Locum Consultant Paediatrician | University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Overview

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership and support to the paediatric service; delivering outpatient and inpatient care at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.

The post holder will actively participate with the existing team in developing a comprehensive integrated paediatric diabetes and endocrinology service incorporating the Best Practice Tariff (BPT) requirement, Paediatric Diabetes Peer Review standards and national standards relating to transition of care in paediatric diabetes and endocrinology.

The post holder will need to contribute to the delivery of services which are financially responsible and efficient. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the provision of high quality postgraduate experience and teaching to doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in training including Advanced Clinical practitioners and Physician Associates.

The post holder will need to work closely with clinicians and colleagues from neighbouring NHS organisations regarding clinical care which is relevant to this speciality and post-holder.

The paediatric diabetes services include a dedicated multidisciplinary team which includes three consultants (fourth – vacant post), 4 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist nurses (3.98 WTE), 3 Paediatric Dietitians (1.6 WTE), clinical psychologists and one dedicated diabetes administrator. There is a well-developed insulin pump and CGM service. The MDT is part of the Children and Young People Diabetes Network (Yorkshire and Humber) and is affiliated to the Local Diabetes Network, which promotes regular interaction with the adult diabetes team, patient representatives and local commissioners.

The unit has regularly participated in the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit and peer review programme. We have an established transition service for patients aged 16 to 18 years. The post holder will be expected to consolidate transition services in both paediatric diabetes and endocrinology. This post will help the MDT deliver outpatient consultations in accordance to the BPT and establish an out of hours on-call rota for paediatric diabetes.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - the Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas including biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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