Job summary
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to employ an enthusiastic Consultant Paediatrician with expertise in Neurodisability in community child health to help deliver a highly regarded service for children in Greenwich. You will join a team of motivated, experienced and supportive Community Paediatricians with multidisciplinary and interagency working being a significant part of the role.
This is a substantive Consultant post, including the Lead for Neurodisability, due to the current post holder retiring. Greenwich Community Paediatric Services is part of the Children and Young People Directorate (CYPD), Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The Consultant will be part of a team of 5.0 WTE Consultants, 1 specialist Paediatrician, 5.0 WTE Specialty Grade (SAS) doctors, 1 WTE Specialty Higher Trainee, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Health Care Assistant.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide assessment and case management of children and young people with complex neuro-disability and special needs, including Special Needs Schools in the Borough. The Consultant has overall responsibility for their own caseload, which will include children across the borough or living out of borough but registered under a Greenwich GP.
2. To supervise and teach non-Consultant grade doctors, including Specialists, specialty Doctor Paediatricians and Specialist Trainees.
3. Provide clinical input to multi-disciplinary clinics for the assessment of children with complex disability and special needs. These assessments include a rising caseload of children with ASD and ADHD that require assessment and further management.
4. Provide clinical input to multi-disciplinary clinics/meetings for the assessment of children with complex disability and special needs.
About us
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide medical advice to Local Authority Childrens Services according to statutory legislation and guidance for Looked after Children. Clinical work may be carried out by the Speciality Doctors but children with complex Neurodisability remain on the Consultant caseload and they will have overall responsibility.
Provide medical advice for Royal Borough of Greenwich Directorate of Childrens Services (local authority) according to statutory legislation and for children with Special Educational Needs and Disability requiring Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCP).
Provide Consultant supervision, support, and advice for safeguarding aspects to non-consultant grade of Doctors for their caseloads. The SAS and Specialist Trainee are on a daytime rota to examine children who have had alleged physical injury. Consultants have a rolling weekly child protection rota during working hours to provide overall responsibility and liaise directly with social care regarding all new referrals. They are expected to provide direct supervision if necessary and discuss and review all child protection reports produced that week. There is a monthly SG peer review meeting during which most cases are discussed with the whole team and any photographs reviewed.
To have a continuing responsibility of the care of patients in their care allowing for appropriate delegation to and training of staff and for the proper functioning of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide medical advice to Local Authority Childrens Services according to statutory legislation and guidance for Looked after Children. Clinical work may be carried out by the Speciality Doctors but children with complex Neurodisability remain on the Consultant caseload and they will have overall responsibility.
Provide medical advice for Royal Borough of Greenwich Directorate of Childrens Services (local authority) according to statutory legislation and for children with Special Educational Needs and Disability requiring Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCP).
Provide Consultant supervision, support, and advice for safeguarding aspects to non-consultant grade of Doctors for their caseloads. The SAS and Specialist Trainee are on a daytime rota to examine children who have had alleged physical injury. Consultants have a rolling weekly child protection rota during working hours to provide overall responsibility and liaise directly with social care regarding all new referrals. They are expected to provide direct supervision if necessary and discuss and review all child protection reports produced that week. There is a monthly SG peer review meeting during which most cases are discussed with the whole team and any photographs reviewed.
To have a continuing responsibility of the care of patients in their care allowing for appropriate delegation to and training of staff and for the proper functioning of the service.
Person Specification
Full GMC Registration
Essential
MBBS or equivalent
Essential
MRCPCH or equivalent
Essential
CCT in Community Child Health or CCT in Paediatrics
Essential
- CCT in Community Child Health or CCT in Paediatrics
Person Specification
Full GMC Registration
Essential
MBBS or equivalent
Essential
MRCPCH or equivalent
Essential
CCT in Community Child Health or CCT in Paediatrics
Essential
- CCT in Community Child Health or CCT in Paediatrics
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).
