Job summary
Consultant Paediatrician
(with a special interest in Neurodisability)
Joint Post - NELFT & Great Ormond Street Hospital
CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) Flexible working available
BASE: 79 Axe Street, Barking, Essex IG11 7LZ
This post is joint Consultant Paediatrician position in the Barking and Dagenham Community Team, based at 79 Axe Street, Barking, IG11 7LZ and Neuro disability Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
This is a full-time post of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).
Main duties of the job
This is a newly created post, following investment by the place based ICB to support the increased demand on Community Paediatric services. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place in Barking and Dagenham community babies, children, and young people services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
This joint Consultant Paediatrician post for Children & Young People will enable the transfer of specialist skills in Neurodisability (movement disorder), streamline Neurodisability pathways across both organizations, support recruitment, and deliver training to existing and new staff members. This initiative aligns with the NHS Long Term Plan to bring healthcare closer to the communities we serve.
There is no on call requirement at night, although the post holder will participate in a daytime on-call rota 9am - 5pm to deliver child protection medical examinations.
About us
The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work.
We are kind
We are respectful
We work with our communities
GOSH values are also expected:
Always welcoming
Always helpful
Always expert
Always one team
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work as part of a fully integrated multidisciplinary specialist team providing care to children and young people with health needs, across Barking & Dagenham. The successful applicant will also become part of a large (30+ community paediatricians), dynamic, community paediatric team, across the whole of North East London Foundation Trust.
The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with babies, children, and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers, and acute hospitals.
This post provides unique opportunity for the post holder to further develop links already established with the Tertiary and local acute trusts, in order to deliver specialist services within the community. There are existing close links with the acute paediatric department at King George Hospital (Ilford) and Queens Hospital (Romford) alongside Tertiary colleagues at the Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The postholder will spend one day / week (2PAs) with the Movement Disorder Service at GOSH (part of the Wolfson Neurodisability Service) joining a morning clinic and then participating in educational activities/ administration in the afternoon. We hope that through this, local networks can be strengthened and delivery of care enhanced.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work as part of a fully integrated multidisciplinary specialist team providing care to children and young people with health needs, across Barking & Dagenham. The successful applicant will also become part of a large (30+ community paediatricians), dynamic, community paediatric team, across the whole of North East London Foundation Trust.
The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with babies, children, and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers, and acute hospitals.
This post provides unique opportunity for the post holder to further develop links already established with the Tertiary and local acute trusts, in order to deliver specialist services within the community. There are existing close links with the acute paediatric department at King George Hospital (Ilford) and Queens Hospital (Romford) alongside Tertiary colleagues at the Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The postholder will spend one day / week (2PAs) with the Movement Disorder Service at GOSH (part of the Wolfson Neurodisability Service) joining a morning clinic and then participating in educational activities/ administration in the afternoon. We hope that through this, local networks can be strengthened and delivery of care enhanced.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
- oFull GMC registration
- oOn the GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
- oCCT/CCST or equivalent accreditation in Community Paediatrics or equivalent training and experience
Clinical Experience and Training
Essential
- oAt least 2 years General Professional Training in paediatrics.
- o3 years Higher Specialist Training, including 2 years in Community Paediatrics, or is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
- oTraining in Neurodisability
- oValid Level 3 Safeguarding Training.
- oValid BLS Training
Specific Clinical Skills:
Essential
- oExperience of neuro-disability and neurodevelopmental Paediatrics.
- oExperience in safeguarding/children in care where there are concerns of emotional, physical abuse, and neglect.
- oApproved training in Child Protection / Safeguarding at Level 3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines.
- oLevel 3 competencies in the Intercollegiate guidelines Knowledge, skills, and competences for Children in care
- oWorking in a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
- oWorking with families living with significant levels of deprivation and understanding of working in a multicultural community
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
- oFull GMC registration
- oOn the GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
- oCCT/CCST or equivalent accreditation in Community Paediatrics or equivalent training and experience
Clinical Experience and Training
Essential
- oAt least 2 years General Professional Training in paediatrics.
- o3 years Higher Specialist Training, including 2 years in Community Paediatrics, or is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
- oTraining in Neurodisability
- oValid Level 3 Safeguarding Training.
- oValid BLS Training
Specific Clinical Skills:
Essential
- oExperience of neuro-disability and neurodevelopmental Paediatrics.
- oExperience in safeguarding/children in care where there are concerns of emotional, physical abuse, and neglect.
- oApproved training in Child Protection / Safeguarding at Level 3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines.
- oLevel 3 competencies in the Intercollegiate guidelines Knowledge, skills, and competences for Children in care
- oWorking in a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
- oWorking with families living with significant levels of deprivation and understanding of working in a multicultural community
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).
