Fixed Term Consultant Paediatrician with an Expertise in Cardiology

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Job summary

A UK healthcare provider in Bury St. Edmunds is seeking a Fixed Term Consultant Paediatrician with expertise in cardiology for a 3-month contract. The consultant will cover general paediatrics and neonatal ward rounds. Responsibilities include managing cardiac clinics and participating in the on-call rota. Candidates must hold the full GMC registration and have experience in cardiac echography. This role offers competitive remuneration and an opportunity to work within a supportive team of paediatric specialists.

Qualifications

• Hold full GMC registration with a Licence to Practise.
• Experience in cardiac echography.
• Willingness to share management and administration duties.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Paediatric Cardiology New and Follow-Up clinics weekly.
• Participate in outreach clinics with partner hospitals.
• Take part in on-call rota (1:16) for General Paediatrics and Neonates.

Skills

Clinical audit

Teaching

Communication

Teamwork

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCPCH or equivalent

Entry on the GMC specialist register in Paediatrics

Job description

Main area Consultant Grade Consultant Contract 3 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (includes general paediatric consultant on‑call overnight and weekends) Job ref 179-7576958-MSJ

Employer West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Town Bury St. Edmunds Salary £109,725 - £145,478 Pro Rata Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/01/2026 23:59

Fixed Term Consultant Paediatrician with an Expertise in Cardiology

Consultant

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Fixed Term for 3 months, 10PA's Consultant with experience in cardiac echography.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the consultant team and with our PEC and will cover general paediatrics and neonatal ward rounds, general paediatrics clinic and will take part in the on‑call rota in General Paediatrics and Neonates.

The successful candidate will join a team of 16 Paediatric Consultants who share General Paediatric and neonatal work. There are also 4 SAS doctors, 4 Tier 2 Paediatric STs, 7 Tier 1 doctors, 2 CANPs and 2 Physician Associates on the acute paediatric rota in addition to Clinical Nurse Specialist for Epilepsy, Asthma and Diabetes and Cardiology.
Routine educational activities include weekly junior doctor teaching programme in addition to Quality meetings, Child Protection Peer review and Neonatal Mortality & Morbidity meetings run as part of the monthly programme.

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Main duties of the job

1. Paediatric Cardiology New and Follow‑Up clinics: weekly

2. Joint outreach clinics with the Brompton and Evelina Hospitals

3. Echocardiography as required for inpatients stays on both Paediatric and Neonatal units

4. To share work related to relevant committees, working groups and training of staff within the department, particularly relating to cardiology.

5. Take part in an on‑call rota (1:16) for General Paediatrics and Neonates

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Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high‑quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

There is a twelve cot Neonatal Unit (NNU) with two fully equipped intensive care costs. The NNU has been upgraded and re‑equipped to provide a more efficient and comfortable working environment. The number of deliveries at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust continues to rise and is currently around 2,629 per year. The NNU is equipped with 2 Draegar patient‑triggered ventilators and 4 high flow machines and nasal CPAP flow drivers, together with appropriate monitoring equipment, which includes facilities for CFM. SN Karen Ransom is the manager for the NNU.

There is close links with Level 3 Neonatal units at Rosie Maternity unit in Addenbrookes and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals.

The unit is a designated Level 1-unit (30 weeks and above) and babies born less than 30 weeks are stabilised and retrieved by the PANDR (Transport team incorporating ANTS) 24/7. PANDR also provide advice and guidance for the management of sick babies. The unit is equipped to provide high dependency for 4 babies which includes providing high flow/nCPAP, TPN, ultrasound and echocardiography. Retinopathy screening service is provided by the local ophthalmology team.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• Hold Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practise
• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• APLS/NLS Instructor
• Entry on the GMC specialist register in Paediatrics or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining)

Clinical experience

• Special Interest (SPIN) in Cardiology
• Experience and training in child protection Level 3
• EPLS or APLS
• Echocardiography Training
• Experience in a wide variety of general specialist Paediatrics in senior’s role in the UK.
• 1 Year Paediatric Cardiology Experience
• Experience in Managing children with both chronic and acute Cardiac conditions.
• Experience in Neonatal echocardiography

Management and administration

• Willingness to share management and administration duties with consultant colleagues.
• To demonstrate experience in clinical audit and an understanding of the principles of clinical governance
• To have attended a management course and have some experience of management

Teaching experience

• Experience in teaching students and doctors in training
• Formal training in teaching methods
• Willingness to develop personal teaching skills by participating in Trainer Development Programme

Research

• Critical reading skills
• Evidence based approach to clinical practise.
• Experience of research
• Publication of peer‑reviewed research
• Presentations at national and international meeting.
• Enthusiasm and plans for research in a DGH setting

Personal Skills and Qualities

• Ability to communicate clearly.
• Show caring attitude to patients and staff.
• To be able to work effectively in a team.
• Committed to work within Trust policies.
• Committed to CPD as laid down by the RCPCH.
• Committed to own professional development and be responsible for own revalidation.
• Evidence of good attendance and timekeeping.
• Be fit for the duties of the post.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post.
• The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate.
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: - o PLAB 1 o PLAB 2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities.
• Ability to travel to rural locations.

Standards

• To have a thorough knowledge and demonstrable understanding of “Good Medical Practice” from the GMC.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.