Consultant Paediatrician

This is an amazing opportunity to take advantage of an exciting post of Consultant Paediatrician at Queens Hospital, Burton on Trent. As well as providing a high-quality paediatric service, you will work together with senior colleagues in shaping the future of paediatric services. You will have shared responsibility for the operational performance, clinical quality, and resource management of the service.Main duties of the job The role on offer is for an 8 PA contract with potential scope for further PA's in the future subject to job planning. It will include 1:7.5 on-call commitmentfor general paediatrics and the neonatal unit including weekends for providing an out-of-hours emergency service, on a shared basis with other Consultants within the Department for which an on-call availability supplement is payable. You will be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in your charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan. It is essential for applicants for substantive Consultant posts to be on the GMC Specialist Register or be within six months of their CCT date at the interview date

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  £99,532 to £131,964 a year pro rata per annum including on-call commitments