Consultant in Paediatric Surgery

Applications are invited for a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon to join the team in the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. This is a substantive post.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is part of Birmingham Women & Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital covers a population of over 5 million and provides secondary, tertiary and quaternary services. It is a designated Paediatric Major Trauma centre.

The Paediatric Surgical service covers neonatal and general paediatric surgery, as well as gastroenterology, oncology, colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, major trauma and non-cardiac thoracic surgery.

The successful applicant will be expected to have a subspeciality interest in Oncology & Thoracic Surgery and support in the provision of both of these areas of practice – including ovarian and testicular cryopreservation and vascular access.

This is a 10 PA job, including both elective and on-call commitments. This post does not include the provision of any Specialist Paediatric Urology.

This post will include providing elective and on-call commitments in Paediatric Surgery over a 7-week cycle. This is split into 5 weeks of purely “elective” commitments and a 2-week period of “emergency/on-call” provision. During the second of these two “on-call” weeks, the post-holder will also provide a neonatal surgery outreach service at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. This neonatal surgical outreach service is supported by specialist neonatal surgery outreach nurses and is a patient review service, with no surgery taking place at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital. These commitments match the current working pattern of the substantive consultants in the department.

The job plan will also include 1.5 SPAs and an allocation for administration and ward rounds. Within these sessions, the Post Holder will be expected to attend the departmental Grand Round on a Friday morning. Non-clinically, the successful applicant will be expected to support the education and research programs within the department.

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neonatal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners, FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

For further details / informal visits contact:

• Name: Mr Liam McCarthy
• Job title: Clinical lead, PSU
• Email address: liammccarthy@nhs.net
• Telephone number: 01213338110