Consultant Paediatrician Safeguarding and Child Death

Job summary

The post holder will be appointed as a Consultant Paediatrician with primary responsibility for providing senior clinical leadership and supervision within the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) and Safeguarding unit (Anlaby suite). Key clinical duties include:

The post holder will be the lead SUDIC paediatrician and support the Joint agency response

Work with the Independent CDOP Chair, review and provide strategic and professional leadership across the health economy in relation to the child death overview process.

They will contribute to the development of local multiagency policy and procedures including training relating to the child death overview process and provide advice, as appropriate, to the ICBs and NHS providers in relation to the development of health specific policies.

They will have some flexible sessions providing overall consultant supervision to the PAU including twilight shifts, supported by a middle-grade doctor and Tier 1 resident doctor. Overtime as the service stabilises there will be oncall commitments and the option for acute consultant of the week supporting the General Paediatric service

Main duties of the job

This post comprises 8 Programmed Activities (PAs).

1.5PA Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) is allocated, covering professional development, teaching, audit, and governance.

An indicative job plan will be provided; however, this may evolve in line with organisational vision, service development, and population needs.

The timetable can be flexible and may be adapted to reflect the appointee's special interests and expertise, subject to service requirements and future funding availability.

The job plan will be formally reviewed six months after appointment to ensure that the allocation of PAs appropriately reflects the responsibilities of the post.

There is an intention for this role to evolve with service development with potential amendments to the job plan in the future.

The post holder will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, including the training and supervision of junior doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Participation in educational supervision and clinical supervision of trainees is expected, subject to appropriate accreditation .

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details regarding this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Professional Registration

Essential

• oOn the GMC's Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview
• oPortfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
• oValid BLS Training

Desirable

• oValid NLS and APLS

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• oMRCPCH(UK) or equivalent qualification
• oValid APLS certificate
• oValid level3 safeguarding training

Desirable

• oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Clinical Experience

Essential

• oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute paediatric medical conditions
• oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• oBe clinically active in the field of safeguarding/child protection, as part of their clinical commitments
• Previous experience of multiagency child death review processes

Desirable

• oAbility to lead on complex safeguarding cases, including cases of Fabricated and Inducted Illness
• oAbility to provide and/or experience of leading consultant level safeguarding supervision
• oAmbulatory care training
• oKnowledge of advance safeguarding -Valid level 4 safeguarding

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

• oAbility to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
• oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of a busy clinical unit
• oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• oIn-depth understanding of RCPCH guidelines: Sudden unexpected death in infancy and child-hood (2016)
• oExperience of writing child protection medical reports, police statements and court statements

Desirable

• oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential

• oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
• oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• oEvidence of participation in audit
• oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

• oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
• oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

Essential

• oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
• oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
• oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
• oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

• oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines