CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK
CHILDREN, YORKHILL
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 23635D
CLOSING DATE: 7TH OCTOBER 2011
SUMMARY INFORMATION
CONSULTANT in PAEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
The Women & Children’s Directorate (an Acute Operating Division of NHS Greater Glasgow
& Clyde) is a world leader in the care of child and maternal health services. Currently located
in the West end of Glasgow, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children is a national leader in the
secondary and tertiary health care of children and families. Plans are underway for the to
move to a new children’s hospital, located on the Southern General Hospitals campus which
due to open in 2015.
Applications are invited from individuals interested in joining the hospital’s well-established
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Team.
This new consultant post will be the fourth full time appointment creating a team of 7
consultants within the department (5.4WTE). The successful candidate will have an
operational lead on the delivery services for children with neuro-disability and a significant
input to Cystic Fibrosis services in addition to general respiratory clinical duties.
The Respiratory department is one of the biggest departments in the UK. The post holder
will join 6 consultant paediatric respiratory colleagues (3 full time NHS, 2 part time NHS, I full
time academic) who are comprehensively supported by an extensive team of nurse
specialists, respiratory technicians and physiotherapists. The department has
anactiveresearch portfolio and is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate
education.
The department offers a high level of tertiary support to a population of 3.1 million. A
diagnostic and therapeutic service is offered and the focus of the department in the next few
years is to develop a modern managed clinic network for complex paediatric respiratory
medicine within the West of Scotland.
Application is therefore sought from dynamic individuals with specialist paediatric experience
who are ready to join our well-established team.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practice and be eligible for inclusion
in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher
specialist training leading to CCT in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine or eligibility for
specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of
interview. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent experience/training.
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Section 1
Children’s Services across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Children’s Services are managed within the Women & Children’s Directorate located within
the Yorkhill Campus that hosts the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Neonatal services
within the city have recently undergone significant re-organisation and are provided primarily
on two sites, namely the Southern General Hospital and Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital.
Babies with surgical or cardiac problems are managed within RHSC.
The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow is the largest paediatric teaching hospital in
Scotland. It provides care, not only for children resident within Greater Glasgow & Clyde,
but is also a tertiary referral centre for children from the West of Scotland, and in some
subspecialties, from the whole of Scotland.
There are 260 inpatient and day care / assessment beds within the hospital.
There is an integrated intensive / high dependency critical care unit (capacity up to 26 beds)
and a retrieval service for critically ill children. On the same floor, adjacent to critical care
services is a large fully functional theatre suite.
A large number of paediatric medical and surgical subspecialties are represented, including
general medical paediatrics, respiratory, endocrinology, nephrology, gastroenterology and
nutrition, haemato-oncology, cardiology, neonatology, immunology and infectious disease,
dermatology, rheumatology, metabolic medicine, audiology, ophthalmology, ENT surgery,
orthopaedic, plastic surgery, maxillo-facial and dental surgery and general paediatric and
neonatal surgery. The hospital provides a national Extra Corporeal Life Support service and
is the centre for all paediatric cardiac surgery in Scotland.
The Radiology Department located within RHSC provides ultrasound, CT, MRI and isotopic
studies on site. Diagnostic laboratory facilities are on site include Haematology, Blood
Banking, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Virology, Histopathology and Genetics.
The Hospital provides the major Undergraduate Paediatric Teaching facility for the
University of Glasgow and accommodates the University Departments of Child Health, Child
and Family Psychiatry, Medical Genetics, Human Nutrition, Paediatric Pathology, Paediatric
Biochemistry and Paediatric Surgery.
Section 2 provides detail of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s planning framework to
develop a new children’s hospital (NCH), co-located with a new adult hospital in the South
side of Glasgow. All children’s services within the current Yorkhill campus will be transferred
to this new children’s hospital. Prior to the new build, there are ongoing developments
across the Yorkhill campus. Whilst no significant changes of buildings or fabric are likely
there will be moves towards patterns of work and groupings of services that are planned for
the NCH.
For more information visit our website ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
Other Paediatric Services in Glasgow
There are two additional maternity hospitals in Glasgow, Princess Royal Maternity Hospital
and Southern General Hospital, both with neonatal facilities. Paediatric neurosurgery is
located in the Institute of Neurosciences at the Southern General Hospital.
Paediatric radiotherapy (under general anaesthetic) is completed at the Beatson Oncology
Centre, located at the Gartnavel campus.
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There is an extensive range of specialist community based children’s services across NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Managed within community health and social care
partnerships, these services are integrated with primary care and social care services. Wellestablished clinical links across combined acute and community settings within the NHS
Board are in place.
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW LINKS
The Yorkhill academic campus is part of the Division of developmental medicine and is led
by Professor Lawrence Weaver. The Department of Child Health was founded in 1924 and
is located in the heart of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. It is responsible for the
teaching of paediatrics and child health to undergraduate students, and has major research
programmes in Paediatric Respiratory Disease, Paediatric Endocrinology, Paediatric
Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Epidemiology and Community Child. In addition to the
academic, research and administrative staff, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturers and
Honorary Clinical Lecturers assist in undergraduate teaching and examining, and
postgraduate training.
Child Health has close links with the other four University Sections on the Yorkhill site –
Human Nutrition, Obstetrics and gynaecology, medical genetics and surgical paediatrics.
Together these academic departments are partners in the Division of Medicine, and
collaborate with several NHS Departments with strong research programmes. Child Health
shares laboratories with Human Nutrition, and has a special interest in the application of
stable isotopes for biomedical research.
www.gla.ac.uk/departments/yorkhill/index.html
Section 2
New Hospital Build
In 2004 there was ministerial announcement of the development of a new children’s hospital
(replacing the current Royal Hospital for Sick Children) to be built within the Greater
Glasgow and Clyde area and to be co-located within acute adult facilities.
The original plan for completion of this new tripartite clinical arrangement for NHS Greater
Glasgow covering acute care of adult, children and maternity services was set at five years
with an expected completion date of 2011.The new children’s hospital will be located on the
Southern General Hospitals campus and is due to open in 2015. Planning for this new build
is at an advanced stage.
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Section 3
The Work of the Respiratory Department
The consultant will join a team that provides comprehensive paediatric respiratory secondary
and tertiary services to the population of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. In addition, the
department supports national paediatric services at Yorkhill.
This present post is a new post and is to continue the development of the clinical service. In
addition, the post will provide vital extra consultant resource to the developing clinical
networks for Cystic Fibrosis and Complex Respiratory Disease within the West of Scotland.
This senior medical team currently includes
Dr Neil Gibson
Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis
Lead for Sleep Medicine and for Training
Dr Anne Devenny
Lead for Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Medicine
Lead for West of ScotlandRegional Cystic Fibrosis Network
Dr Phil Davies
Link Clinician
Operational Lead for Long Term Ventilation
Lead for Neuro-muscular and AirwayServiceand for Pulmonary
Hypertension Service
Dr James Paton
Reader in Child Health, University of Glasgow
Lead Clinician forthe West of Scotland Paediatric Complex
Respiratory Network
Lead for Long term Ventilation, Tuberculosis and Difficult to
treat Asthma
Dr Dominic Cochran
Lead for non-CF Brochiectasis and PCD
Neonatology and Respiratory Medicine
Dr Jonathan Coutts
Neonatology and Respiratory Medicine
Clinical Lead for Neonatology
Dr Jane Wilkinson
Associate Specialist in CF
Lead for Scottish CF MCN Protocol Development
The service provides in-patient and out-patient care, assessment and follow-up of children
with respiratory problems, often in partnership with general paediatricians from Yorkhill or
the District General Hospitals in the West of Scotland.
The lung function lab offers the following investigational facilities:
 State of the art lung function testing including plethysmography, spirometry
and gas transfer
 Infant lung function
 Exhaled nitric oxide measurement
 Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing
 Oesophageal pH monitoring
 Sweat tests
 Full polysomnography and MSLT
 Abbreviated sleep monitoring
 Oximetry and CO2 monitoring
 Ciliary beat frequency and ultrastructure (provided by Pathology dept.)
 V/Q scanning
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In-patient facilities are currently spread throughout the hospital. The average number of
tertiary in-patients including CF is fifteen to twenty per day. Support is available from a
comprehensive range of tertiary level sub-specialists within the hospital, and, from the
Department of Diagnostic Imaging with on-site X-ray, ultrasound, CT, MRI, interventional
and nuclear medical facilities; the Department of Pathology and the Department of
Laboratory Medicine. The service provides training for Specialist Registrars undertaking a
general paediatric or subspecialty training. The department has CSAC approval for the full
package of RCPCH grid training.
Yorkhill is home to several departments of the University of Glasgow that undertake
collaborative research.
There have been progressive developments in the Respiratory Department in the past few
years with the development of dedicated facilities for sleep monitoring and long-term
ventilation services and considerable multidisciplinary expansion of the CF service. 2006
saw the installation of new lung function equipment. In early 2011 the sleep service moved
to dedicated facilities and incorporated a 4 bed system for full polysomnography.
The service interacts with many other secondary, tertiary and quaternary services within
Yorkhill. These include the national services in Tracheal surgery, Craniofacial surgery,
Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery, ECMO, Renal and Bone Marrow transplantation, tertiary
services in ENT, Intensive Care, Neurology and Foetal Medicine and the secondary care
paediatric services for Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
The presence of foetal medicine service results in referral to Glasgow of the majority of
infants with congenital lung malformations. Together with the national airway surgery service
this ensures a professionally challenging and satisfying clinical caseload of specialist work.
Around 150-200 bronchoscopies on children are carried out each year.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
(a)
Title:
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine – 10 PAs
(b)
Relationships:
Women & Children’s Directorate (an Acute Operating
Division of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Community Health & Social Care Partnerships
Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board
(c)
Names of Consultant Members of the Department
Dr Neil Gibson
Dr Anne Devenny
Dr Phil Davies
Dr James Paton
Dr Dominic Cochran
Dr Jonathan Coutts
(d)
Other Members of the Department
Dr Jane Wilkinson Associate Specialist in Cystic Fibrosis
Specialist Registrars/SHO3s (0-2 WTE)
Ward based SHO/FY2
Home ventilation Coordinator and 3 nurse educators/ trainers in long term ventilation
3.0 specialist nurses in CF
1.0 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Asthma
8 Respiratory/Sleep Physiologists
3specialist Respiratory/CF Physiotherapists
2 CF dieticians
0.2 WTE CF Psychologist
1 CF Data Co-ordinator
Secretary 3.5 WTE
Departmental workload
The Department runs up to twelve clinics per week with nearly 3000 clinic attendances per
annum
Weekly
6 general respiratory clinics
2 Cystic Fibrosis clinics
2 Sleep breathing clinics
1 Paediatric Tuberculosis clinic
1 Nurse run asthma clinic
2 weekly
1 Difficult asthma clinic
Monthly
1 teenage asthma clinic
1 PCD/Non CF Brochiectasis clinic
1 Tracheostomy clinic
1 Neuromuscular clinic
1 Neurodisability
1 Congenital diaphragm follow-up clinc
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2 Monthly
Joint CF Adolescent Clinic
3 Monthly
Pulmonary hypertension clinic
In winter the typical number of inpatients for respiratory/CF is often 20-30 patients with 10-15
a more typical figure in the summer and spring. There are 5-10 requests for inpatient
consultation a week.
The numbers of diagnostic tests in 2009-10 were as follows:
Lung Function
All sleep/overnight studies
PH studies, Sweat tests, Skin Prick tests
2337
1001
365
The current CF population served by Yorkhill is around 220. Neonatal screening has been in
place in Scotland for nearly eight years. An orderly and structure handover of patients
occurs with an Adolescent clinic in conjunction with the West of Scotland Adult CF unit.
There are approx. 80 patients on ventilator support.
Duties of the Post
The main priorities of the post will be to provide and enhance consultant input to the regional
Managed Clinical Networks in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis service
through involvement in sub-specialist services.
A degree of specialisation has developed within the department.It is anticipated that the
successful applicant will become the lead consultant for the development of a service for
respiratory problems in children with complex developmental problems.
It would be desirable that the post-holder bring particular special interests and/or skills to the
unit that would complement the department's current profile. The use of such skills to further
develop the department’s activities would be strongly encouragedand it is expected that the
successful applicant would contribute to one or two other specialist areas. Interest and
experience in complex asthma, non-CF bronchiectasis and CF would be particularly
welcome.
(i) New patient and follow-up tertiary respiratory referral clinic.
All the respiratory consultants have a weekly half-day clinic for new tertiary referrals or
triaged referrals from GP’s of children with respiratory problems including recurrent
respiratory infection and asthma. Follow-up of patients from the clinic and ward referrals also
takes place at this clinic.
(ii) Inpatient respiratory duty week
With this appointment the consultants will move to a 1 in 5 rota of “on service” weeks with
Drs Gibson, Devenny, Davies and this new appointee each doing one of the five weeks and
the remaining week being covered by Dr Paton and Dr Cochran on an alternating basis.
During the service week the consultant is responsible, along with junior staff, for the daily
review of all inpatients and providing an acute consultation service and emergency
bronchoscopy cover. There is an established out of hours rota for Respiratory medicine with
weekend ward rounds at the end of the service week.
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(iii) Bronchoscopy and investigation reporting
Many of the bronchoscopy procedures will arise from support of PICU and other specialist
services within the hospital e.g. Haematology/oncology. The consultant of the week reports
lung function and ph studies for that week. Abbreviated and full sleep studies and MSLT are
reported by Dr Gibson and Dr Davies.
(iv) Consultation service
Consultation service for patients with respiratory problems admitted to Yorkhill under the
subspecialty services and by telephone for similar patients cared for by consultant
paediatricians elsewhere in the West of Scotland. This often occurs during the “on service”
week, although referrals of a less urgent nature are also frequent. There will be development
over the next five years of the Managed Clinical Network (MCN) for complex respiratory
disease. The new and existing staff will have a major role in this development. This will
include outreach clinics in the District General Hospitals involved in the network (Forth
Valley, Wishaw Hospital, Lanarkshire, Royal Alexandra Hospital Paisley, Crosshouse
Hospital, Ayrshire, and Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries)
(v) Research, audit and measurement of clinical performance
Participation in research relevant to Respiratory Medicine will be encouraged in collaboration
with the Departments of Child Health and Human Nutrition of the University of Glasgow,
members of the Scottish Paediatric Respiratory Interest Group (SPRING) and other relevant
groups and individuals. Participation in audit projects both local and national that aim to
assess and improve clinical practice will be expected. This will coincide with collection of
data to enable measurement of clinical outcomes, comparison of outcomes with other
centres and national figures, measurements of the respiratory workload and quantification of
the resources within the respiratory service. Sessional time for participation in research will
need to be negotiated with management.
(vi) Promotion of the Respiratory MCN
Development of the MCN with other health professionals in Yorkhill, the West of Scotland
and Scottish tertiary centres should prove to be a particularly satisfying part of this new post.
The aim is to provide a uniform standard of high quality respiratory care to all children within
the West of Scotland. Liaison with clinicians and nurses in District General Hospitals in the
West of Scotland to develop unified care pathways will be essential to achieve this aim.
(vii) Continuing professional development
Participation in continuing professional activities according to the requirements of the Royal
College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the GMC is essential as will be appraisal and
revalidation in due course.
(viii) Training in Respiratory Medicine
There will be provision within each of the above duties for training of specialist registrars
undertaking a general paediatric or specialist respiratory training in order to enable Yorkhill
to maintain recognition as a UK national training centre approved by the General Medical
Council. Participation will also be expected in weekly educational meetings provided for
trainees and other interested medical and paramedical professionals (e.g. a weekly
respiratory meeting in addition to meetings currently dedicated to respiratory radiology and
to general paediatrics).
(ix) Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching
There are opportunities for participation in the undergraduate teaching programme of the
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Glasgow will be a further feature. The University has
developed a student-centred curriculum in which consultants act as Educational Supervisors
of one to three undergraduate students during their 5 week Child Health block. Sessional
time for participation in research will need to be negotiated with management.
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Provisional Job Plan – to be arranged with the postholder though this must integrate
appropriately into the current service set-up
Provisional Weekly Timetable
The two tables below summarise the essential fixed activities under the headings of On
Service Week (10 weeks a year) and Elective Week (c. 34 weeks after allowing for leave)
that the post will involve. The post will have 10 programmed activities (9DCC and 1SPA).
More SPA time may be negotiated depending on the requirements of the individual
consultant or if required to undertake additional non-clinical duties.
On service week
LUNCHTIME
Monday
AM
Ward Round
Tuesday
Ward Round
CF Meeting
Wednesday
Ward Round
Thursday
Ward Round
Friday
Ward Round
Saturday
Ward Round
Sunday
Ward Round
Radiology meeting
Respiratory
meeting
PM
Clinical related
activity
Clinical related
activity
Clinical related
activity
Clinical related
activity
Clinical related
activity
Elective week
Monday
Tuesday
AM
CF clinic
Thursday
Neuro Disability
clinic
Miscellaneous
clinical
Respiratory clinic
Friday
WoSCoR duties
Wednesday
LUNCH
Hospital Grand
Round
CF Meeting
PM
Clinical related
activity
SPA
CF Annual Review
Clinical related
activity
Radiology meeting
Respiratory
meeting
Other Activities
Research
The Royal Hospital for Sick Children is a teaching hospital affiliated to the University of
Glasgow. There is a Research and Development Department under the direction of
Professor Faisal Ahmed. The appointee will be encouraged to develop and
collaborate in research locally, nationally and internationally where appropriate.
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Teaching and Education
As a paediatric sub-specialist in a major children’s teaching hospital it is expected that
the appointee will take an active role in education of undergraduate and postgraduate
students and in the training of clinical staff.
The hospital has extensive Postgraduate educational sessions, including a weekly
grand round and a monthly half-day session dedicated to CME activities.
Research and Development Audit
Active participation in all aspects of audit will be an important part of the post. Clinical
audit in the hospital is supported by an Audit Department with appropriate staff
Managerial
The management responsibility of the post holder will be to Graham Stewart, Clinical
Director who is responsible through the general management structure of the
Directorate to Jamie Redfern, General Manager, Hospital Paediatrics and
Neonatology.
Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance
The postholder must be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk management
and take an active part in their implementation, including audit
The Consultant will take an active part in the department audit arrangements.
Leave
For 1 WTE: 6 weeks and 10 days per year of statutory public holidays
There is no locum policy and consultants in the department participate in cover
for annual and study leave. Absence must be planned in advance by discussion
with consultant colleagues.
Continuous Professional Development
Continuous professional development is supported according to the guidance of the
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Active participation in clinical audit will
be an important part of the post. Clinical audit in the hospital is supported by an Audit
Department with appropriate staff.
Medical Advisory Machinery
The postholder will be a member of the Yorkhill Medical Staff Association.
Work Programme
The work programme attached to this job plan is detailed earlier in this section.
Dedicated time has been appropriately set aside for supporting professional activities
within the defined work plan.
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General Provisions
You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the
efficient running of services and will share with Consultant colleagues in the medical
contribution to management. Subject to the provision of the Terms and Conditions,
you are expected to observe the Division’s agreed policies and procedures, drawn up
in consultation with the profession on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders
and financial instruction of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. In particular, where you
manage employees of the Division, you will be expected to follow the local and
national employment and personnel policies and procedures. You will be expected to
make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care
of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.
All medical and dental staff employed by the Division are expected to comply with all
Hospital Health and Safety Policies within the Division.
Review of Job Plan
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director, on
behalf of the Associate Medical Director and the Clinical Lead for Respiratory
Medicine, prior to commencement.
The job plan will be based on the provisional timetable shown earlier in this section.
The Job Plan will then be reviewed annually, following the Appraisal Meeting. The Job
Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultant’s duties,
responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a
consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education
and managerial responsibilities. It should include personal objectives, including details
of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the
consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.
Provisional assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan
For a whole-time contract:
Direct Clinical Care
9 PAs on average per week
(includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable
emergency work.
Supporting Professional Activities
1 PA on average per week
(includes CPD, audit, teaching and research)
Contact Names
Within the Women and Children’s Directorate the following list of useful contact names and
addresses are available:
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Mr.K Hill, Director, Women and Children’s Services, RHSC, Tel Number 0141 201
0473
Dr. Jim Beattie, Associate medical Director, Tel Number 0141 201 0128
Dr. Graham Stewart, Clinical Director 01412010128
Mr. Jamie Redfern, General Manager, Women and Children’s Directorate, RHSC,
Tel Number 0141 201 9222
Mrs. Lynne Robertson, Clinical Services Manager, Medical, RHSC, Tel Number 0141
201 0033
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Person Specification
Person Specification (REF: 23635D)
Essential
Desirable
Undergraduate/postgraduate training:
MBChB or equivalent.
Higher postgraduate degree: MSc, MD
or PhD.
MRCPCH, or equivalent.
Applicants must have full GMC registration, a
licence to practice and be eligible for inclusion in
the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in
the UK should have evidence of higher
specialist training leading to CCT in Paediatric
Respiratory Medicine or eligibility for specialist
registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of
confirmed entry from the date of interview. NonUK applicants must demonstrate equivalent
experience/training.
Audit/Research:
Active/past contributor to research projects.
Personal publication(s) in peer reviewed
journal.
Performed clinical audit, implementing
recommendations and complete the audit cycle.
General Paediatrics:
Competent in managing acute paediatric
emergencies.
APLS or equivalent.
Experience in child protection assessments.
Teaching and Training:
Experience and expertise in the teaching and
supervision of Junior Doctors and
Undergraduate students.
Personal attributes:
The ability to work closely with colleagues as
part of the multi-disciplinary team.
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Completed dedicated teaching course.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the
Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT
Permanent
GRADE AND SALARY
Consultant, £ £74,504 - £100,466 (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum
point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience).
Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY
Whole time, 40 hrs
SUPERANNUATION
You have the option to join the NHS Superannuation Scheme, to
participate in the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme or to take
out a Personal Pension.
Employee’s contributions to the NHS Scheme are Tiered based on your
earnings and the employers contribution equates to 13.5 % of salary.
Employees in the NHS Scheme are “Contracted-out” of the State
Earnings Related Pension Scheme and pay a lower rate of National
Insurance contributions. Employees who choose to participate in the
State Earnings Related Pension Scheme pay the higher rate of
National Insurance contribution.
A Stakeholder Pension is also
available.
A Personal Pension is a private arrangement agreed with the pension
provider that will be an organisation such as a Bank, Building Society or
Insurance Company.
REMOVAL EXPENSES
Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and
would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF
CANDIDATES FOR
APPOINTMENT
Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given
assistance with appropriate travelling expenses.
Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who
withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY
DISCLOSURE
SCOTLAND
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all
premises and grounds.
This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and
therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable
Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership which currently costs £59.00. The
cost of the PVG Membership will be initially paid by NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde and will required to be repaid through a payroll
deduction mandate from the successful candidate’s first salary.
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CONFIRMATION OF
ELIGIBILITY TO WORK
IN THE UK
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to
ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are
legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can
commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide
documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK.
Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry
Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work
which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to
immigration control under not circumstances will they be allowed to
commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified.
ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the
Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their
completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate
documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF
OFFENDERS ACT 1974
The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been
convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as
“spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature
of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the
provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by
virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders
1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose
information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent”
under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action
by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be
completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS
A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for
the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All
information will be treated as confidential.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants
with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post.
You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant
information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that
we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every
opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to
discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing
arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a
department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of
duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the
officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to
be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the
individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
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NOTICE
The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side,
subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical
Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a
Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only
Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to
subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered
for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity
scheme.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, please visit our website on
www.show.scot.nhs.uk
Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact Dr Phil Davies,
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine 0141 201 0137philip.davies@ggc.scot.nhs.uk,
Link Clinician or Dr. James Y Paton, Reader and Hon Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory
Medicine and Lead Clinician forthe West of Scotland Paediatric Complex Respiratory
Network on 0141 201 0238 or by e-mail: james.paton@glasgow.ac.uk, with whom visiting
arrangements can also be made.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for these posts please include your CV and names and addresses of 3 Referees,
along with the following documents; (click on the hyperlinks to open)
Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
Alternatively please visit www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs and click on the “How to Apply” tab
to access application for and CV submission information.
RETURN OF APPLICATIONS
Please return your application by email to nhsggcrecruitment@nhs.net or to the recruitment
address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Recruitment Services
5th Floor, Tara House
46 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 1HJ
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be 7th October 2011
The interview date will be 31st October 2011
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