Job Introduction
Join a forward-thinking, patient-centred team as a Consultant Paediatrician, where your expertise will shape the future of child health services. We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate clinician who is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to infants, children, and young people.
You will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and ongoing care to children, young people and families in Wiltshire and B&NES. The post holder will share all aspects of community paediatric work with colleagues and should have relevant experience in clinical management of children, including those with neurodevelopmental difficulties and safeguarding children. The post holder will take part in the child protection on-call rota.
The child health department is a friendly and dynamic team of six consultants, and one associate specialist, and 4 GPwER based in St Martin’s community hospital towards the south of the city of Bath and 4 consultants, 2 associate specialists and 5 GPwER based in Wiltshire. We are well supported by the Single Point of Access (SPA) and secretarial team.
Applicants should possess, or be within 6 months of receiving, a CCT in paediatrics at the time of appointment.
Department: Community Paediatric Department
Base Location: Wiltshire & B&NES
Hours: Full-time but part-time applicants will be considered
Main Responsibilities:
- Deliver community paediatric clinics, assessing children with a range of concerns that are affecting their health, development or educational potential, in accordance with our established referral criteria. This includes medical assessments for the SEND process.
- Complete their reports and administration in time scales as per departmental guidance and adhering to that from statutory agencies.
- Contribute to multidisciplinary assessment and management in a collaborative way with all members of the team for initial assessments and follow-ups where relevant.
- Contribute to the teaching and clinical supervision of paediatric trainees within the department and of undergraduate medical students.
- Liaise with other health professionals to ensure coordinated management of assessments, treatment and follow up.
- Participate in the safeguarding on call rota 8am – 8pm weekdays and 8am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday. This includes providing information and participating in strategy discussions.
Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.
The ideal candidate will have -
Essential:
- UK recognised medical degree
- Current full GMC registration
- Must be on the specialist register or be within six months of obtaining CCT
- Current work permit (if appropriate)
- MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent
- 2 years higher specialist training in community paediatrics or equivalent
- Evidence of training in all aspects of child protection assessment (including level 3 training)
- Be able to take part in the child protection on call rota and ability to complete child protection reports for police and social services
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including with partners in primary care and social care
Desirable:
- CCT in community paediatrics or neuro-disability
- A specialist interest in paediatric neuro-disability or other aspect of community child health
- Advanced keyboard and IT skills
- Formal teaching skills
- Knowledge of Special Educational Needs procedures, health service responsibilities and proposed changes to SEND.
- Published research or audit
- Experience of delivering training to other professionals
- Experience of providing child protection reports for the Courts
Please see the job description attached for the full person specification.
Package Description
As a Consultant Paediatrician you will be part of our valued team in our Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £109,725 – £145,478 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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