Locum Consultant Paediatrician with interest in Diabetes-Endocrinology
Posted Today by The Diabetes Times
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Carshalton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Locum Consultant Paediatrician at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children involves providing acute paediatric services with a focus on Diabetes & Endocrinology. The position requires collaboration with the General Paediatric team and participation in on-call duties. The successful candidate will contribute to strategic planning and educational activities within a multidisciplinary team. This temporary post is based at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton, England.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide routine acute paediatric services in collaboration with the General Paediatric team.
- Attend Consultant on a 1 in 5 week basis and participate in on-call duties with a 1 in 8 frequency.
- Contribute to the strategic planning of services with local partners.
- Engage in educational activities, including teaching junior doctors and participating in quality meetings.
- Work alongside a team of 13 Acute Paediatric Consultants and other medical staff.
Key Skills:
- Specialization in Paediatrics with a focus on Diabetes & Endocrinology.
- Experience in acute paediatric services.
- Strong collaborative and communication skills.
- Ability to engage in strategic planning and educational activities.
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Carshalton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Summary We are currently looking to recruit a Locum Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Diabetes & Endocrinology to Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital, to help deliver our service in the boroughs of Merton and Sutton. This post is a temporary post and will be based at St Helier hospital. The post holder will work collaboratively with the acute General Paediatric team during working hours to provide routine day to day acute paediatric services. We currently offer our patients a wide range of acute paediatric and community services including Diabetes & Endocrinology which this post is expected to contribute to. The post holder will be attending Consultant on a 1 in 5 week basis and on the General Paediatric ward and join the on call team with a 1 in 8 on call frequency. As an organisation we are committed to develop our services in a collaborative manner with the local authorities, in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.
Main duties of the job The successful applicant will play a crucial role in ensuring the team continue to deliver a high quality service and will be involved in strategic planning of services with our local partners. The post holder will join a team of 13 Acute Paediatric Consultants and 2 Associate Specialists. There are also 14 middle grade and 16 junior doctors on the acute paediatric and neonatal rotas, in addition to Clinical Nurse Specialist for Epilepsy, Asthma, Allergy, Diabetes and Neurodisability. Routine educational activities include weekly junior doctor teaching programme in addition to Quality meetings, Child Protection Peer review and Mortality & Morbidity meetings run as part of the monthly programme. There will be opportunities to build and further teaching and training ambitions, as we have middle grade trainees within the department.
For any queries, please contact Dr Mashhood Ayaz ext 3031 or Dr Arun Kundu ext 8093 at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital.