Consultant General Paediatrician - Yeovil, United Kingdom - Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Yeovil, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Description

The dedicated and enthusiastic Paediatric team at Yeovil District Hospital are looking to appoint a Consultant in General Paediatrics to work in our busy children's unit.

The position is full-time - 10 PAs and is to complement the existing team and to help further develop our Paediatric services.

The post-holder will join 8 Consultants and 1 Associate Specialist to provide a range of Child Health Services within a fully integrated organisation.

Provide general in-patient and out-patient paediatric services for children & young people, also for newborn infants who require specialist input.

Conduct General paediatrics clinics.

To be integrated into the current "Consultant of the Week" system for one week in seven with prospective cover. Share in the on-call responsibilities, including conducting ward rounds when "Consultant of the Week".

Work within the existing multidisciplinary teams to provide continuity of care

Yeovil Hospital is an ambitious and friendly Trust that is proud to provide acute care for a population of more than 225,000 people in South Somerset, North and West Dorset and parts of Mendip.

The hospital has 345 beds, a busy Emergency Department, a variety of outpatient and diagnostics services, and a private patients' wing which offers a personal service in state-of-the-art clinical facilities, with all profits being invested back into NHS healthcare.

Yeovil Hospital's iCARE model, which has established the principles of exemplary patient care, patient and employee experience, has attracted national interest and is embedded in everything we do, following our vision to care for our patients as if they are one of our family.

The Trust's shared vision has led to our staff rating Yeovil Hospital the best in England for employee health and wellbeing for the third year running in the annual NHS staff survey 2020.

Welcome to Yeovil Payment
A generous relocation package
10 hours of paid time for professional development every week

- £700 personal budget for training and development every year

The post-holder will provide general in-patient and out-patient paediatric services for children & young people, also for newborn infants who require specialist input.

The post will be integrated into the current "Consultant of the Week" system for one week in seven with prospective cover.

During that week starting on Friday morning the consultant is responsible for all admissions and has no other fixed morning clinics, and is on-call over the weekend & for one other night.

In order to comply with European Working-time Directive (EWD) the consultant will not be expected to work on the Monday afternoon following the weekend on-call nor the following Friday.

General responsibilities:
Share in the on-call responsibilities, including conducting ward rounds when "Consultant of the Week". Conduct approximately general paediatric clinics and epilepsy clinics each week

Work within the existing multidisciplinary teams to provide continuity of care

Contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching program. Contribute to the training and supervision of trainee doctors

Fulfil requirements of continuing professional development, clinical governance and appraisal

Contribute to the strategic and administrative development of the department and local Child Health services

Please refer to the Job Description for full details of role and example job plan and rota pattern