Job summary
Senior Clinical Fellow Barnet Community Paediatrics
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Senior Clinical fellow to work in the Barnet Community paediatric team (in-hours) This is a 1wte post, fixed term for 12 months, starting in September 2025.
The Barnet community paediatric team is committed to excellence in child and family centred care and professional development. This post includes neuro-disability clinics, EHCP (Education and Health Care Plan clinics), Children Looked After clinics and child protection on call commitment. Please see the Job Description for more details.
The post holders would be based at Edgware Community Hospital, with some clinical work taking place at other sites in the borough.
Main duties of the job
Community Paediatrician providing a range of clinics including neuro-disability, ADOS, initial health assessments for Children Looked After and Child protection medicals.
About us
Across our three London hospitals, our vision is clear: to deliver world class expertise and local care. We combine globally recognised clinical expertise with local and friendly hospital care to represent the NHS at its best.
Our mission is to be world class in terms of healthcare treatment, clinical research and teaching excellence. We aim to deliver and develop leading local healthcare in all three of ourhospitals, to improve lives and help people thrive.
How the Royal Free will achieve its mission
We will achieve our mission by making sure that we have:
Excellent outcomes, in our clinical treatment, research and teaching
Excellent experiences for patients, staff and GPs
Excellent value, by improving the efficiency and productivity of our services, and reducing costs
Full compliance, meeting or exceeding all regulatory standards and outcomes we are set
A strong organisation, investing effectively in our staff and infrastructure to make sure we are fit for future challenges
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with License to practice in the UK (note: partial registration or application for GMC registration will not be shortlisted)
- Part way to achieving MRCPCH
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within a community paediatric environment
- Child development clinics including autism
- EHCP clinics
- Experience of working in as a doctor in the UK for at least six months. (those with no UK experience will not be shortlisted)
- APLS /EPALS provider
- Working within an MDT and multiagency setting
Desirable
- Child protection medical assessments / Looked After Children Initial Health Assessments
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to run an Outpatient Clinic with Consultant supervision
- Highly organised to keep on top of administrative work
- Good practical skills
- Able to communicate well in verbal and written English
- Able to establish and maintain working relations with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues
Desirable
- Knowledge of working with children with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- A flexible collaborative approach
- Good team player
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Ability to write concise, empathic and relevant reports
- Good communication skills, ability to build rapport, work with others
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and social skills appropriate to different types of patient
- Well organised and methodical
- A good level of self-awareness
- Good self-care skills and resilience
- Able to work on own initiative and aware of own limitations
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with License to practice in the UK (note: partial registration or application for GMC registration will not be shortlisted)
- Part way to achieving MRCPCH
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within a community paediatric environment
- Child development clinics including autism
- EHCP clinics
- Experience of working in as a doctor in the UK for at least six months. (those with no UK experience will not be shortlisted)
- APLS /EPALS provider
- Working within an MDT and multiagency setting
Desirable
- Child protection medical assessments / Looked After Children Initial Health Assessments
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to run an Outpatient Clinic with Consultant supervision
- Highly organised to keep on top of administrative work
- Good practical skills
- Able to communicate well in verbal and written English
- Able to establish and maintain working relations with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues
Desirable
- Knowledge of working with children with a range of neurodevelopmental conditions
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- A flexible collaborative approach
- Good team player
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Ability to write concise, empathic and relevant reports
- Good communication skills, ability to build rapport, work with others
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and social skills appropriate to different types of patient
- Well organised and methodical
- A good level of self-awareness
- Good self-care skills and resilience
- Able to work on own initiative and aware of own limitations
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).
