Locum Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist

Job Overview

This post is a replacement locum post for a period of 12 months, pending a substantive post. The appointee will join a well‑established multidisciplinary team, providing a comprehensive paediatric rheumatology and chronic pain service for the Thames Valley and surrounding region. The role offers opportunities for research, academic development and collaboration with the University of Oxford.

• Support the clinical team in delivering a high quality secondary and tertiary rheumatology service to children and adolescents in Oxfordshire, Thames Valley and neighbouring counties.
• Provide care for acutely unwell children and young people in the paediatric and intensive care setting where diagnosis is uncertain or requires multispecialty input, including complex multisystem inflammatory illnesses, hyperinflammation, HLH/MAS etc.
• Support a comprehensive paediatric chronic pain service and link closely with the programme director for rehabilitation service, Dr Konrad Jacobs, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Explore opportunities for further service development and collaboration with Long COVID and chronic fatigue services.
• Support and continue to develop clinical collaboration with other paediatric services in Oxford.
• Provide clinical care, education and support for further development of outreach services and a clinical network for paediatric rheumatology across Oxfordshire and neighbouring areas.
• Contribute to paediatric training in rheumatology and provide rheumatology teaching for other postgraduate trainees. Establish and develop sub‑specialty training in paediatric rheumatology.
• Comply with the recommendations of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health over the provision of acute and specialty services for children.

• MBChB or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Full GMC registration
• On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview
• Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
• Higher medical degree e.g. MSc, PhD or MD or evidence of working towards a higher academic degree

• Certificate of completion of training (CCT) or equivalent in paediatrics
• Completion of competencies for sub‑specialty training in paediatric rheumatology or equivalent
• APLS, BLS or equivalent in date
• Trained to level 3 or equivalent safeguarding
• Tertiary or supra‑tertiary level training in paediatric chronic pain
• Tertiary level training in adolescenth3>
  
  Work Experience
  • Comprehensive training in Paediatrics and all aspects of paediatric rheumatology in a tertiary paediatric rheumatology centre
  • Experience working in adolescent transition and young adult services
  • Experience and training in managing patients with Chronic Pain
  • Experience with independent intra‑articular steroid injections, both under local and general anaesthetic
  • Prescribing of complex medication
  • Experience of managing complex patients requiring multi‑specialty input and intensive care
  • Experience as a Locum or substantive paediatric rheumatology consultant
  • Experience of working in additional tertiary paediatric rheumatology centres
  • Experience of working within an established clinical network
  • Experience in leading and developing services for young people including transition and young adult clinics
  • Work experience in one of the major paediatric pain centres
  • Experience of joint assessment and injection with ultrasound
  Level of Responsibility
  • Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
  • Evidence of leadership in clinical and management setting.
  • Leadership experience in regional or national project.
  Organisation and Management Skills
  • Effective administrative and time management skills. Experience in clinical management.
  • Evidence of additional management responsibilities.
  Professional – Extra Skills or Achievements
  • Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork and service improvement.
  Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  • Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills. Able to communicate well with children, parents and teams.
  Teaching and Training Skills
  • Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
  • Teaching or Education qualification.
  Clinical Governance Experience
  • Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities.