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8PA in adolescent medicine and general paediatrics consultant to join the Paediatric and Adolescent Division

We are looking to appoint a consultant to work in the Adolescent medical team, named Treatment and Rehabilitation of Adolescents with Complex Conditions Service (TRACCS) within UCLH’s Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine Division. The post will also include general paediatric responsibities, with an emphasis on adolescent medicine, as well as supporting the general paediatric team with on calls, attending and clinic.

Our Adolescent Service is recognised as a leading example at a national level and the inpatient unit is the largest in Europe.

We are passionate about providing excellent clinical care for young people alongside the best training opportunities.  You would join a highly motivated team at the cutting edge of both service development and academic research.  The department has received positive feedback for the many training opportunities offered both in clinical and non-clinical areas including leadership and management skills. 

You will benefit from innovative and high quality training, supervision and support for QI and educational initiatives, including simulation. You will need excellent communication, team working and clinical skills and lots of enthusiasm! 

Main duties of the job

As part of the team you would work with the other three consultants, registrar, fellow and SHO to see patients in clinics, day care and the adolescent ward. Outpatients often suffer from fatigue, pain, medically unexplained conditions and both physical and emotional difficulties. The adolescent unit has a mix of patients under different teams as well as the adolescent team who looks after young people with complex conditions for example affecting both physical and emotional health. There are many opportunities for working with multidisciplinary team colleagues. You would have responsibility for adolescent clinics, day care and inpatients.

General paediatric work would include 6 weeks attending and taking part in the 1 in 10 out of hours oncall rota, as well as monthly clinics.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.     

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:     

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)   
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery  
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals  
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building  
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine   
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre   
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases  
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street  

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.    

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040