Consultant in Paediatric Neurology

Job overview

This post constitutes a replacement post within the paediatric neurology department. The post-holder will join the established team in continuing to provide a high quality service. The remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for Children and Young People from the Child Health services, and to provide and develop services to the Trust’s young patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. The post is based at King’s College Hospital with programmed activity at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Main duties of the job

At Kings, the post holder will:

· Provide a weekly outpatient complex epilepsy clinic

· Provide a weekly epilepsy and general paediatric neurology clinic, for ward follow-up and new outpatient referrals, with opportunity to develop special interest clinics

· Support the paediatric epilepsy CNS team in ongoing care to our large outpatient epilepsy population

· Contribute to the Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service (CESS) in support of the CESS lead with assessment and management of children on the CESS pathway

· Participate in the 1 in 4 Consultant of the Week rota to the paediatric neurology and neurosurgery inpatients, both on Lion ward and elsewhere within Child Health.

· Provide a ward consult service to support colleagues in the management of complex children with neurological disorders/symptoms, including to neurosurgery, PICU, NICU, paediatric hepatology, general paediatrics, paediatric haematology, paediatric surgery and trauma.

· Provide advice to colleagues and families by phone and email as appropriate

· Supervise the Specialist Trainees and Clinical Fellows including providing lectures, tutorials and seminars as required alongside other colleagues

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.

Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.

We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy , published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:

- Brilliant People

- Outstanding care

- Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education

- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

At King’s, we are proud to serve a diverse range of communities, and our staff reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, with many people also travelling from all the world to start and develop their careers with us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

2. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.

3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.

6. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.

8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.

9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).

10. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

11. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.

12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.

13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.

14. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

15. King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues

Person specification

Qualifications & Higher Education

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)

Registration & Interview Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register for paediatric neurology on date of taking up appointment
• On the day of interview , applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or be in final stages of portfolio application or be fully registered on the GMC Paediatric Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Specialist training in paediatric neurology in an accredited training programme or equivalent
• Sub-specialty training in Complex Epilepsy Management - PET 3 course/ SPIN module in epilepsy or equivalent
• Teaching Experience
• Awareness and experience of child protection processes
• Experience of multidisciplinary assessment of children with complex epilepsy and comorbidities using clinical, diagnostic, and colleague assessments including therapies, psychology and psychiatry

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in paediatric epilepsy surgery programme assessments

Administration

Essential criteria

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of paediatric neurology services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable criteria

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential criteria

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable criteria

• Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential criteria

• Experience of clinical research

Desirable criteria

• GCP training
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
• Evidence of recruitment into trials
• Proven ability to carry out high quality research, leading to publication

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate qualification in medical education

IMPORTANT

• Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
• If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
• To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
• Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
• Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications

King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website

King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.