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Locum Consultant in Children's Emergency DepartmentUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust • Coventry, United Kingdom
Locum Consultant in Children's Emergency Department

Locum Consultant in Children's Emergency Department

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust • Coventry, United Kingdom
12 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Job summary
Proposed interview date will be w/c 17th August 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Paediatric Emergency Medicine physician or Acute Paediatrician to join the Children's Emergency Department team at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, working with us towards our goal of providing world class emergency care to the children and young people of Coventry and Warwickshire. Our team is dedicated, enthusiastic and committed to continuously improving our service and we are looking for somebody who will join us in this aim.

The Children's Emergency Department at UHCW is co-located with the Adult ED and the team work closely with our Adult ED and Paediatric colleagues to provide single front door access to approximately 38,000 acutely unwell or injured children and young people every year.

This is an exciting time for CED at UHCW. We are proud of the service that we offer our patients, but we recognise the need to change and adapt as the demands of EM change. In September 2023 we completed a significant expansion providing us with the space and facilities appropriate to the demands of a busy, forward looking CED.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.

Main duties of the job
The main aim of this post is to work with other senior medical and nursing staff to support in delivering a first-class children's emergency medicine service for the Coventry and Rugby area at University Hospital, Coventry. This will involve supervision and support of juniors so that services are provided in an effective and efficient manner.

Post holder will also have the following duties:
  • Take responsibility for and provide high quality, evidence-based treatment to patients under his/her care
  • Participate in the development of the Children's Emergency Medicine service including developing relevant treatment protocols and guidelines and working towards greater knowledge of the management of paediatric emergency medical conditions.
  • Work towards the department ambition of providing paediatric EM subspecialty training at UHCW.
  • Ensure own practice is up-to-date. This will involve taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the Trust's Performance and Annual Review system.
  • Ensure that all Trust-wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come into contact with services provided by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
  • Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults is your responsibility. Familiarisation with and adherence to UHCW Safeguarding policies and Coventry and Warwickshire Safeguarding Board procedures is an essential.

About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Job responsibilities
For further details for this post, please refer to the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
  • Meets all essential

Desirable
  • Meets all desirable

Experience/Knowledge
Essential
  • Evidence of appropriate training and experience in managing children with acute illness including PICU experience
  • Competent to work without direct supervision
  • APLS or equivalent (within past 4 years)
  • Child protection training (Level 3) in past 12 months
  • Appropriate progression of career to date
  • Experience of working in a designated Children's Emergency Department

Desirable
  • ATLS or ETC, trauma equivalent.
  • Evidence of paediatric safeguarding experience in clinical practice

Management and Administrative
Essential
  • Able to demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills
  • Experience of and ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Ability to organise own workload and prioritise clinical needs
  • Ability to lead, communicate, liaise and negotiate with others
  • Ability to motivate, innovate and support staff of all disciplines
  • Competent in basic information technology.

Desirable
  • Formal leadership and management training
  • Formal IT training

Teaching and Training
Essential
  • Ability to design and deliver talks / lectures / workshops effectively
  • Evidence of teaching at medical undergraduate level
  • Ability to act as a mentor/supervisor to doctors in training/trainee ACPs/trainee PENPs
  • Evidence of appraisal and assessment training and skills

Desirable
  • Completed teaching courses
  • APLS/EPALS Instructor status

Research, Audit, Quality Improvement and Clinical Governance
Essential
  • Excellent communication skills for both clinical interaction and teaching/training.
  • Ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate & counsel families in difficult circumstances.
  • Clear written and spoken English
  • Willingness to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and share administrative responsibilities
  • Ability to develop good working relationships with both clinical and management colleagues.
  • Good organisational skills
  • Demonstration of probity

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values. (As detailed in UHCW's Values in Action document below).
  • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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