Job overview

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant Paediatrician and Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children. The Trust is seeking to appoint a highly motivated individual who can realise the potential of the role and directly influence both service delivery and the future development plans for the paediatric and children’s safeguarding services.

A key driver is to improve the overall patient experience, and this is focused around providing a high quality, safe, responsive and coordinated service within the local and regional health area. The service is therefore looking to appoint an individual who has the vision, drive and commitment to work flexibly and is passionate about caring for children in Hull and surrounding areas.   

Responsibilities will also require the post holder to fully participate in the teaching and training of all professional groups and play a central role in clinical governance issues within the specialty of Paediatrics.

Please include in the additional information section of the application form the name of you current responsible officer, their contact details and your date of revalidation.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will deliver clinical safeguarding child protection medical assessments in the dedicated children’s safeguarding facility, the Anlaby Suite, working in accordance with the Intercollegiate Document, Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff, 2019, published by The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Following all medical examinations the post-holder will be responsible for producing written reports/statements for child protection and civil/criminal court proceedings.

The post-holder will also perform examinations of children and young people aged 15 years and under who report sexual abuse or in whom sexual abuse has been raised as a concern. This will include “acute” examinations which are defined as those in whom the last episode of abuse or suspected abuse was within the previous week. The post holder will undertake a sensitive trauma informed holistic assessment, which will include photo-documentation of the genital / anal examination, appropriate management of medical and sexual health needs, collection of appropriate forensic samples and assessment of mental health needs. They will ensure the provision of appropriate aftercare and safeguarding of the child or young person. The post-holder will also provide telephone support and advice to professionals from partner agencies including police, social care and other healthcare professionals.

Working for your organisation

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.

HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £800 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.

The Trust’s secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.

HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will contribute at least one general paediatric outpatient clinic per week seeing general paediatric referrals over one year of age and general paediatric follow up from the paediatric inpatient ward. The post-holder will also be required to undertake Consultant of the Week and on-call duties covering the General Paediatric Service. On-calls are approximately 1 in 11.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name Dr Mary Barraclough Job title Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead Email address mary.barraclough@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 875875 Additional contact information

Dr Chris Wood, Clinical Director

Email: chris.wood1@nhs.net

01482 607871