Consultant Paediatrics and Neonates Specialist

Doctors Direct have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant to work with us at East & North Herts NHS Foundation Trust on their Paediatrics and Neonates specialist team. 

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Diagnosing, monitoring and treating children who are injured, ill or living with disabilities
  • Performing comprehensive examinations on new born and children to identify abnormalities and checking for normal growth and development
  • Prescribing treatment methods, including administering medication, performing surgeries and other therapies
  • Discussing diagnosis and treatment plans with parents and children 
  • Ordering tests and referring patients to Specialists
  • Contribution to the daytime weekly attending rota for NICU, HDU, SCBU and Transitional Care, during which other clinical duties will be cancelled.
  • Day-to-day decisions about the clinical management of babies and children in the unit during their attending week
  • Out-of-hours responsibilities
  • Professional ‘on the job’ supervision and training of Junior Medical Staff and ANNP with no named trainee educational responsibility.
  • Responsibilities as supervising clinician and clinical supervisors for carrying out teaching, accreditation and examination duties as required as well as for contributing to postgraduate and personal continuing medical education.

 

Role Details:

  • Speciality: Paediatrics and Neonates
  • Location: Hertfordshire
  • Shift patterns: 8:00-17:00 Mon-Fri on-going, on-call, weekends/part-time hours also available
  • Hours per week: 20-50 hours available
  • Start date: ASAP- no end date, this is ongoing the client will accept short-term contracts
  • Rates: £110-£175 per hour

 

This is a great opportunity to join our National Bank, which enables you to work in multiple Paediatrics and Neonates departments across the country full/part-time and be paid great rates.  Doctors Direct recruits to the highest of NHS standards and all candidates applying for this role must have the following:

 

  • Valid GMC
  • Right to work in the UK
  • Minimum of 3 months paid experience in the NHS/UK

 

Why Choose Doctors Direct?

Doctors Direct are part of NHS Professionals and owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, which means that we are part of the NHS family and sets us apart from locum agencies. Saving money and providing only the highest quality locum cover to our partner Trusts is at the very heart of what we do.

Doctors Direct are part of the NHS and do not charge our partner Trusts the expensive fees associated with private locum agencies. That means every shift worked by one of our members helps save money for the Trust and the wider NHS. These vital savings can then be reinvested into what matters most, patient care and safety.

About the Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is made up of four hospitals: Hertford County Hospital in Hertford, the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Northwood and the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.

 

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust have a team of over 5,000 dedicated staff, delivering high-quality, safe and effective care. Together the sites deliver a range of services including emergency, inpatient, outpatient, maternity and diagnostic care. The Trust also offers specialist services such as cardiology, urology, renal medicine and radiotherapy

 

Apply

To find out more about this opportunity and others please call 03330 143 652 to speak to one of our dedicated recruitment consultants. If you’d like to apply, please email your CV to doctorsjobs@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk.

 

As an equal opportunities organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.