Our client's Paediatric Department is committed to providing the highest standard of inpatient and outpatient care on the District General Hospital site and in the community. The general Paediatric and neonatal rotas are split, and consultants have on-call responsibility for one of these rotas. This post involves on-call for the neonatal rota. All consultants have a special interest in one or more areas and have Child Protection responsibilities. Paediatric admissions total around 4500 per annum. There are 2700 new patient referrals from general practitioners, and the birth rate is currently increasing, approximately 3000 per year. There is a Neonatal retrieval service for those infants requiring uplift of care, in line with national recommendations.
The successful appointee will be asked to fulfill various duties, such as: Provide consultant cover in a
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