Paediatric Consultant with a Specialist Interest in Palliative Care

This is a permanent Consultant Paediatric post with a specialist interest in palliative care, based at Staffordshire Children\'s Hospital at Royal Stoke within University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. The post holder will help develop the paediatric palliative care service across the Trust and Dougie Mac Children\'s Hospice, while supporting general paediatrics. The nine-session role carries a one-in-twelve general on-call commitment, including cover for the Children\'s Assessment Unit and inpatient wards. Full GMC registration, APLS or PALS provider status and the ability to work independently are required.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist palliative care at UHNM and Dougie Mac Children\'s Hospice
• Contribute to the development of the Paediatric Palliative Care Service
• Support general paediatrics
• Participate in the 1 in 12 general paediatric on-call rota
• Participate in the palliative care on-call rota
• Support the Children\'s Assessment Unit and inpatient wards during service weeks
• Engage in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Participate in service development and innovation

Qualifications

• BLS, PLS or PiLS training
• APLS or PALS provider
• Level 3 safeguarding training

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration

Experience

• Clinical training and experience in general paediatrics equivalent to UK CCST, with willingness to develop palliative care skills within competence boundaries
• Experience of supervising junior medical staff

Skills & knowledge

• Taking full independent responsibility for patient care, working without immediate supervision
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Understanding of management issues including clinical governance and service planning
• Good written and oral communication
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team with good interpersonal skills
• Time management and working under pressure

Other

• Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to continuing medical education
• Willingness to take part in teaching and service developments
• Ability and means to meet travel requirements, with residence allowing return to base within 30 minutes
• Accessible by telephone for on-call duties

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification such as MRCPCH, MSc, DCH, DCCH, MBA or equivalent
• Experience using evidence-based medicine and clinical audit in decision making
• Experience managing children with malignant and non-malignant life-limiting conditions
• Qualification or training in palliative care
• Audit or service improvement project in end-of-life care
• Formal training in research or teaching methods
• Training the trainers course
• Willingness to take on additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level

What\'s offered

• Flexible working requests will be considered

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