Locum Consultant Acute Paediatrician

Applications are invited for a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant in Paediatrics at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (Frimley Park Hospital). This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of 16 dedicated Acute Paediatric Consultants.

Frimley Health is one of the country’s largest and most respected Trusts, with an outstanding reputation and a strong record of achievement. We are committed to improving health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire.

The Trust has invested significantly in its facilities, including a £10m upgrade to the maternity unit, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a new £100m state‑of‑the‑art hospital at Heatherwood. Further investment is underway in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park, and approval has been granted for a brand‑new hospital as part of the New Hospitals Programme, due by 2030.

We continue to strengthen our Quality Improvement and Digital Programmes to support our vision of delivering the highest quality healthcare. Our EPR system, Epic, launched in June 2022 and is already delivering benefits. Our three core values guide how we treat patients, visitors, service users and each other. If you are passionate about clinical excellence, patient care and your own development, you will thrive at Frimley Health.

The responsibilities will include a combination of attending weeks on the general paediatric ward and Paediatric Assessment Unit and Neonatal Unit, with on call 1 in 12 for General Paediatrics and Neonates.

Each week we have two Consultants attending, one for Paediatrics, and one for Neonates.

When attending for Paediatrics, the post holder will be responsible for the Paediatric

Ward and HDU. When attending for Neonates, the post holder will be responsible for the babies on the Neonatal unit, Delivery suite, postnatal ward and transitional care.

The post includes a 12-hour Consultant presence on PAU, which also involves answering the GP hot phone to give advice and guidance and accept primary care referrals until 6pm. All consultants participate in this rota Monday-Friday. There is an expectation that the post holder will attend the weekly Paediatric & Neonatal Grand Round when attending.

The post holder will provide 8 weeks a year in the attending role.

When not on an attending week there will be three outpatient clinics per week, two ge

neral clinics and the other will rotate between an urgent review/new patient clinic and follow up clinic.

On call for out of hours Consultant cover will be 1 in 12, covering both Paediatrics and Neonates; when on call the consultants are expected to attend night handover. All patients are reviewed by a Consultant within 14 hours of a decision to admit.

At weekends the Consultant is present for a minimum of 8 hours each day.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Angela Yannoulias Job title: Clinical Director for Children and Young people Email address: angela.yannoulias@nhs.net Telephone number: 0300 6154605