Consultant Paediatrician

We are recruiting a full time Consultant Paediatrician to be based at Worthing Hospital. As a General Paediatric Consultant the candidate will be responsible for delivering high quality paediatric care to neonates, children, and young people within the outpatient and inpatient settings in the Worthing area. Candidates with specialist interests complimentary to those of the team are encouraged. We are looking for an engaging &enthusiastic professional, who is fully committed to the ideals of the RCPCH &the values of our UHSussex Trust. Potential candidates should be keen to drive forward standards &work with a motivated multidisciplinary team including consultants, junior doctors, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, dieticians and other members of tertiary specialist services either within the Trust or from Tertiary referral centres. As a Resident on-call Consultant, candidates will have the opportunity to maintain their practical skills during tier 2 resident working periods, and also
have the opportunity to exercise leadership &supervisor skills during more traditional consultant attending and on-call out of hours working. We encourage candidates who may be interested in this post to make contact and arrange a visit to see the department, meet our team, and ask any questions you may have to fully understand the role, This General Paediatric with neonates role will be based on 10 PAs to include 8.5 DCC PAs & 1.5 SPA & will allow for flexible working & time shifting. This may be worked flexibly over a seven-day working week. The consultant will undertake weekly outpatient general paediatric clinics, & participation in the Consultant of the week rota 1:10 This post includes resident on-call duties for weekend day shifts (three weekends per year) & weekday night shifts (26 nights per year) to cover the tier 2 on-call rota. Skills required will be Neonatal life support skills as well as paediatric life support skills, clinical paediatric practical skills expected of a general paediatric Tier 2 doctor, & managing the team of junior doctors on the shift with appropriate teamworking. Outpatient department sessions give any successful candidate the opportunity to see new & follow-up general paediatric patients in an outpatient setting locally. Candidates with appropriate sub speciality interests
will be supported to develop their skills & undertake specialist clinics. During consultant of the week attending sessions & tier 3 on-call sessions, the candidate will have the opportunity to manage the acute general paediatric & level 1 neonatal wards, utilising an MDT of nurses, doctors, physios & dieticians. There will be opportunities to develop management & leadership qualities during these sessions, as well as an opportunity to carry out bedside teaching to our enthusiastic junior doctors.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we

value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do. We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.