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We are looking for an outstanding clinician to join our growing, enthusiastic, and friendly consultant team at the The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital (The Alex) to help us establish the Alex as the leading hospital for children and young people in the South East Coast region.
This is a full time consultant post for Epilepsy, as a consultant you would be also part of our Consultant of the week Rota covering general paedirtics.
The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital is the regional children’s hospital, providing general acute services to Brighton and Hove and mid Sussex and tertiary services for patients across Sussex and the south east of England.
It brings together Paediatric services at UHSUSSEX and provides a first-class environment to continue to develop a broad range of tertiary and specialised services for children and young people alongside more general services for our local population.
Children’s Services were rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission in 2016.
- Add value to the department of paediatrics through strong professional leadership and contribute to the development of closer working patterns, guidelines, education and standards
- Support consultant-led care in the paediatric epilepsy MDT
- Support consultant-led care for epilepsy inpatients
- Provide telephone advice for patients and families under the Royal Alex epilepsy service.
- Contribute to the undergraduate teaching program at BSMS and to postgraduate education and supervision within the department
- Participate in all the network related activities and Peer Review related activities - to ensure our care processes are reviewed regularly and actions taken to rectify or modify any shortcomings identified
- Support the development of improved facilities for epilepsy research and participation
The new consultant will participate in the ‘consultant of the week’ rota, providing care for all medical in-patients with a frequency of 1 in 12 weeks, with a 1 in 12 on call commitment for general paediatrician on-call.
The post holder accepts that they will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation, where practicable, with their colleagues, both senior and junior.
At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of theUK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.
Improving lives : We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put ourPatient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourwellbeing programmefor staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
Build a career with us : As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
The paediatric epilepsy service at the RACH provides care to children and young people up to the age of 17 years old, living in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex. The team work in close partnership with the South East Thames Paediatric Epilepsy Group (SETPEG). Our regional tertiary support system is provided by Neurology Consultants at Evelina, London with whom we have a close working relationship.
There is a dedicated paediatric epilepsy team which includes 2 full time Consultants (including this post) who also contribute to the Consultant of the week covering the paediatric inpatient ward. There is also a third consultant who delivers a first fit clinic.
There is support from a nursing team of a full time Clinical nurse specialist (band 7) and a part time band 6 nurse.
MDT Clinics are run across two sites at the RACH and PRH (Haywards Heath) on different days of the week. We organise a weekly Epilepsy team meeting which allows discussion of complex patients, presentation of case studies and academic articles/topics of interest and occasional drug representative presentations.
There are currently >900 CYP under our epilepsy outpatients. Inpatient care takes place at the children’s ward on L9 of the RACH and also if required on HDU.