Locum consultant Paediatrician

We are looking to appoint a locum consultant paediatrician to join our existing paediatric team to provide high quality comprehensive consultant only secondary care to the local community in the Bailiwick of Guernsey (65,000 people approx.)

This is a 6 month locum post to backfill a substantive vacancy which has arisen because of retirement.

The applicant will have a broad range of experience across paediatrics.

Applicants should be on the GMC Specialist Register.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate who demonstrates clinical excellency, is a goodcommunicator and shares the values we place on long term partnerships.

The successful candidate will have broad range of experience across paediatrics.

About us

We are a partnership of currently 56 Consultants, which, under contract, provides specialist medical services to the Guernsey Health Service with a health care model that is different and separate from the NHS. As well as providing contract care the MSG consultants also provide private care, which is remunerated separately, but is carried out in both MSG and PEH facilities as there are no other private facilities on island. MSG administration and secretarial staff also support a consultant private practice. Tertiary care services are supplied by hospitals on the UK Mainland, mainly Southampton University Hospital, usually through contracted services.

The Princess Elizabeth Hospital is a modern hospital with approximately 145 beds and strong clinical links to UK mainland centres, particularly Southampton General Hospital and Kings College Hospital.

Our vision is to be internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for clinical care and loved by the Guernsey community.Our purpose is to use our expertise and compassion to provide outstanding patient-centred services that improve the health of the community we serve.

Job responsibilities

We are looking to appoint a Locum Consultant Paediatrician with a broad range of experienceacross paediatrics to join an existing team of four paediatricians to provide high qualitycomprehensive consultant only secondary care in paediatrics and neonatology in the Bailiwickof Guernsey (65,000 people approx.). The successful applicant must be on the GMC Specialistor be within 6 months of eligibility for inclusion at the me of interview.

Person Specification

Experience

• Ability to manage the full
• range of paediatric and
• encountered within a general
• hospital including
• stabilisation and
• management of ventilated
• Minimum of 1 year
• experience in a level 3
• neonatal unit at ST6 or above
• Ability to identify and
• examine children where
• there are safeguarding
• concerns
• Some clinical experience of
• community paediatrics
• Experience in neonatal
• transportation
• More than 1 years
• experience at

Qualifications

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• MRCPCH (or equivalent)
• Full registration with the
• GMC
• On GMC Specialist Register or
• within 6 months of CCT at
• interview date
• NLS provider within last 4
• years
• APLS provider within last 4
• years
• Level 3 child protection
• training
• Eligible to work and reside in
• the UK
• Qualification in chosen
• sub-specialty
• ARNI
• NLS or APLS instructor
• Level 4 or 5 Child
• Protection training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Directorate Chair for Women & Child Health