Consultant Paediatrician (Community)

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Community Paediatrician.

The successful candidate will have expertise in community-based and general paediatrics. We would be particularly interested in applicants with an interest in adoption. You will have the opportunity to work as part of the child protection rota undertaking medical assessments and working in the multi-agency team. You will have a regular clinic in the area of Northumberland and/ or North Tyneside with the possibility of a school based clinic.

We have a multi-disciplinary team approach within the Child Health Business Unit and the wider Trust. This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which Clinicians are at the forefront of management.

This post is for up to 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work as part of a team of eleven Consultant Community Paediatricians covering the Northumberland and North Tyneside areas. The Child protection rota is covered Monday to Friday from 9am -7pm offering medical assessments and working in conjunction with the two local children Services within the Children's Unit at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. When on duty they will be supported by a team of paediatric nurses, nurse practitioners and junior doctors. This post does not include any resident overnight duties.

The outpatient clinic may include developmental, neuro-disability or general paediatric patients depending on the needs of the community at appointment. There will be the opportunity to undertake assessments of neuro-diverse presentations in partnership with the speech therapy team. There will be support to develop any area of specialist interest which matches the requirements of the service.

The post holder will have a role in the supervision and training of resident doctors, advanced clinical practitioners and medical students.

Further details can be found in the Job Description.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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