Job summary
Whittington Health Trust is seeking an 8 PA Consultant in Community Paediatrics to take the role of Named Doctor in Child Protection.
We are looking for a developmental paediatrician to join our Islington Community Paediatrics Team at the Northern Health Centre, Upper Holloway, London. We provide a child protection service together with Camden and there is joint monthly peer review. This post covers a wide variety of community paediatrics; working in the child safeguarding service and the children looked after service, doing regular developmental paediatrics including an MDT clinic for severe physical disabilities and contributing to the diagnosis of a variety of developmental disorders.
Islington has a team of experienced Community Paediatricians and the department provides strong peer review and multidisciplinary support.
There is some flexibility to accommodate special interests and opportunities exist for developing clinical interests.
Interview date: 7th February 2024.
Main duties of the job
Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the post
Job Plan:
1. Named Dr for Child Safeguarding
2. Be part of the Social Communication Team and participate in the MDT diagnostic process.
3. Do uni-disciplinary developmental clinics; 3 per month
4. Hold a monthly multidisciplinary Physical Developmental clinic for children with conditions significantly affecting their posture and movement who are not (yet) in special needs schools.
5. Hold alternate monthly multidisciplinary Developmental Coordination Disorder clinic. This is run jointly with the Occupational Therapist.
6. Contribute to the Child Protection rota by being second on call every other week. This includes supervision of trainee who triages referrals and does the medical assessment and checking of the reports.
7. Participate in triaging rota of new referrals.
8. Lead for training of junior doctors and medical students.
9. Do a monthly clinic for children who are looked after.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and timetable of duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the post
Job Plan:
1. Named Dr for Child Safeguarding
2. Be part of the Social Communication Team and participate in the MDT diagnostic process.
3. Do uni-disciplinary developmental clinics; 3 per month
4. Hold a monthly multidisciplinary Physical Developmental clinic for children with conditions significantly affecting their posture and movement who are not (yet) in special needs schools.
5. Hold alternate monthly multidisciplinary Developmental Coordination Disorder clinic. This is run jointly with the Occupational Therapist.
6. Contribute to the Child Protection rota by being second on call every other week. This includes supervision of trainee who triages referrals and does the medical assessment and checking of the reports.
7. Participate in triaging rota of new referrals.
8. Lead for training of junior doctors and medical students.
9. Do a monthly clinic for children who are looked after.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and timetable of duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registration
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- CCT in paediatrics
Desirable
- Post graduate study in child protection
Experience
Essential
- Experience in community paediatrics.(developmental disorders, physical disability)
- Working in multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
- Experience of working in safeguarding children with training up to level 4
Desirable
- ExperienceExperience in community paediatrics.(developmental disorders, physical disability)Working with families living with significant levels of deprivation and with cultural diversity.
- Working in multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partnersExperience of carrying out health assessments for Children in Care
- Previous experience of writing reports for court and appearing as a witness in family court
- Has knowledge of the health issues for looked after children
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency colleagues
- Ability to motivate, inspire and support a multi-professional team and be able to work effectively and sensitively within it, as well as partner agencies
- Awareness and understanding of changes in NHS organisation and social care practice
- Good organisation skills and prioritise workload, delegates responsibilities as appropriate
- Ability to motivate, inspire and support a multi-professional team and be able to work effectively and sensitively within it, as well as partner agencies
Desirable
- Formal training in use of Developmental assessment tools
- Clinical skills in the assessment of children with neurodisability (physical, developmental disorders)
- Experience of working as a member of a CAMHS team or closely aligned to a CAMHS service.
Education/Teaching
Essential
- Commitment to learning and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and provision of clinical supervision
Research/Academic
Essential
- Completed audits that have had a positive impact on clinical practice
Desirable
- Ability to apply research finding in a clinical/organisational context
- Understanding research methodology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registration
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- CCT in paediatrics
Desirable
- Post graduate study in child protection
Experience
Essential
- Experience in community paediatrics.(developmental disorders, physical disability)
- Working in multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
- Experience of working in safeguarding children with training up to level 4
Desirable
- ExperienceExperience in community paediatrics.(developmental disorders, physical disability)Working with families living with significant levels of deprivation and with cultural diversity.
- Working in multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partnersExperience of carrying out health assessments for Children in Care
- Previous experience of writing reports for court and appearing as a witness in family court
- Has knowledge of the health issues for looked after children
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency colleagues
- Ability to motivate, inspire and support a multi-professional team and be able to work effectively and sensitively within it, as well as partner agencies
- Awareness and understanding of changes in NHS organisation and social care practice
- Good organisation skills and prioritise workload, delegates responsibilities as appropriate
- Ability to motivate, inspire and support a multi-professional team and be able to work effectively and sensitively within it, as well as partner agencies
Desirable
- Formal training in use of Developmental assessment tools
- Clinical skills in the assessment of children with neurodisability (physical, developmental disorders)
- Experience of working as a member of a CAMHS team or closely aligned to a CAMHS service.
Education/Teaching
Essential
- Commitment to learning and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and provision of clinical supervision
Research/Academic
Essential
- Completed audits that have had a positive impact on clinical practice
Desirable
- Ability to apply research finding in a clinical/organisational context
- Understanding research methodology
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
