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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

About
We became a Foundation Trust (FT) on 1 October 2010.
We operate from three main hospital sites - Furness General Hospital in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal and two centres - Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
Furness General Hospital and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary have a range of 'General Hospital' services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and Consultant led beds. Westmorland General Hospital provides a range of General Hospital services, together with a Primary Care Assessment Service (PCAS) and GP led inpatient beds, operated by Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Consultant Paediatrician
Accepting applications until: 03-May-2023 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 03-May-2023 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Furness General Hospital
- Tref
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Cod post
- LA14 4LF
- Major / Minor Region
- Cumbria
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Additional PA's according to job planning)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £88,364 - £119,133 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Paediatrics
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 31/05/2023
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Paediatric Department within the Women and Children Care Group is seeking to recruit a Consultant Paediatrician based at Furness General Hospital. The ideal applicant will have a special area of interest to complement those already in the Department.
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has a keen interest and extensive involvement in Medical and Dental Education at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. We work in partnership with Lancaster Medical School, North Western Deanery and Health Education North West to provide quality education and training which meets the requirements of these regulatory bodies as well as the Trust’s high standards of patient care. UHMBFT provides one of the main NHS settings for students from Lancaster Medical School as we co-ordinate, deliver and quality assure the clinical component of Lancaster Medical Schools MBChB degree programme.
Please be advised that this job has been reviewed and approved by The Royal College.
Interviews for this vacancy will take place on Wednesday 31st May 2023.
Advert
We are seeking a friendly and enthusiastic colleague who is able to provide excellence of care in a modern Children and Young People’s Service.
The CYP team provides hospital-based acute Paediatric care, neonatal services, scheduled day case and outpatient care, and safeguarding / Child-Protection expertise.
The successful candidate will support our consultant delivered acute Paediatric service. The rota comprises a 1 in 6 acute ‘hot week’ (including provision of support to the Level 1 Special Care Baby Unit), resident evening and clinic weeks.
In addition, the consultant will participate in the 1 in 6 on call Rota (non-resident nights and non-resident weekend, supporting the resident Middle Grade Tier Paediatrician).
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
The Behavioural Standards Framework
Everybody’s responsibility in everything we do
Visit our Inclusion and Diversity page : https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity-matter-uhmb/
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PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £38 for Enhanced and £18 for Standard clearance for will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Valid Registration with the General Medical Council
- Completed Specialist Training (or equivalent) in Paediatrics
- Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (or equivalent)
- Completed, and up to date with: APLS (or equivalent) NLS (or equivalent) Level 3 Child Protection Training (or equivalent)
- On the Specialist Register for the above, or be within six months of being admitted to the Register
Meini prawf dymunol
- Substantive NHS experience
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Practical experience in Acute and non-acute paediatric problems
- Proven experience in clinical audit
- Understanding of NHS leadership and management responsibilities of Consultants.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Practical experience in Child development and disability assessment.
- Evidence of completion of full audit cycle and implementation of knowledge learned
Skills, ability and knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of fulfilling the personal CPD requirements of RCPCH
- Recent active involvement in delivery of Medical Education and multi professional training
- IT and computing skills.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of recent and current research, with relevant publications
- Completion of Educational Supervision training
Teaching
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of supervision of postgraduate trainees
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
Personal Qualities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively in all disciplines
- Experience of clinical supervision of juniors and relevant staff in other disciplines.
- Ability to lead the development of services and promote the best practice amongst colleagues.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of the development of leadership skills within the work environment.
- NHS Management training
Documents
- JD RCA Consultant Paediatrician (PDF, 483.6KB)
- Consultant Person Spec (PDF, 182.8KB)
- Car Park Information (DOC, 28.0KB)
- Behavioural Standards Framework - on a page (PDF, 246.3KB)
- The Behavioural Standards Framework (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Furness General Hospital Accessibility Plan (PDF, 174.8KB)
- LGBT Network Leaflet (PDF, 226.6KB)
- Annual Report 2019/2020 (PDF, 5.7MB)
- Access to Work information sheet (PDF, 172.0KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Hannah Hill
- Teitl y swydd
- Assistant Clinical Service Manager for Paediatrics
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- Hannah.Hill@mbht.nhs.uk
- Rhif ffôn
- 01229 403760
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Wajid Sultan
Clinical Lead
Wajid.Sultan@mbht.nhs.uk
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