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LOCUM CONSULTANT General Paediatrician
2 POSTS AVAILABLE
Reference - 186975
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term (12 months), full time (40 hours per week) 2 posts, one based in the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) and the other split between RHCYP, Edinburgh and St John’s Hospital, Livingston
RHCYP
This post is a replacement post due to retirement and augment consultant cover for the Acute Receiving Unit (ARU) at RHCYP. Out of hours commitments will be at RHCYP as part of the non-resident on call consultant rota and will include resident consultant evening shifts in RHCYP. These will be job planned on an annualised basis with one quarter of shifts to be delivered every three months.
Special interests within paediatrics will be accommodated whenever possible provided the job plan allows this.
RHCYP/ST JOHN’S
The post will augment consultant cover for the Acute Receiving Unit (ARU) at RHCYP and support out of hours cover at St John’s. Out of hours commitments will include resident out of hours shifts ( tier 2) covering acute paediatrics and neonatology at St John’s and evening shifts in RHCYP. These will be job planned on an annualised basis with one quarter of shifts to be delivered every three months.
The St John’s unit is developing a staffing model that does not require trainees to provide out of hours cover. This will be delivered by a group of clinicians comprising advanced paediatric nurse practitioners, advanced neonatal nurse practitioners, consultants and specialty doctors working on a pan-Lothian basis.
Special interests within paediatrics will be accommodated whenever possible provided the job plan allows this.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Laura Fraser, Clinical Director of General Paediatrics,
laura.j.fraser@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or 0131 312 0748.
Dr Helen Rhodes, Consultant Paediatrician, 01506 524379
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We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Closing Date: 8th June 2024
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: 19th June 2024