This opportunity is to join the Paediatric Allergy team at Alder Hey on a permanent basis for 8 sessions per week (8PA) at one of the largest children’s hospitals in Europe. The successful applicant will provide and support an outpatient service, day case and inpatient consulting services within the Trust, and will work with clinical and laboratory colleagues (NHS and academic) both within the Trust and outside .
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the allergy services but will be encouraged to develop an area or areas of expertise. He or she will advise on investigation and management of children presenting with allergic diseases in out-patients and will be expected to supervise nursing staff provide food and drug challenge services on the day ward. They will be actively involved in the organisation and provision of aeroallergen subcutaneous immunotherapy on the medical day unit, together with the allergy nurses. The appointee will respond to inpatient consultation requests from various specialties. He or she will have associated scheduled time to dictate letters and undertake clinic-related administrative tasks.
The new appointee would be expected to contribute to the development and provision of allergy services and help develop related regional services. In addition, the new post holder will be expected to contribute to clinical governance processes and the revision of departmental Trust guidelines.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, as well as expertise and clinical competence in the management of children and young people with allergies.
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
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Morning
Patient admin
1 DCC
Monthly Team MDT
Teaching
Food challenge meeting and peer review MDT
1 DCC
CPD/mandatory training /
1.0 SPA
OP Clinic
1 DCC
Afternoon
Day Care Service Provision
1 DCC
OPA
1 DCC
OP Clinic
1 DCC
Service Development/CPD
0.5 SPA
Consultations, Triage, inpatient service 0.5DCC
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