Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Diabetes

Job summary

We are looking to find a Consultant Paediatrician to join our friendly team at Blackpool Teaching Hospital. We are a team of 15 WTE consultants, delivering integrated care to Blackpool and the Fylde coast. The post is also an excellent opportunity for those with recent CCST or approaching CCST. The trust also offers a programme to new consultants that includes a well-designed leadership development programme that offers much consolidation of new skills to a recent CCST recipient. The trust also has an excellent CSSR programme, for those not yet on the Specialist Register.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering patient care to both Neonates and Paediatrics. The post involves a 1 in 9 Consultant of the Week (COW) and COW2 rota, being responsible for patients under their direct care, and also those patients under consultant colleagues having current inpatient care. On call is non-resident 1 in 6. Safeguarding medical assessments currently sit under acute paediatrics.

Main duties of the job

All our consultants have a lead role to suit primarily their area of interest, but also the needs of the department. The department would be keen for an applicant with a diabetes interest to support our Diabetes Team. There is also opportunity to develop an additional lead role depending on individual area of interest. Support with be provided as required in developing as a lead, particularly for those who will be a new consultant.

For full details of the duties, please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a forward looking and innovative place to work and is committed to Values Based Collaborative Leadership and being a 'Great Place to Work'.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was established on 1st December 2007. The Trust gained Teaching Hospital status and became Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2010. In April 2012 the Trust merged with community health services from NHS Blackpool and NHS North Lancashire as part of the Transformation of Patient Pathways Programme. We are now a Vanguard site with Extensive Care Services provided for the complex elderly population within Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.

The Trust serves a population of approximately 440,000 residents across Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre, Lancashire and South Cumbria and the North of England. It comprisesBlackpool Victoria Hospitalwhich is a large busy acute hospital and two smaller community hospitals -Clifton HospitalandFleetwood HospitalandtheNational Artificial Eye Service. The Trust is also responsible for the provision of Community services such as District Nursing and Midwifery to a large geographical area, extending from Lytham St Annes in the South to Morecambe and Carnforth in the North.