Job overview

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Surgery

New opportunity for a Paediatric Surgeon with a CCT or within 6 months of completion of CCT. The role requires the ability to manage an acute neonatal and general paediatric surgical take, including a substantial quantity of paediatric trauma. The Post holder will be expected to support and develop the service which consists of neonatal surgery, acute paediatric surgery and specialised paediatric urological surgery

To provide a high quality, accessible consultant led service in paediatric surgery.

To be up to date in child protection training and undertake appropriate review and action on cases admitted during attending weeks. 

To take an active role in developing clinical governance initiatives, participate in multidisciplinary audit, clinical effectiveness initiatives and risk management.

Assist in core clinical workload of the Paediatric and Neonatal Surgical department

Teaching/training and Audit in general, specialist and neonatal surgery

Reviewing and modifying current practice based on accepted techniques of audit and clinical governance

To undertake paediatric surgery specialty operating lists and outpatient clinics, including new and follow-up cases and provide training during some of these clinics to their junior doctors and teaching to medical students.  

To participate in the General Paediatric Surgical on call rota and be responsible for organising follow up of patients admitted under his/her care.    

Main duties of the job

To provide a high quality, accessible consultant led service in paediatric surgery.

To be up to date in child protection training and undertake appropriate review and action on cases admitted during attending weeks.

To contribute to training, development and education of medical and nursing staff and medical students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

To take an active role in developing clinical governance initiatives, participate in multidisciplinary audit, clinical effectiveness initiatives and risk management.

·         Assist in core clinical workload of the Paediatric and Neonatal Surgical departments

·         Undertake outreach work as timetabled

·         Teaching/training and Audit in general, specialist and neonatal surgery

·         Administrative, managerial and clinical governance duties and responsibilities

·         Use of evidence-based guidelines

·         Reviewing and modifying current practice based on accepted techniques of audit and clinical governance

·         Fostering multidisciplinary working

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.