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Applicants are invited for the post of Consultant Paediatrician (Allergy/Respiratory) commencing Spring 2022. The post attracts 10 programmed activities per week, including 2 PA for supporting professional activities. Specific start date is negotiable.
This post has arisen as a result of retirement and redesign of services. The appointee must be trained in paediatrics and hold the MRCPCH, or equivalent, and have completed higher specialist training (or equivalent) in paediatric allergy/respiratory. Applicants must be on the Specialist Register, or within six months, at date of interview, of being admitted to the Register if currently in a training programme within the UK. Suitable candidates who are eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register through the CSER route will be considered but would be appointed in a locum post for up to 23 months in the first instance. Tayside has an excellent record of supporting well-qualified individuals through the CSER route.
The appointee must be able to demonstrate clinical experience and competence in the assessment and management of children with a broad range of chronic allergy and respiratory disorders. This post will contribute to the in-patient allergy and respiratory service and out-patient clinical service of NHS Tayside and the North of Scotland Paediatric Respiratory Network (NOSPRN).
The post-holder will join the Paediatric Consultant team in Tayside Children’s Hospital providing secondary and tertiary level paediatric services and will supervise the inpatient care and conduct specialist consultations with input and support from the ward team, working alongside Dr McCormick, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Dr Connolly, Consultant Paediatrician who provide a range of respiratory and allergy. The post-holder will be expected to carry out respiratory, allergy, and general paediatric outpatient clinics in Ninewells Hospital and Perth Royal Infirmary.
Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Dr Margaret Peebles or Dr Helen Dunne, Tayside Children’s Hospital, Ninewells, Dundee (01382 660111 ext 40343 or 58970)
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 5th April 2022
The Date of Interviews: Friday 29th April 2022.