Locum Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a locum consultant for 12 months. This is a 10PA locum consultant post in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and is to cover a period of maternity leave. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to join an established team delivering diabetes and endocrine care to the North East and North Cumbria. Although it is currently planned for the successful candidate to contribute to both the diabetes and endocrinology service, there will be scope to tailor responsibilities to the successful candidate's wishes. There will be an out of hours 'telephone' on-call commitment (approximately one week in 6 or 7), The Paediatric Endocrine Department provides a comprehensive tertiary service for a population of approximately 3.1 million across the North East and North Cumbria as well as supporting the secondary health care services in Newcastle (a population of around 500,000) Most services are delivered in Newcastle upon Tyne but there are regional clinics held in Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough (James Cook University Hospital). There are strong links with regional district hospitals and most are staffed by a consultant team that includes one or more experienced paediatrician/s with a major interest in paediatric endocrinology.,

• To provide an expert opinion regarding patients with a wide range of suspected or established acute and longstanding paediatric endocrine and diabetes problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
• To support the regional delivery of paediatric endocrinology services both in and out of hours, providing clinical advice and support to paediatric colleagues.
• To work closely with nursing and other staff to create or further develop systems of care dedicated to the management of children with specific disorders, in keeping with the general philosophy of the department.
• To provide daytime consultant-based advice for primary / secondary care paediatric endocrine queries
• To undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
• To undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
Administrative:
• To undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Children's Services Directorate in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Directorate Manager and Clinical Director. The appointee is entitled to become a member of the Hospital Medical Staff Committee.
• To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
• To become involved with the financial management of the paediatric departmental budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.
Audit and Research:
• Audit is a key component of practice and ensuring that services adhere to recognised standards is an important part of clinical care.
• The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio
Teaching:
• To participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in all parts of the course but specifically in stage 3 and 5 during their attachments in Child Health.
• Active involvement in the clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor.
• The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the teaching of all levels of paediatric postgraduate trainees.
• To participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate - an ongoing and active contribution to the education of nurse practitioners on the admissions wards is an essential component of this job.
  
  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.