Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the specialist Paediatric Palliative Care Teamand play a key role in the development of paediatric palliative and end-of-life care services across Birmingham and the West Midlands. The post combines direct clinical care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions with the opportunity to support service development across the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW) footprint.

Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team of consultants, specialist nurses and family support staff, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of high-quality symptom management, advance care planning and holistic family-centred care across hospital and community settings.

This is a 5 PA locum consultant post offering a unique opportunity for an established paediatrician with an interest in palliative care to further develop specialist knowledge and skills within an accredited training centre. Depending on experience, there may be opportunities to work towards paediatric palliative medicine SPIN competencies under consultant supervision.

Applicants must hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise and demonstrate the skills and experience required to work at consultant level within paediatrics.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join a specialist paediatric palliative care service for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions across Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust and the wider West Midlands. Working alongside the existing consultant and specialist nursing team, the post holder will support children with malignant and non-malignant conditions across both hospital and community settings with particular emphasis on the STW footprint.

The work will be in conjunction with and under the supervision of the existing Consultant body. The post-holder will deliver symptom management, advance care planning and end-of-life care, whilst working closely with multidisciplinary teams, community services, hospices and other partner organisations. The post will ideally suit someone with experience of palliative care and children with severe neuro-disability and complexity. The post holder will also contribute to service development, education and the ongoing delivery of high-quality specialist paediatric palliative care across the region.

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About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.