Consultant Paediatrician w​/Specialist Interest in Paediatric Epilepsy

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the position of Consultant Paediatrician with a Specialist Interest in Paediatric Epilepsy. This post would also include a requirement to be part of the Acute Paediatric & Neonatal attending and on-call rotas within the service.

This post is offered at 7PA's per week to include on-call working, with the job plan agreed with the Clinical Director upon the confirmation of an unconditional offer of employment.

The successful candidate will join a team of 20x Consultant Paediatricians and will undertake a split rota of inpatient and outpatient work providing input into the General, Ambulatory, and Neonatal Attending and On-call rota's, as well as completion a set number of Outpatient clinics both in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Epilepsy. On-call activities will be allocated on a pro-rata basis.

The Paediatric Epilepsy team consists of 1.40

WTE Consultant staffing, inclusive of this role, and 1

WTE Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist.

The appointee to this post is required to:

• Provide senior clinician services to Paediatrics as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust's resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the Unit's Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

For further information please contact;

• Dr Dhruv Rastogi - Consultant Paediatrician & Divisional Clinical Director through Divisional PA Laveezah Khan on  or at
• Dr Reshmy Nair - Consultant Paediatrician & Clinical Lead on  or at

• CCT paediatrics (or within 6 months of obtaining)
• Full GMC registration
• MBBS or equivalent, MRCPCH or equivalent
• Confidence with child safeguarding - up to date level 3 training essential
• Management, teaching and governance experience
• Pathway development and service change experience
• Research / publications

• Confidence with child safeguarding - up to date level 3 training essential
• Management, teaching and governance experience
• Pathway development and service change experience
• Confidence in managing Neonates at LNU level

• APLS/EPALS/NLS provider
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent organisational skills
• APLS/EPALS/NLS instructor

• Excellent teaching ability
• Further qualification

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients
• Knowledge of resource management issues
• Ability to stay calm under pressure

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a year

Per annum (Pro-rata) + £2,162 London Weighting