Job summary
Full Time 10PAs
We are recruiting a Consultant Community Paediatrician to join a dynamic, community paediatric team in Rochdale Care Organisation. This is an exciting time to work in a very diverse region where service development and innovation are priorities for health service commissioners and providers.
About us
The HMR Community Paediatric Service (CPS) is a Consultant Paediatrician led service focusing on developmental paediatrics, neuro-disabilities, and complex needs. The service also has statutory responsibilities including undertaking and facilitating initial health assessments for Looked after Children (LAC) and statutory Special Educational Needs.
The service is based at Callaghan House. Referrals to the service are accepted from all professionals including GP's, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Health Visitors (HV's), School Health Practitioners (SHPs), Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCos) and other local authority professionals (the list is not exhaustive).
Within the CPS, much of the work is multi-disciplinary and multi-agency, and there are numerous interdependencies with other services in the Local Authority and in health including Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapists, Audiology & Orthotics, enabling a team assessment. There is a clear and robust pathway for a team assessment for the child with neurodevelopmental concerns ensuring early intervention and planned health care, promoting the public health agenda.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have clinical duties within the community setting in HMR (Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale).
It is envisaged that the post holder would develop services in number of areas. Firstly, the smooth discharge into community setting of children with complex health needs including palliative care. Secondly, managing ongoing general health issues of children with complex health needs. This will be supported by the large well established community paediatric nursing team.
This post is based at Callaghan House where the post-holder will work within a fully integrated Childrens community health service.
The post holder will also have some responsibilities in supporting statutory components of the service (Initial Health Care Assessments and supporting adoption and fostering teams (with the main clinical lead).
The job plan will include 3-4 clinics and supervision and training of junior staff. The post holder will be encouraged to develop a special interest depending on their experience and interests.
The potential post-holder should have relevant experience in quality improvement and service development, clinical management and leadership skills.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
- MBChB/MBBS
Desirable
- MSc or other higher degree
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Registration on the GMC Specialist Register-CCT
Desirable
- Registration within 6 months of obtaining CCT
- Evidence of Accredited Clinical & Educational Supervision of Medical Learners
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience in community paediatrics equivalent to that required for UK CCT in community paediatrics
- Experience in managing paediatric patients with disabilities and their associated medical problems
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within speciality
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Knowledge and experience of adoption and fostering medicals and statutory processes
- Ability to assess the medical needs of looked after children
- Training assessment and appraisal of junior doctors
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Desirable
- Training in standardised developmental assessments (Griffiths, ADOS etc)
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
- Experience of supervising junior doctors
- Experience of supervising undergraduates on community placement
- Proven research ability including publication in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to collect and submit data
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
- Ability to organise and manage clinic priorities and waiting lists
- Ability to lead and manage a paediatric team
- Experience and understanding of clinical audit
- Experience and understanding of clinical audit
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Good leadership skills
- People management skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good organisational and management skills
- Good interpersonal skills, supportive and tolerant
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude towards patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, AHPs, nurses, GPs and other agencies
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Ability and means to travel
- Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- The post holder will be required to exert light to moderate physical effort daily
- The post holder maybe exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances around a variety of complex situations in various community settings
- The post holder will be required to exert frequent concentration daily
- Required to use a VDU for frequent periods on a daily basis
Desirable
- Experience of audit management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
- MBChB/MBBS
Desirable
- MSc or other higher degree
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Registration on the GMC Specialist Register-CCT
Desirable
- Registration within 6 months of obtaining CCT
- Evidence of Accredited Clinical & Educational Supervision of Medical Learners
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience in community paediatrics equivalent to that required for UK CCT in community paediatrics
- Experience in managing paediatric patients with disabilities and their associated medical problems
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within speciality
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Knowledge and experience of adoption and fostering medicals and statutory processes
- Ability to assess the medical needs of looked after children
- Training assessment and appraisal of junior doctors
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Desirable
- Training in standardised developmental assessments (Griffiths, ADOS etc)
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
- Experience of supervising junior doctors
- Experience of supervising undergraduates on community placement
- Proven research ability including publication in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to collect and submit data
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
- Ability to organise and manage clinic priorities and waiting lists
- Ability to lead and manage a paediatric team
- Experience and understanding of clinical audit
- Experience and understanding of clinical audit
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Good leadership skills
- People management skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good organisational and management skills
- Good interpersonal skills, supportive and tolerant
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude towards patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, AHPs, nurses, GPs and other agencies
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Ability and means to travel
- Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- The post holder will be required to exert light to moderate physical effort daily
- The post holder maybe exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances around a variety of complex situations in various community settings
- The post holder will be required to exert frequent concentration daily
- Required to use a VDU for frequent periods on a daily basis
Desirable
- Experience of audit management
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).