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Locum Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 27 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 0 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6509508/321-NOTS-MS-6509508-S1 |
Summary
OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Applications are invited for the above post in the Department of Paediatrics at the Oxford Children’s Hospital, Level 2, Oxford OX3 9DU.
This is a 12-month locum post for maternity cover.The postholder will join as one of 3 specialist paediatric respiratory consultants working within a multidisciplinary team that also includes 5 specialist nurses, 2 physiotherapists, 2 dieticians, a psychologist, a respiratory physiologist and other support staff. We are a dynamic and committed team who together provide a comprehensive paediatric respiratory service for Oxfordshire, the Thames Valley and Northamptonshire. The majority of the postholder’s time will be spent at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford. One consultant also delivers a regular clinic at the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
There will be a focus for the post holder on work related to the paediatric respiratory sleep service.
The postholder’s duties will be primarily atOxford Children’s Hospital, but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations such as the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Clinical
The postholder will provide, within a multi-disciplinary team including 3 consultant colleagues, a comprehensive paediatric resipiratory service for children in the Thames Valley and Northamptonshire (approximate population 2 million). The services offered include:
• regional cystic fibrosis centre
• respiratory sleep service
• non-invasive respiratory support service (CPAP and BiPAP)
• long term ventilation via tracheostomy
• care of children with tracheostomies
• management of empyema and other respiratory infections
• management of asthma
• management of chronic lung disease
• investigation of respiratory problems
• respiratory support to the ITU, cleft service, craniofacial service, neuromuscular service, ENT service, oncology service, cardiology service.
Outreach cystic fibrosis clinics are provided 3-monthly at 5 network clinics. There are 3 CF Transition clinics per year run jointly with the Adult CF Teams in Oxford and Frimley Park Hospital. There are biannual PCD clinics run jointly with the Southampton Quaternary PCD service.
The postholder will undertake clinic work and inpatient work, as well as taking an equal share in a 1 in 3 on call service for paediatric respiratory medicine.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Outline Job Plan Weekly provisional Programmed Activities
An indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below. The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the clinical director upon appointment and reviewed after 6 months.
Day
Time
Location
Work
Categorisation
No. of PAs
Monday
0900-1300
OUH
Respiratory Clinic
Direct Care
1
1300-1500
OUH
CF annual reviews, Bronchoscopy list alternate weeks
Direct Care
0.5
1500-1700
OUH
CPD, Statutory and Mandatory Training, Job planning, Appraisal
Supporting
0.5
Tuesday
0900-1300
OUH
Sleep study patient reviews and ward round
Direct Care
1
1300-1700
OUH
Weeks 1,3 and 5:Respiratory clinic
Weeks 2 and 4:Clinical admin
Direct Care
1
Wednesday
0900-1000
OUH
Sleep study patient reviews
Direct Care
0.25
1000-1200
OUH
Flexible activity (see below)
Direct Care
Included below
1200-1300
OUH
Ad hoc patient MDTs and scheduled inter-specialty meetings with ENT, infectious diseases team
Direct Care
0.25
1400-1500
OUH
Radiology meeting
Direct Care
0.25
1500-1600
OUH
CF MDT
Direct Care
0.25
1600-1700
OUH
Clinical Meeting
Supporting
0.25
Thursday
0900-1200
OUH
Clinical admin, report writing, care planning
Direct Care
0.75
1200-1500
OUH
Clinical governance activity, audit, CPD, Statutory and Mandatory Training
Supporting
0.75
1500-1700
OUH
Sleep MDT meeting and report writing
Direct Care
0.5
Friday
0900-1300
OUH
Sleep study patient reviews and ward round
Direct Care
1
1300-1700
OUH
Weeks 2 and 4:Respiratory clinic
Plus 2x per year joint Southampton/Oxford PCD clinic held at Horton General Hospital
Weeks 1, 3 and 5:
Clinical admin
Direct Care
1
Saturday
Sunday
Additional agreed activity to be worked flexibly
2 hours
OUH
To see acute admissions, referrals and review ward patients in hours
Direct care
0.5
Predictable emergency on-call work
Unpredictable emergency on-call work
Variable
OUH
On-call from home, telephone advice, attending when necessary out-of hours
Direct care
0.25
TOTAL PAs
10
Programmed Activity
No of PAs
Direct clinical care(including unpredictable on-call)
8.5
Supporting professional activities
1.5
Other NHS responsibilities
External duties
Total No of PAs
10
Anticipated on-call availability supplement
Agreed on-call rota(e.g. 1 in 5)
1 in 3
Agreed category(delete)
On-call supplement %
3%
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024
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