Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant in General Paediatrics – Complex Medical Care
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Consultant in General Paediatrics with a Focus on Complex Medical Care
We are looking to appoint a Consultant in General Paediatrics with a focus on Complex Medical Care at Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, supportive and developing General Paediatric service. The post will help strengthen consultant capacity for children and young people with medical complexity, alongside contribution to General Paediatric service weeks, outpatient clinics, Advice and Guidance, medical student teaching and the wider consultant on-call rota.
The successful candidate will work closely with paediatric specialty teams, nursing colleagues, allied health professionals, community services, primary care and families to support joined-up, safe and child-centred care. The post will suit a consultant with strong general paediatric experience, a clear interest in complex medical needs, and the ability to work across organisational and specialty boundaries.
Responsibilities
- Provide consultant level support and oversight for children and young people with medical complexity, including ward rounds, care co-ordination, multidisciplinary team working and liaison with specialist paediatric teams.
- Contribute to General Paediatric service weeks, including ward rounds, assessment of acutely unwell children, clinical decision making, trainee supervision and close working with nursing, therapy and wider multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Manage General Paediatric outpatient clinics and young person’s epilepsy clinics, with responsibility for associated clinical administration, timely correspondence, investigation follow up and effective pathway management.
- Provide Advice and Guidance to support primary care and partner services, helping to reduce avoidable referrals and improve timely access to specialist paediatric advice.
- Support undergraduate medical student teaching as part of the Child Health programme and take an active role in teaching, supervision, audit, clinical governance, incident review, risk management and service improvement.
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About Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) was established in 2006 and we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham.
NUH are, by any measure, a large, complex, person centred organisation. With over 17,000 employees from a wide range of professional backgrounds, they are one of the region’s largest employers.
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NUH has an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of their patient care and for their research, education and innovation. They have strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for their students, as well as being a major research organisation.
For information about the Trust, including business plans, annual reports, and services, visit their website.
Staff Benefits
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have various staff benefits. Some of the benefits of working for NUH include:
- Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our 24-hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks
- Access to Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Cycle to work and travel passes
- NHS discounts
- Flexible working
Details of these and other benefits can be found on our intranet pages which you will have access when you commence with Team NUH.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Karen Aucott
- Job Title: General Paediatrician
- Email Address: k.aucott@nhs.net
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