Clinical Fellow in Community Paediatrics for Service (LAS)

Job responsibilities

• Recognition and management of children with suspected and confirmed physical and emotional abuse and neglect, participating in a daytime child protection on-call rota with senior paediatric and consultant supervision.
• Identification, multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with a range of disabilities and special needs.
• Diagnosis and management of medical and developmental problems in a range of secondary community based clinics.
• Provision of medical services for a special school including advice for teachers and for Local Education Authority, particularly for children with long term problems, disabilities and special educational needs.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment and follow up of pre-term infants.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• GMC with Licence to practice

Desirable

• MRCPCH

Relevant experience in speciality

Essential

• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
• Experience in community paediatrics
• Experience in the work of a child development centre
• An understanding of the child in the context of their culture, family, environment and society

Fitness to practice

Essential

• Applicant's knowledge is up to date and is fit to practice safely
• Applicant to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.

Management skills

Essential

• Ability to organise own work in routine and emergency situations

Clinical governance /improving quality of care

Essential

• Clinical Governance: capacity to be alert to problems and shows awareness of good decision making
• Audit skills: evidence of participation in clinical audit
• Teaching skills: Interest in teaching
• Research: Demonstrates an interest

Desirable

• Track record of engaging in clinical governance
• Experience in teaching
• Participation in research
• Presentation at academic meeting
• Evidence of publications

Communication Skills

Essential

• Effective communication skills in written and spoken communication and capacity to adapt as needed with both families and professionals
• Capacity to listen and take in others perspectives
• Works in partnership with children and families: considers patient choice, impact of clinical decisions and practice shared definition making, directs patients to access 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).