Paediatric Spinal Consultant

Evelina London is seeking a 6PA consultant paediatrician, to work embedded within the paediatric spinal service, to lead on the development of robust, holistic pre-operative medical support for complex children undergoing spinal surgery. The paediatric spinal service at Evelina is expanding. The majority of children and young people undergoing surgery are medically complex. The postholder will work closely with the established spinal team in developing the service to ensure individualised, holistic and high quality care. The candidate will provide medical input to the current pre-assessment pathway and lead on pre-operative MDT meetings. The appointed candidate would lead on the developments of pathways and guidelines and deliver education, training and support to members of the spinal multi-disciplinary team. The postholder will join the general paediatric service who will provide oversight of the care they provide and ensure professional development and appraisal and will contribute to the delivery of general paediatric care. They will also work closely with the general paediatricians and other members of the MDT who make up the Evelina Compass Team, who will provide proactive medical input for medically complex post-operative spinal patients. The successful candidate would work across the Medical and Surgical Directorates in Evelina London and will work closely with the Head of Service for Paediatric Spine and Lead Spine Anaesthetist in the development of the service., Role includes:

• Development of paediatric peri-operative spinal service
• Targeted pre-operative holistic medical review alongside anaesthetic colleagues and other specialist teams as part of existing pre-assessment pathway
• Active involvement in discussion and decision making as to whether surgery is in best interests of child and family
• Specialist medical input into the optimisation of patients medically pre-surgery
• Active participation in Spinal MDT meetings
• Leading on the development of peri-operative guidelines, education and training
• Providing general paediatric services to the Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The appointed candidate would also be expected to also contribute to other areas such as:
• High dependency care and patient safety
• Education and training
• Research
• Quality improvement and audit
• Clinical and educational supervision
  
  Caring for more than 95,000 babies, children and young people each year, Evelina London Children's Healthcare provides comprehensive health services from before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. ELCH is part of Guys and St Thomas' Foundation Trust which is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation Trusts. The Evelina London Children's Hospital provide a large range of local hospital and community services for children in South London, Lambeth and Southwark, as well as an almost comprehensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across South London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
The General Paediatric department provides a wide range of healthcare services to local children through inpatient and outpatient treatment. Our patients reflect the diverse community living locally, and we see and manage a range of common and rarer conditions. We also manage many cases from the South East England catchment area which have been retrieved to PICU and then come under the care of the general paediatricians. These children often have complex multi-system problems and provide an interesting caseload. We have an HDU (currently up to 7 beds) in which we manage acutely ill children, and often children requiring acute respiratory support including CPAP, BIPAP and stable long-term ventilation. The HDU is staffed by a specialist team of nurses, led by an experienced sister.