University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Locum Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist Monday 31st March 2014 to Thursday May 1st 2014 Advert number: Ref WC Date published: Closing date: Provisional Interview Date: Applications are invited for a Full time (10 PA) Locum Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist. He/she must possess CCT in general paediatrics and have undergone at least 2.5 years sub-specialty training in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition. He/she must be fully trained in diagnostic endoscopy and be able to operate independently. This full time locum vacancy is likely to lead to a Consultant post (6PA), which will be advertised separately. The University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHBristol) consists of a variety of hospitals predominantly on a single campus close to the city centre and the University, including the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. The majority of clinical specialties are represented in the hospitals of the Trust which serves a catchment population of over 400,000 people. The UHBristol provides healthcare for the local community and a wide range of specialist services for regional, national and international patients. Hospitals within the Trust are closely linked with the University of Bristol and University of the West of England (UWE) and are the principal teaching hospitals in the Region. An active postgraduate education facility is situated at the UHBristol. Initial enquiries concerning the posts can be made directly to: Dr Christine Spray 0117 3428827 – email Christine.Spray@uhbristol.nhs.uk UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST JOB DESCRIPTION Mission We will provide patient care, education and research of the highest quality. Trust values We put patients first We involve, develop and support staff We promote innovation and improvement We pursue excellence in everything We respect others and treat everyone as We are accountable for our use of public equals resources. We work in partnership to improve the health and well being of the community, within a sustainable environment. Locum CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION (10PA) March 31st 2014 to May 1st 2014 1. THE POST This full time locum is to cover Professor Sandhu’s retirement. The locum will join two existing Paediatric Gastroenterology Consultants, Dr Christine Spray and Dr Dharamveer Basude, based at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. The team provides a tertiary service in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition to the whole of the South West Region and parts of Wiltshire with a referral population of approximately 1 million children. The department is actively involved in clinical research and teaching trainees. It works as a multidisciplinary unit. The applicant should be trained in General Paediatrics and possess a CCT in general paediatrics. The applicant should have desirably spent three years in approved posts/programmes or in departments recognised for training in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. It is essential that he/she is able to perform upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, independently. 2. UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (UHBristol) Situated in the heart of Bristol, UHBristol is a large city centre Teaching Trust employing over 7000 staff, with annual revenue of nearly £400 million and with a total of 1156 beds throughout the Trust. We are one of the largest employers in Bristol and provide a wide range of in-patient, out-patient and day-care services to the local population within Bristol, as well as being the biggest specialist referral centre for the South West England. 2 Bristol is a vibrant city with excellent travel access to the South West, Wales, London and the North. Bristol airport is an expanding centre for air travel, with many national and international connections. Hospital and outpatient services are based over eight sites comprising: the Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol General Hospital, Bristol Eye Hospital, Homeopathic Hospital, Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, Bristol Dental Hospital, St Michael’s Hospital and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. A significant capital redevelopment programme is underway with re-provision and expansion of facilities for Paediatric, Cardiac and Medical patients. The Hospital has close links with both city Universities. University of Bristol is the largest Medical School in Southwest England, with Bristol Royal Infirmary delivering the largest proportion of teaching to its Medical and Dental Students. The Trust Executive Group has bi-monthly meetings with its teaching and research partners. The Dean of the Medical and Dental School is a non-Executive Director of the Trust. The Trust Board consists of 7 Executive members and 7 Non-Executive Directors including 1 independent member. There are four public Board meetings a year, normally held on the fourth Tuesday of the month. In addition, the Trust Board holds an Annual General meeting, normally in September. Members of staff and public are welcome to attend these meetings. The Public Trust Board Meeting agenda contains issues for decision on major strategy and policy direction, as well as regular public reporting on performance against key targets. As a Foundation Trust, UH Bristol are accountable to the local community and patients. The community and patients are invited to become members of the Trust and currently the Trust has 8,500 members. The membership, which includes staff members, voted in a formal election for governors to represent them on the Membership Council which sits alongside the Trust Board. The Council advises the Board on strategic direction and members and governors are active in improving the services at the Trust. The Trust structure is based on five autonomous Clinical Divisions: Medicine and Emergency Care Surgery and Head & Neck Women’s and Children’s Services Specialised Services Diagnostic and Therapy Services The Divisions are supported by a sixth Division – Trust Services which comprises of a number of corporate functions including Finance, IM&T, and Human Resources. A clinical Head of Division, supported by a Divisional Manager leads each Division. 3 The Trust is committed to increasing both clinical engagement and the involvement of staff and their representatives in key decisions. A Clinical Reference Group comprising senior clinicians and representatives of clinical professions including the Heads of Divisions, is chaired jointly by the Medical Director and Chief Nurse/Director of Governance. The group works collaboratively with a range of committees and groups within the Trust, in order to ensure that there is strong clinical advice, leadership and engagement in all decision-making processes. 3. UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL LINKS The University of Bristol Faculty of Medicine http://www.bris.ac.uk/fmd/ The University of Bristol offers an exciting academic environment with centres of excellence in all of its faculties. It also has an ambitious programme for expansion and a well-established major “campaign for resources” to facilitate future developments. The University is in the city centre and the medical school and basic science departments are within walking distance of UHBristol. Bristol is one of the few universities with schools of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, all in close proximity. The Medical School has an intake of 250 students each year to its undergraduate medical course following recent expansion. The Dental School has also recently expanded and now has an intake of 75 undergraduate students per year. The Faculty’s research philosophy is to undertake internationally recognised basic and applied medical and health services within a setting which patients are cared for in association with undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training. 4. THE DIVISION OF WOMENS AND CHILDREN SERVICES The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children was founded in 1866 and is the second oldest Children’s Hospital in the country. In April 2001 the hospital relocated to new purpose built premises immediately adjacent to and linked to the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Bristol Oncology and Haematology Centre. The hospital specialties include acute paediatrics, sub specialty paediatrics, cardiology and cardiac surgery, nephrology, intensive care (15 beds), haematology and oncology, paediatric surgery, most surgical subspecialties and a bone marrow transplant unit. There is an adolescent ward facility. Each year approximately 27,000 children are seen in the paediatric emergency department. A short stay day unit, a clinical decisions unit and a clinical investigations unit are available. A full range of investigative facilities are available including neurophysiology and there are comprehensive imaging services including MRI and CT supported by a team of paediatric radiologists. The Bristol Royal 4 Hospital for Children is the regional centre for paediatric intensive care, cardiology, haematology and oncology, neurology, paediatric surgery, clinical genetics, endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory paediatrics and paediatric immunology and infectious diseases including HIV. The hospital provides supra-regional services in bone marrow transplantation, cardiac surgery and nephrology / dialysis. The remaining specialist paediatric services provided by North Bristol NHS Trust (paediatric neurosciences including neurology and neurosurgery, burns and plastic surgery) will be transferring to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children to provide a comprehensive single-site paediatric in-patient facility in 2012/13. St. Michael's Hospital accommodates the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which services approximately 5000 births per annum. NICU has 25 cots and supports the regional feto-maternal medicine department and provides a regional service for neonatal surgery. St. Michael’s is a level 3 unit which delivers general neonatal intensive care and manages surgical, extremely preterm and complex newborn infants. Newborn infants requiring subspecialty input (nephrology, urology, endocrinology, neurology and pre operative cardiology) are managed within the neonatal unit. 5. THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT The Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition service is based within the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. The service is Consultant led and supported presently by 3 FT specialist Consultants Professor Bhupinder Sandhu, Dr Christine Spray and Dr Dharamveer Basude. The successful candidate will cover the FT work for Professor Sandhu whilst she is on required leave for retirement prior to her return. The gastroenterology department provides a regional service for children and young adults in Bristol and the South West (referral population of approximately 1 Million children) with acute and chronic GI and Liver disease and those requiring nutritional support. The annual number of new inflammatory bowel disease patients per year has been approximately 50 new patients per year, diagnosed at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children with a total of approximately 400 children with IBD being managed either directly or as shared care within managed clinical network. Dr Spray is primarily responsible for the hepatology service and Dr Basude is the lead for Nutritional services. All Consultants look after patients with IBD. Management of regional tertiary patients is via shared care with the local DGH paediatrician or locally designated lead Consultant who has/or is developing a special interest in patients with gastroenterological conditions. The department is committed to further development of clinical network within the region. Presently 4 out-reach clinics are held each year in Swindon and Truro. We hold regular educational meetings with our colleagues where difficult cases are discussed. Annually over 1,400 children with gastro intestinal problems are seen in the gastroenterology outpatient clinics, with approximately 400 new patients seen 5 per year. There is facility to see urgent new referrals and follow ups on the medical clinical investigations unit. The hospital is the regional centre for many specialities, both regional and national, and has become the lead centre for paediatric care in the south west region. The department works extremely closely with Paediatric Surgical Department looking after neonates with intestinal failure and Miss Cusick is the primary liaison surgeon for IBD surgery. Presently we supervise 10 children on home TPN. A monthly joint gastro surgical clinic is held. There are weekly clinical pathological meetings and gastro radiology meetings. There is also close liaison with adult gastroenterology, hepatology and adult surgical colleagues based at the BRI services adjacent to the Children’s Hospital. A twice yearly adolescent transition clinic takes place in gastroenterology & hepatology. Dr Spray takes the lead for hepatology and holds a monthly liver clinic and collaborates closely with Birmingham supraregional liver unit and undertakes investigations such as liver biopsy. A joint clinic is held twice yearly with Dr McKiernan. A full range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic services are available. There are 2 endoscopy lists per week and flexibility to perform additional emergency cases on the CEPOD list. Dr Basude undertakes various therapeutic endoscopy procedures such as upper & lower polypectomy, oesophageal and colonic dilatation and oesophageal variceal banding. We are in the process of developing a video capsule endoscopy service. Support for specialist GI investigations is maintained by a nurse specialist, Mrs Jackie Porter who undertakes oesophageal pH & impedance studies and manometry in addition to various breath tests. A second nurse specialist, Mrs Sarah Sandman provides an invaluable liaison support service between patients, their families and Consultants. The clinical workload of the department will be shared between all 3 Consultants composing of 2 weeks on service followed by 2 weeks off service when possible according to diary commitments and agreed amongst colleagues. The on service Consultant will be responsible for acutely unwell in-patients, Consults and urgent new referrals and cover for urgent reviews of chronic patients if named Consultant not available. The remaining 2 weeks will be called off service and during that week each Consultant will do 2 clinics (Tuesday & Wednesday afternoon) as a regular commitment. A weekly elective endoscopy list will be covered by the 3 Consultants. Urgent endoscopy will be primarily the responsibility of the Consultant on service but may need help from colleagues depending on commitments. Presently, extra endoscopy lists are requested on an ad hoc basis in order to meet demand and is agreed flexibly amongst Consultants. Consultant Staff 6 Professor Bhupinder Sandhu Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology – vacant post due to retirement Dr Christine Spray Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist (Hepatology lead) Dr Dharamveer Basude Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology (Nutritional Lead) Miss Eleri Cusick Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, main liaison surgeon for IBD Dr Pramila Ramani Consultant Paediatric Histopathologist Dr David Grier / Dr Stephanie MacKenzie Consultant Paediatric Radiologist Mrs Sarah Sandman Mrs Jackie Porter Miss Laura Sealy Miss Kirsten Thomson GI nurse specialist GI Investigation Nurse (Part-Time) Paediatric Dietician Pharmacist Junior Staff 1 National grid trainee (year 1) 1 Specialist Registrar on general paediatric rotation (year 3) 1 ST 2 (general paediatric rotation) Support Facilities (Offices/Secretary): Mrs Pauline Spencer is the FT secretary and additional 0.5 secretarial support has been allocated to the department. Office accommodation and computer will be provided and shall be housed in the King David Building. 6. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES a) Clinical: The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies relating to administration of patient care. This includes working to set timescales for the triage of referrals, the completion of discharge summaries prior to patients being discharged, following the specified process for the management of patients that do not attend (DNA) their appointment or admission, and the completion of all paperwork deemed necessary to support the management of their patients within agreed timescales. Consultants are 7 also expected to work with service managers and clinical colleagues to manage their caseload in a flexible way, to ensure both clinical, national and local priorities, such as maximum waiting times for referral to treatment, are achieved. b) Managerial The management responsibility of the post-holder will be to the Head of Division who is responsible to the Chief Executive and Trust Board. c) Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance The successful appointee is expected to take a full role in the delivery of the Trust’s wide agenda for Governance. The Trust believes in an open learning environment with a clear risk management strategy that allows innovation and improvement in care whilst placing patient safety at the centre of our values. The Consultant will take an active part in the department audit arrangements. d) On-Call Commitment No formal on-call commitment e) Leave 6 weeks and 2 days per year, of which two are in lieu of the two NHS statutory days. Consultants who have completed seven years service in the consultant grade will receive two additional days leave. 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. f) Annual Appraisal All staff within the trust participate in a formal appraisal process and attend an appraisal meeting on an annual basis. The aim of the appraisal process is to improve the quality of health services provided by the trust through the development and enhancement of employees’ job performance. For consultants, the appraisal process involves using the NHS Appraisal toolkit to provide a framework to identify development needs. The process also includes providing an ongoing portfolio of supporting evidence which conforms to national, General Medical Council and Royal College standards and guidance. On going monitoring of progress of the Personal Development Plan continues throughout the year leading to a final progress review towards the end of the year. The Medical Director holds a list of the Trust’s trained and approved medical appraisers and the trust’s appraisal policy can be found on the trust’s ‘HR Web’ site. 8 g) Continuing Medical Education The Trust supports the requirements for continuing Medical Education and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. h) Teaching This is a teaching Trust and the Consultant will teach medical students as part of the commitment of their Division to undergraduate education. On occasions, a practitioner may be asked to give lectures to healthcare professionals. i) Research and Effectiveness UHBristol is a leading international centre for healthcare research and education and has a considerable reputation for innovative research and development. The appointee will be expected to contribute to the Trust’s research portfolio through active participation in projects led by colleagues (internal and external), through supervising research performed by trainees and through initiating research projects which address local, national and international healthcare needs. Collaboration with University partners, including the Universities of Bristol and the West of England with which the Trust has close links, will be actively encouraged. In addition, the Trust supports involvement in high-quality commercially sponsored research studies which are of benefit to the Trust and the patients in its care. All research must be performed in accordance with the Research Governance Framework. The Trust's active Research and Development Office and the pan Bristol Research and Development Support Unit will support consultants involved with research, which provide high-quality training and guidance as well as support for individual projects. 7. MEDICAL ADVISORY MACHINERY The post-holder will be a member of the Hospital Medical Committee (HMC) and the Division of Women and Children 8. WORK PROGRAMME The work programme attached to this job plan is detailed in Appendix A. Agreement should be reached between the appointee and the Head of Division with regard to the scheduling of the Supporting Professional Activities. The job plan will be reviewed annually and all consultants are reminded of the obligation to remain up-to-date with statutory and mandatory training. 9. GENERAL PROVISIONS 9 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 Trust’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 the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, where you manage employees of the Trust, 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 Trust are expected to comply with all Health and Safety Policies within the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. You will have responsibility for the training and supervision of (junior) medical staff who work for you and you will devote time to this activity on a regular basis. If appropriate, you will be named in the contracts of doctors in training grades, as the person responsible for overseeing their training, and as the initial source of advice to such doctors on their careers. 10. MAIN CONDITIONS OF SERVICE a) The post is covered by the Terms and Conditions – Consultants (England) 2003 as revised from time to time. b) Under the consultant contract, with effect from 1st April 2008, the basic fulltime 10 PA salary will be £73,403 per annum. Under the new terms and conditions the basic salary on commencement may only be considered for a higher threshold under the following conditions: (i) To reflect consultant-level experience that a consultant has gained before his or her first appointment as an NHS consultant. (ii) Where a consultant’s training has been lengthened by virtue of being in a flexible training scheme or because of undergoing dual undergraduate qualifications which are essential for the medical aspect of a post, the Trust will, where necessary, set basic salary on commencement at a higher threshold to ensure that the consultant is not prevented from reaching the pay threshold they would have attained had they trained on a full-time or single qualification basis. (Schedule 14, paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the terms and conditions) (iii) Consultants will become eligible for additional pay thresholds at the intervals set out below on the anniversary of appointment subject to meeting the criteria set out in Schedule 15 of the terms and conditions for consultants. 10 (iv) Table 1 : Pay Thresholds as at 1st April 2008 Threshold 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Period before eligibility for threshold N/A (normal starting salary) One year One year One year One year Five years Five years Five years Basic salary (full-time) (2008) £73,403 £75,701 £78,000 £80,298 £82,590 £88,049 £93,508 £98,962 (v) The value of pay thresholds for part-time consultants will be pro rata to the levels in Table 1, based on the number of agreed weekly Programmed Activities in the consultant’s Job Plan as a proportion of the ten standard Programmed Activities for full-time consultants. (vi) The successful candidate will be required to live within 10 miles, by road; from (hospital). Permission to live within 15 miles distance will be at the discretion of the appropriate Head of Division. Travelling allowance will only be payable for 10 miles. (vii) The successful applicant must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and either listed on the Specialist Register or within six months of being eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register in the appropriate specialty at the time of the interview. Proof of confirming registration will be required on an annual basis. (viii) Any offer of employment will be conditional on satisfactory health clearance by Occupational Health. This is usually by health questionnaire, but may involve a medical examination. The successful applicant will be required to provide documentary evidence of natural or acquired immunity to hepatitis B. Where this is not possible, the post-holder will be required to demonstrate by recent (within the last year) evidence of serology showing the absence of hepatitis B surface antigen. These provisions are to meet the requirements of the Department of Health’s instructions to Trusts (HSG (93)40). 11. REVIEW OF JOB PLAN Job Plan A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Head of Division, on behalf of the Medical Director, three months after the commencement date of the appointee. This will be signed by the Head of Division on behalf of the Chief Executive. 11 The job plan will be based on the provisional timetable shown at Appendix A. 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: 12. Direct Clinical Care 8.5 PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work) Supporting Professional Activities 1.5 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching and research) PERSON SPECIFICATION Please see Page 21. Job Description agreed by: Date: 12 The timetable provides scheduling details of the clinically related activity components of the job plan, which occur at regular times in the week. Agreement should be reached between the appointee and their Head of Division with regard to the scheduling of all other activities. AM MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Grand Round Endoscopy THURSDAY FRIDAY Endoscopy LUNCH Adult/Paed GI meeting Xray meeting Histopathology meeting Journal club Hospital Grand Round PM OPD OPD See attached job plan 13 APPENDIX 2 SAMPLE ONLY Please Note: This person specification is a sample of good practice criteria. Depending on the requirements of the speciality and department the essential and desirable specifications should be altered as necessary. Person Specification Consultant in ………. CATEGORY Qualifications and training Experience Clinical Knowledge and skills Clinical Governance and Audit Research Teaching and Training ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview) Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or evidence of within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in relevant specialty Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision Up to date knowledge and experience Broad range of IT skills of relevant specialty Knowledge of NHS priorities with reference to specialty Skills in ……………………. Understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participation Positive approach to evidence based practice Participation in continuing professional development (CPD) scheme and, where relevant, evidence of participation Knowledge of the principles involved in research Experience of teaching medical students. Experience of supervising trainees. Knowledge of teaching to a multidisciplinary team 14 CATEGORY Management & Leadership Interpersonal, communication and team working skills Any other Abilities and Aptitudes Other ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE Evidence of management training and Demonstration of knowledge of NHS evidence of learning from it management structures Ability to organise efficient and Management experience smooth running of a specialist service Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant Ability to practice independently as a consultant Ability to take on responsibility and show evidence of leadership Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues. Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English. Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions Ability to be a flexible team member Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances Awareness of personal limitations Meets professional health requirements Willingness to travel to and work in other sites necessitated by the role * According to specialty of post Dated: Reviewed by: Approved by: 15