Locum Consultant in Paediatric Spinal

The successful candidate would work with the multidisciplinary teams in the Paediatric setting to develop services within the region. The post holder would be joining a large paediatric spine service of 5 consultants performing 145 to 180 paediatric spinal deformity operations a year.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals. It employs over 17,500 staff with over 1 million patient contacts a year. Evelina London Children's Healthcare (ELCH) provides services for children both in our state of the art hospital, and in our community services within Lambeth and Southwark. We have an annual turnover of £170 million and over 2,000 staff. Last year children's services at GSTT delivered 125,000 outpatient appointments, and 26,000 children were cared for as inpatients in the children's hospital.

ELCH is the second largest provider of acute hospital care for children in London. We provide secondary-level children's hospital services to the local communities of Lambeth and Southwark, and a wide-ranging portfolio of tertiary-level services to South London and South East England. ELCH is proud to provide quaternary-level care in a number of fields to children across the UK.

Professional Qualifications

Desirable: - Higher degree; - Evidence of Management Training; - Evidence of Teaching Training

Clinical Experience

Desirable: - A third year of paediatric and or adult spinal fellowship/training

Research and Audit

Essential: - Record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills; - A demonstrable aptitude for participating in departmental research goals.

Desirable: - Involvement in and completion of clinical audits; - Evidence of original research and publication.

Teaching skill and experience

Essential: - Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.

Desirable: - Appraisal training; - Teaching qualification