,000 attendees aged < 16 years. The Paediatric Department works closely with
the A&E Department; the Children’s A&E is staffed by at least 2 paediatric nurses 24/7. The
paediatricians automatically see all children aged < 6 months of age.

There is a daily consultant-led handover and ward round on the in-patient ward. The junior STs
are responsible for obtaining investigation results, presenting patients on the ward round and
managing the clinical care of the children as directed by the consultant. Multi-professional notes
are used and regular reviews of the standard of written documentation are performed.

 Neonates

The neonatal unit has 2 designated ITU cots, 4 HDU and 12 SCBU cots. There is an 8 bedded
transitional care ward. Working as part of the South London Neonatal Network, the unit provides
intensive care for most local babies born at a gestation above 26 weeks. The neonatal unit is
able to provide full intensive therapy including HFOV and cooling for HIE.

The large Maternity Unit delivers approximately 5800 babies per annum.

 Children’s Outpatient Service

The Children’s Outpatient Service currently has a dedicated children’s outpatient department with
6 clinic rooms. In the year 2016/2017, we saw approx 14,000 patients in medical and
multidisciplinary clinics here. We are working towards greater integrated services with our
primary care colleagues, and also run clinics from the Raynes Park Health centre.

 Support Services

The paediatric department is fully supported with appropriate 24 hour access to:
o Pathology service investigations and advice
o Radiological investigations – x-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI and nuclear medicine –
including 24 hour advice and interpretation. There are 4 Consultants with a
specialist interest in Paediatric Radiology available for advice during normal
working hours, and who provide joint sessions with the paediatric department
every 2 weeks.

Professional Structures
All consultants are members of the Medical Staff Committee. There is a Local Negotiating
Committee representing the British Medical Association, which reports to the Medical Staff
Committee.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/OUTCOMES:

General

 Provide clinical leadership

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  To collaborate with others and set standards in clinical care and work to develop clear,
simple care pathways
 To promote close working links with all providers of services for children, particularly
within local primary care and the South West London Network
 To manage a flexible approach to service provision, adapting practice and provision to
meet changing needs
 To work with consultant colleagues, other medical colleagues and junior doctors,
professional and nursing colleagues and local managers to ensure the efficient and
effective running of the service

General Clinical

 To work alongside other consultant paediatricians and other care professionals to provide
an up to date general and neonatal paediatric service
 To lead and deliver care on the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU)
 Support junior doctors and nursing colleagues in their roles on the PAU
 To participate in the attending system of care rota for consultants on Sunshine (general
paediatric) ward, 1 or 2 attending weeks per year
 To hold 2 clinics and 5 virtual consultations per week during clinic weeks
 Once sufficiently in post, to provide leadership and guidance for staff in an area of clinical
interest as lead for the department

Clinical Governance

 To comply with the Trust’s clinical governance policy and participate in relevant
multidisciplinary and uni-professional clinical audit projects. The department is actively
involved in both national and local level audit and all Consultants are expected to
participate in at least 1 audit annually.
 To undertake the clinical risk management and clinical governance activities of the
department and trust

Continuing professional development

 To ensure a register of continuing professional development is maintained, such as that

through the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
 We have departmental links in research projects and opportunities to enhance
involvement could be a possibility if desired
 Involvement in departmental educational programme facilitating internal CME/CPD
 Participate in external CPD

Training and Teaching

 To contribute to the in-house training programme for junior doctors

 To contribute to the training of nurses and therapists or other staff in the trust, as well as
health visitors, school nurses, paediatric home care nurses, practice nurses or therapists
from the local CCGs that require input from a consultant paediatrician for training
 To contribute to the department’s training of medical students and physician’s assistants

Management, Service planning and Development

 To take an active role in the working of the paediatric service line and in the wider division
 To collaborate with colleagues to ensure services develop to comply with current and
future national guidelines
 To participate in the development and planning to maintain a PAU model of care
provision

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  To support the trust and CCGs in the strategic development of integrated children’s
services including delivery of service within the community and supporting primary care
colleagues
 The appointee will observe the trust’s policies and procedures and will follow standing
order and standing financial instructions of the trust

Named Doctor for Safeguarding Child Safeguarding

 Take the medical lead and promote good professional practice for safeguarding children
within the Trust and in the locality in which the post holder is based.
 Ensure appropriate safeguarding children clinical lead arrangements for adult and older
people’s services, forensic services and specialist addictions services.
 Attend and contribute to the Trust’s Safeguarding Children Committee.
 Contribute to the Trust’s annual Safeguarding Children report, with the other named
doctors, on safeguarding issues for the medical directorate.
 Be a source of advice and expertise for fellow professionals and other agencies at point
of need on safeguarding children issues.
 Initiate new ways to raise awareness of safeguarding children issues with medical
colleagues.
 Contribute to, or carry out, LSCB Serious Case Reviews, in conjunction with the Trust’s
Associate Director and a Named Nurse/Professional, except for cases where there has
been substantial personal involvement.
 Participate in or lead internal SI panel investigations that involve child protection issues.

Job plan for Consultant in Ambulatory Paediatrics

1. Job content

All Consultants, including Ambulatory Consultants, contribute to an attending system of care for
continuity of patient care. This post will cover 1 or 2 attending weeks on the General Paediatric
Ward per year, attending 1 in 40 weeks as part of an integrated ambulatory and attending
consultant working pattern. There are no attending duties on the NNU associated with this post,
but some cover of the NNU is required within the rota and an attending role on NNU could be
incorporated if this is an area the successful candidate wishes to pursue (as other post holders
have done). The post holders will therefore be required to ensure neonatal skills are maintained
at a sufficient level to provide this cover – it is anticipated that most of this will be met through
internal departmental activity.

This post will be part of the rolling 5 week rota providing ambulatory and urgent care, with cover
for the PAU, including out-of-hour’s care, for 2 of those weeks. The working pattern and job plan
may be subject to minor changes to accommodate individuals’ and service needs.
There is no night time resident on-call commitment.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Mon-Thurs Clinic Wed - SPA x2 Clinic Clinic
1400-2200 Week Fri 1400-2200 Week Week
A&E, PAU, A&E, PAU, ambulatory and ward reviews
ambulatory and Sat and Sun 1200-2200;
ward reviews NNU WR 1200-1400 (or cover for colleague to do),
1400 – 2200 A&E, ambulatory and ward/NNU
reviews

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Week 1:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Monday
1400-2200 Tuesday
1400-2200 Wednesday
1400-2200 Thursday
1400-2200 OFF FridayOFF Saturda
OFF Sunda
A&E, A&E, A&E, A&E, y y
0800-0900
ambulatory ambulatory 0830-0900ambulatory
ambulatory OFF 0800-0900 OFF OFF
Patient
and wardAdmin and ward Departmental
and ward and ward Admin
reviews reviews Teaching reviews
reviews
(SPA)
0900-1300 0900-1100 0900-1130 0900-1300 Week 2:
Clinic Virtual Clinic SPA Clinic
1100-1300 1130-1200
SPA General Paeds
Grand Round
(SPA)
1330-1430 1330-1430 1200-1300 1300-1400
Clinic Clinic dictation Consultant’s clinic
dictation Meeting dictation
(SPA)
1300-1400 1400-1500
Lead/deputy role Patient
Admin
1430-1530 1430-1730 1400-1600 1500-1700
rd
Admin Named Doctor 3 Wednesday Virtual
for of the month Clinic
Safeguarding Clinical
role Governance
(SPA)
1530-1630 1400-1600
Named 4th Wednesday
Doctor for of the month
Safeguarding Departmental
role Performance
Meeting
(SPA)
1630-1800 1400-1700
SPA (Other weeks)
SPA
1600-1700
4th Wednesday
of the month
Educational
Faculty meeting

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Week 3:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

OFF OFF 0800-1600 OFF 1400-2200 1200-1400 1200-1400
SPA A&E, Cover for Cover for
ambulatory NNU ward NNU ward
and ward round round
reviews 1400-2200 1400-2200
A&E, A&E,
ambulatory ambulatory
and ward and ward
reviews reviews

Week 4:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
OFF 0830-0900 0830-0900 0800-0900 OFF OFF
Departmental Radiology Admin
Teaching Meeting
(SPA) (SPA)
0900-1100 0900-1130 0900-1000 0900-1300
Virtual Clinic SPA Patient Clinic
Admin
1100-1300 1130-1200 1000-1100
SPA General Paeds Admin
Grand Round
(SPA)
1330-1430 1200-1300 1100-1200 1300-1400
Clinic Consultant’s Named clinic dictation
dictation Meeting Doctor for
(SPA) Safeguardin
g role
1300-1400 1200-1330 1400-1500
Named Doctor SPA Patient Admin
for
Safeguarding
role
1430-1730 1400-1600 1400-1700 1500-1700
Named 3rd Wednesday Clinic Virtual Clinic
Doctor for of the month
Safeguardin Clinical
g role Governance
(SPA)
1400-1600 1700-1800
th
4 Wednesday Clinic
of the month dictation
Departmental
Performance
Meeting
(SPA)
1400-1700
(Other weeks)
SPA

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 Week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
OFF 0830-0900 0830-0900 0800-0900 OFF OFF
5:
Departmental Radiology Admin
Teaching Meeting
(SPA) (SPA)
0900-1100 0900-1130 0900-1000 0900-1300
Virtual Clinic SPA Patient Clinic
Admin
1100-1300 1130-1200 1000-1100
SPA General Admin
Paeds Grand
Round
(SPA)
1330-1430 1200-1300 1100-1200 1300-1400
Clinic Consultant’s Named clinic
dictation Meeting Doctor for dictation
(SPA) Safeguardin
g role
1300-1400 1200-1330 1400-1500
Named SPA Patient
Doctor for Admin
Safeguarding
role
1430-1730 1400-1600 1400-1700 1500-1700
Named 3rd Clinic Virtual
Doctor for Wednesday Clinic
Safeguardin of the month
g role Clinical
Governance
(SPA)
1400-1600 1700-1800
4th Clinic
Wednesday dictation
of the month
Departmental
Performance
Meeting
(SPA)
1400-1700
(Other weeks)
SPA

Attending weeks will take the place of clinic weeks when scheduled. Annual leave may only be
taken in Clinic weeks or, if swapped internally, during Ambulatory or Attending weeks.

Attending week for the general paediatric ward:

DAY MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN

Hours 0800-1800 0800-1800 0800-1800 0800-1800 0800-1800 0800-1700 0800-1700

On Call On call On call

1800-0800 1700-0800 1700-0800

Attending weeks involve the Consultant delivery of acute inpatient care including the Consultant
of the week twice daily ward rounds on these 7 days. The only out-of-hours, on-call-off-site work
that is required of this post is the on-call for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, 1700-0800
each day of the attending weekend.

Programmed activity Number

Direct Clinical Care 7.5
Supporting Professional Activities 1.5

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Other NHS Responsibilities 1
External Duties 0
TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES 10

2. On-call availability supplement – not applicable; 2 PA per annum allocated to cover out-
of-hours commitment for general paediatric attending weeks.

Consultant’s Job Plan

Job planning will be based on a partnership approach. The clinical manager will prepare a draft
job plan, which will then be discussed and agreed with the consultant. Job plans will list all the
NHS duties of the consultant, the number of programmed activities for which the consultant is
contracted and paid, the consultant’s objectives and agreed supporting resources. The duties
and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, as appropriate:

- Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work

- Supporting Professional Activities
- Additional NHS responsibilities
- External Duties

Educational Facilities
The Postgraduate Medical Centre has been recently refurbished and there is an excellent
multidisciplinary library. There is an active Postgraduate programme for junior staff co-ordinated
by the Clinical and College Tutors with regular meetings, seminars, x-ray sessions and numerous
tutorials. Medical students are attached to the medical teams from Imperial College and St
George’s Hospital Medical School.

Continuing Medical Education

The appointee will be required to meet, as a minimum, the requirements of his/her Royal College
in respect of continuing medical education. Collaborative research with other clinical colleagues
is encouraged by the Trust.

Protecting Patients Guiding Doctors

The Trust supports fully the General Medical Council’s performance procedures designed to
protect patients and guide doctors. In the context of a doctor’s fitness to practice, the Trust
requires all doctors to follow the GMC’s principles of Good Medical Practice, which encourages
and promotes effective self-regulation.

Secretarial / Administrative support

The post holder will have access to secretarial support and a personal desk in a shared office at
Kingston Hospital. A PC will be provided.

Health Clearance
Health clearance is required for this appointment. Applicants must complete a medical
questionnaire, return it to the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service and, if required,
undergo a medical examination before appointment.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

A DBS will be required before appointment for all posts with access to children or vulnerable
adults.

Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information

In the course of your normal work with the Trust you will come into possession of confidential
information concerning patients, the Trust and its staff. This information should always be
treated according to the Trust’s rules on confidentiality. Any inappropriate disclosure may be
subject to the Trust's disciplinary procedures.

Raising concerns
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Staff may on occasion have genuine concerns about healthcare matters and consequently the
Trust endorses the principle that these must be raised in a responsible and appropriate manner,
and if necessary using the Trust’s ‘Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing)’ policy.

Data Quality/Security
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that he/she maintains the integrity and quality of both
computerised and manual data.

Acceptance of Gifts and Hospitality

The conduct of staff in the public service should be scrupulously impartial and honest and in this
context any offers of gifts or hospitality should be discussed with your manager, prior to
acceptance.

Codes of conduct and professional standards

All staff should adhere to any codes of conduct or professional standards set by the regulatory
bodies with whom they are registered or by professional bodies of which they are a member.
Managers should observe the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers.

Risk (managerial and supervisory staff only)

Managers are responsible for implementing and monitoring any identified and appropriate risk
management control measures within their designated area(s) and scope of responsibility. Full
details are set out in the Trust’s Risk Management Policy.

Health and Safety

All staff are advised that, under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated
legislation, it is the duty of every employee to take reasonable care for their own health and
safety and that of other people who may be affected by their activities at work, and also to co-
operate fully with the Trust and others in connection with any arrangements to satisfy the
statutory duties and responsibilities under the Act, including undertaking appropriate mandatory
and health and safety training.

Infection Control
All staff must at all times be aware of their responsibilities for ensuring infection control and to
maintain hygiene standards in accordance with infection control policies and instructions.

Personal Property
The Trust is unable to accept responsibility for articles of personal property lost or damaged on
its premises whether by burglary, fire, theft or otherwise and staff are advised to insure against
all risks.

Equal Opportunities
Equality of opportunity is an integral part of the Trust’s recruitment and selection process and
recruiting managers must ensure that they comply fully with the Trust’s Equality & Diversity
Policy. The Trust aims to ensure equality of opportunity for all irrespective of race, disability, sex,
gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and
maternity and religion, or belief.

No Smoking
Smoking by staff, patients and visitors, will not be permitted anywhere on Trust premises.

Security
Staff must wear their identity badge at all times to assist in maintaining the security of the
hospital; be observant, and not afraid to enquire of people as to their business in the hospital.
Any suspicious behaviour must be reported to the Security Officer, manager, or security team.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk
of abuse. If the post is one that involves access to children and vulnerable adults during the

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course of their normal duties, an enhanced Criminal Records (CRB) check will be required. All
employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of
their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role .

Main Conditions of Service

The appointment will be on the basis of the new consultant contract laid down by the Hospital
Medical and Dental Staff Terms and Conditions of Service and General Whitley Council (2003).
Local arrangements have been reached and implemented by the Trust through a formal
negotiating process. Any subsequent changes will be notified to the successful candidate and
thereafter form part of his/her contract of employment. The arrangement of duties will be such as
may be agreed from time to time between the employing Trust and the person appointed.

It is the duty of a consultant to:

 Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition
 Involve patients (and/or carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment
 Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General
Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical
Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
 Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General
Dental Council (GDC) (Dental consultants only)

A consultant is responsible for carrying out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the
duties set out in their Job Plan such as:

 The keeping of records and the provision of reports

 The proper delegation of tasks
 Maintaining skills and knowledge

Consultants shall be expected in the normal run of their duties to deputise for absent consultant
or associate specialist colleagues so far as is practicable, even if on occasions this would involve
interchange of staff within the same employing organisation. This does not include deputising
where an associate specialist colleague is on a rota with doctors in training. When deputising is
not practicable, the employing organisation (and not the consultant) shall be responsible for the
engagement of a locum tenens, but the consultant shall have the responsibility of bringing the
need to the employer’s notice. The employing organisation shall assess the number of
Programmes Activities required.

Appraisal
Appraisal is mandatory. A number of consultants in each department have received training in
this process. One of these consultants will be identified as the successful candidate’s appraiser.
Training for appraisees will be provided. The appraisal process is in accordance with GMC
guidelines using GMC documentation.

Medical Clearance
Prior to employment we require a satisfactory report from our Occupational Health Department.

To enable the Trust to comply with Department of Health Guidelines for "Protecting Health Care
Workers and Patients from Hepatitis B", it will be necessary to provide evidence of Hepatitis B
status to the Occupational Health Department, in order for them to ensure that those involved in
"exposure prone invasive procedures" fit the criteria within these guidelines and to enable them
to offer continued protection to all medical staff.

Salary
The salary scale will be that applying to Hospital Medical and Dental Staff.

Informal Discussions

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Applicants are invited and encouraged to contact the following to discuss the job in more detail:

Dr Andrea Beaton, Clinical Lead, Paediatrics and Neonates 020 8934 3410
Pete Stone, Paediatric Service Line Manager 020 8934 6164
Hind Thomas, Matron, Children and Young People’s Services 020 8934 3068

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Person Specification
Locum Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Ambulatory Paediatrics

Criteria for Essential Requirements Desirable Requirements Assessment

Selection Method

Qualifications  Full GMC Registration (or eligibility to  Higher degree eg.  Application
obtain) MD/PhD/MBA Form (in
 MRCPCH or equivalent  Instructor for APLS first
 CCT in Paediatrics and on GMC’s  Qualification in Medical instance)
Specialist Register or within 6 months of Education and
CCT from the date of the interview or Interview
have confirmed eligibility for Specialist
Registration
 Advanced Paediatric Life Support
(APLS) certification

Clinical  Wide range of paediatric experience  Good experience in child  Application

Experience including acute paediatrics safeguarding , serious Form (in
case review/IMR first
instance)
and
Interview
Specific  Competency in Paediatric procedures  Evidence of specific  Application
Additional  Willingness to develop interest in named interest in ambulatory Form (in
Skills safeguarding role paediatrics first
instance)
and
Interview
Management  Awareness and understanding of clinical  Attended management  Application
Skills governance training course Form (in
 Involvement in management appropriate  Knowledge of finance / first
to experience budgets instance)
and
Interview
Experience in  Demonstrable commitment and ability to  Completed ‘Train the  Application
Training, Audit teach and train undergraduates and Trainers’ course or Form (in
and Research junior doctors equivalent course in first
 Experience of clinical audit education and training instance)
 Relevant research and
articles in peer-reviewed Interview
journals

Personal  Demonstrate leadership skills within a  Application

Qualities multidisciplinary team Form (in
 Ability to motivate staff, to facilitate first
appropriate changes in clinical practice instance)
and to work as part of a team and
 Excellent written and verbal Interview
communication skills, enthusiasm and
approachability
 Commitment to continuing professional
development and clinical governance

Date: August 2018

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