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Applications are invited for a substantive Consultant post in Paediatric Endocrinology. The successful candidate would join a team of 4 existing endocrine consultants.
Opportunity for the development of an individual candidate’s special interest will be encouraged within the service.
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus hosts the Royal Hospital for Children. Located out with the main hospital, but on campus grounds, is a full facility of on-site laboratories.
A description of the hospital is provided below.
The Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
The Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, is one of the largest paediatric teaching hospitals in the UK and the largest in Scotland. It provides secondary care for more than 900,000 people resident within the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, but also tertiary care for the 3m people living across the West of Scotland. There are also 17 nationally designated services delivered from the hospital including cardiac surgery, bone marrow and renal transplantation, ECLS and complex airways.
There is a complement of up to 244 beds in the Children’s hospital. There is an additional 34 integrated medical and surgical neonatal intensive/high dependency care cots and 26 integrated medical and surgical neonatal special care cots within the maternity unit adjoining the Children’s hospital. The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit co-located with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has 22 critical care beds. The Paediatric Emergency Department currently sees almost 60,000 attendees per year.
All paediatric medical and surgical subspecialties are represented, including general medical paediatrics, cardiology, neonatology, neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology, respiratory, endocrinology, gastroenterology, immunology and infectious diseases, dermatology, haematology/oncology, rheumatology, metabolic medicine, audiology, ophthalmology, ENT surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery and general paediatric and neonatal surgery. A selection of child and adolescent psychiatry facilities are located within the campus along with a recently opened Child Protection Unit.
The hospital provides the major Undergraduate Paediatric Teaching facility for the University of Glasgow and accommodates the University Departments of Child Health, Child and Family Psychiatry, Medical Genetics, Paediatric Pathology, Paediatric Biochemistry and Paediatric Surgery. There is on site clinical audit and research and development support to assist with departmental research projects.
The Radiology Department located within RHC provides ultrasound, CT, MRI and isotopic studies on site. All imaging is now film-less and is accessed through the PACS system. Diagnostic laboratory facilities on site include Haematology, Blood Banking, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Virology, Histopathology and Genetics.
Further information can be obtained from;
Dr M Guftar Shaikh, Clinical Lead for Endocrine Service
guftar.shaikh@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Lesley Nairn, Clinical Director
lesley.nairn@ggc.scot.nhs.uk