Consultant Paediatrician

The Paediatric Service is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed General Consultant Paediatrician to work fulltime at the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is committed to working in partnership with colleagues in the Tees valley Integrated Care Partnership and wider North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System. As such, the team will work as part of a wider network at times to strengthen care pathways and support ongoing workforce development., The appointee will join a full time NHS Consultant Group. The position includes consultant of the week covering general paediatrics and level one neonates.

They will have commitments to the new Children & Young People's Emergency Department (CYPED), Special Care Baby Unit and will conduct clinics in Hartlepool, Stockton, or Peterlee bases.

The on-call cover is expected to be on the hybrid rota where during weekdays they contribute to part of 1 in 7 on-call cover and part of 1 in 6 resident cover and this ratio might change and will be discussed in Job planning meeting.

The successful candidate is also expected to provide cover on weekends as on-call and as resident cover(Pro rota). This will also be discussed in the Job plan meeting.

The resident cover for weekday evening cover is from 1700-2200. The resident cover on weekends is from 0900-2200.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"