Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Paediatrician to join our
small, friendly and dedicated Community Paediatric service based at our Child
Development Centre in Halton.
The
borough of Halton includes both areas of Widnes and Runcorn which are connected
via the new Mersey Gateway Bridge. The team deliver services to children, young
people and their families from various locations across the borough to best
serve the local population including new Health Hubs, new Family Hubs, GP
Practices and Clinics.
This
Consultant role in Community Paediatrics is to provide a high-quality service
supporting Children and Young People to receive assessment, investigation,
diagnosis and appropriate support to optimise their quality of life.
The
Consultant role in Community Paediatrics is part of a well-established team of
Consultants, Specialty Grade Doctors, GP plus, GP with Extended Role and
Specialist Nurses and Specialist Speech and Language Therapists who provide a
high-quality service supporting Children and Young People to receive
assessment, investigation, diagnosis and appropriate support to optimise their
quality of life where there are neurodevelopmental or neurodisability concerns.
We
have a Paediatric Registrar and Medical Student on rotation who benefit from
the training and learning opportunities available. There is no requirement for a Child
Protection medical service currently
Main duties of the job
Job Purpose:
The Consultant will have responsibility for children with
long-term neurodevelopmental disorders and neuro-disabilities, including ASD
and ADHD, developmental disorders, complex and special educational needs,
behaviour difficulties of a neurodevelopmental nature, sensory and physical
difficulties, amongst other conditions.
The service does not provide child protection medical assessments;
however, the Consultant would be expected to engage in safeguarding activity
where necessary. It is anticipated that the Consultant would take on lead role
(s) to complement the current roles within the Department and in keeping with
their particular interests if possible.
The Bridgewater Community Doctors (Halton and Warrington)
support each other and meet for shared learning opportunities.
As Consultant you will have appropriate Secretarial support,
IT facilities and office space. Bridgewater uses SystmOne as
their patient management system.
The
multi-professional team have well-established links with the wider childrens
workforce across the Borough, including the Halton Family Hubs, Health Visiting
and School Nursing, Paediatric Therapy services, Childrens Social Care, Mental
Health services and the local Hospital Paediatric team in addition to local
parent / carer forums.
We
also have close links and meet regularly with our Warrington Community
Paediatric Colleagues for learning opportunities and sharing of Clinical Lead
roles.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
To undertake Consultant
led clinics and to provide support to more junior doctors. This includes integrated working with
education and social services staff and the provision of paediatric advice as
required
In conjunction with colleagues to
provide specialist paediatric assessment of children referred where there are
concerns regarding neurodevelopmental problems or disability including those
with social communication or developmental behaviour problems.
To provide clinical assessment,
investigation and management of children referred to the service, working with
other members of the team to determine the most appropriate method of
assessment and intervention.
To take Consultant medical
responsibility for children attending special school
To provide clinical support, as
appropriate, for clinicians providing Community Paediatric and Child Health
Services including nursing and professional allied to medicine.
To be part of the multidisciplinary
assessment and diagnosis process for children referred to the service,
including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and other clinical conditions
including occasional attendance at relevant pathway and operational group meetings
To be involved in provision of advice
and outcome focused information for those who require Education Health and Care
Plans
To provide high quality caseload
management including high quality case records, ensuring adherence to
professional best practice.
Partnerships
To carry out responsibilities, as a consultant,
for children with neurodevelopmental difficulties and to work in close
co-operation with local authority staff and other clinical colleagues
To promote close collaboration between
community paediatrics, hospital paediatric services and Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Services
To work in partnership with Education
and Social Services colleagues to ensure child health needs are effectively met
To occasionally attend
multidisciplinary support pathways / panels for children with significant needs
in order to provide a joined-up approach
Audit
Research and Professional Development
To offer professional advice to the
Clinical Director, Bridgewater Medical Director, Trust Board and partner
agencies on areas of responsibility as required.
To take part in service planning and
service development in conjunction with the Clinical Director in Paediatrics,
the Assistant Director and Clinical Manager for Child & Family Services,
other Senior Clinicians and Managers to provide an efficient surveillance
screening and prevention for children.
To continue with his/her professional
development and maintain good standing with the Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health.
To participate in identifying
individual developmental needs through appraisal and professional development
planning, including job planning.
To take part in appraisal and job
planning of junior medical staff when required by the Clinical Director
To be involved in the clinical
management and administration of the Community Paediatric service when required
To take a lead role in implementation
of national guidance and auditing with respect to a specialist area of interest
and to compliment the development of the service
To participate in own departmental
audits and supervise junior staff in audit.
To encourage appropriate research
within the Service supported by the Trust.
Training & Teaching
To participate in the training of
Nurses, Therapists, Education and Social Services staff and voluntary groups
and other staff as appropriate.
To participate in medical and
postgraduate training when required by the organisation
To undertake safeguarding training at
level 4, which will include the training required at levels 1-3.
Accountability and Review
The Consultant Community Paediatrician
is responsible to the Clinical Director in Community Paediatrics and
accountable to Bridgewater Medical Director and ultimately to the Trust
Board. Appropriate job plans will be
reviewed / agreed with the Consultant on an annual basis by the Clinical
Director
Terms of Service
This post is subject to national terms
and conditions of service under the conditions of the Consultant Contract
2003.
Applicants for this post are exempt
from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1972 and are required to declare
prosecutions or convictions including those considered spent under this Act.
This is not
an exhaustive list of duties, only a general guide to the post. In consultation
with the post holder, the duties may change from time to time to reflect the
changing needs of the service.
Proposed
Job Plan
This job plan is an example; the days are likely to vary
according to service plans and may vary according to the clinical needs of the
service or the hours agreed by the employee.
Example of Job Plan 1.0 WTE post holder
Monday: AM - Clinic PM - Admin
Tuesday: AM - Clinic PM - Admin
Wednesday: AM - SPA PM - SPA and triage
Thursday: AM - Clinic PM - Admin
Friday: AM - Named Doctor Role PM - DCC
Where clinical training falls on non SPA sessions
clinical duties will be rescheduled to facilitate clinical delivery to ensure
yearly DCC are attained.
DCC is direct clinical activity. 1 PA clinic
generates 1 PA admin for dictation / paperwork and ongoing case management.
Additional DCC will include allocated time for telephone clinics and
prescription rota .
AR is additional responsibility for a lead role for
the Department to be arranged depending on service need taking into
consideration the Consultants particular interest. There will be agreed
objectives and outputs that will be evaluated as part of the regular job
planning process.
If
you would like to know more about this role or to arrange an informal visit to meet
the team, please contact:
Dr
Sultana Khan, Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead on 07989 106861 or
Dr
Emma Shakespeare, Clinical Director on 07919 493632 or
Lynn
Arrowsmith, Operational Manager on 07469 578187
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
To undertake Consultant
led clinics and to provide support to more junior doctors. This includes integrated working with
education and social services staff and the provision of paediatric advice as
required
In conjunction with colleagues to
provide specialist paediatric assessment of children referred where there are
concerns regarding neurodevelopmental problems or disability including those
with social communication or developmental behaviour problems.
To provide clinical assessment,
investigation and management of children referred to the service, working with
other members of the team to determine the most appropriate method of
assessment and intervention.
To take Consultant medical
responsibility for children attending special school
To provide clinical support, as
appropriate, for clinicians providing Community Paediatric and Child Health
Services including nursing and professional allied to medicine.
To be part of the multidisciplinary
assessment and diagnosis process for children referred to the service,
including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and other clinical conditions
including occasional attendance at relevant pathway and operational group meetings
To be involved in provision of advice
and outcome focused information for those who require Education Health and Care
Plans
To provide high quality caseload
management including high quality case records, ensuring adherence to
professional best practice.
Partnerships
To carry out responsibilities, as a consultant,
for children with neurodevelopmental difficulties and to work in close
co-operation with local authority staff and other clinical colleagues
To promote close collaboration between
community paediatrics, hospital paediatric services and Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Services
To work in partnership with Education
and Social Services colleagues to ensure child health needs are effectively met
To occasionally attend
multidisciplinary support pathways / panels for children with significant needs
in order to provide a joined-up approach
Audit
Research and Professional Development
To offer professional advice to the
Clinical Director, Bridgewater Medical Director, Trust Board and partner
agencies on areas of responsibility as required.
To take part in service planning and
service development in conjunction with the Clinical Director in Paediatrics,
the Assistant Director and Clinical Manager for Child & Family Services,
other Senior Clinicians and Managers to provide an efficient surveillance
screening and prevention for children.
To continue with his/her professional
development and maintain good standing with the Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health.
To participate in identifying
individual developmental needs through appraisal and professional development
planning, including job planning.
To take part in appraisal and job
planning of junior medical staff when required by the Clinical Director
To be involved in the clinical
management and administration of the Community Paediatric service when required
To take a lead role in implementation
of national guidance and auditing with respect to a specialist area of interest
and to compliment the development of the service
To participate in own departmental
audits and supervise junior staff in audit.
To encourage appropriate research
within the Service supported by the Trust.
Training & Teaching
To participate in the training of
Nurses, Therapists, Education and Social Services staff and voluntary groups
and other staff as appropriate.
To participate in medical and
postgraduate training when required by the organisation
To undertake safeguarding training at
level 4, which will include the training required at levels 1-3.
Accountability and Review
The Consultant Community Paediatrician
is responsible to the Clinical Director in Community Paediatrics and
accountable to Bridgewater Medical Director and ultimately to the Trust
Board. Appropriate job plans will be
reviewed / agreed with the Consultant on an annual basis by the Clinical
Director
Terms of Service
This post is subject to national terms
and conditions of service under the conditions of the Consultant Contract
2003.
Applicants for this post are exempt
from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1972 and are required to declare
prosecutions or convictions including those considered spent under this Act.
This is not
an exhaustive list of duties, only a general guide to the post. In consultation
with the post holder, the duties may change from time to time to reflect the
changing needs of the service.
Proposed
Job Plan
This job plan is an example; the days are likely to vary
according to service plans and may vary according to the clinical needs of the
service or the hours agreed by the employee.
Example of Job Plan 1.0 WTE post holder
Monday: AM - Clinic PM - Admin
Tuesday: AM - Clinic PM - Admin
Wednesday: AM - SPA PM - SPA and triage
Thursday: AM - Clinic PM - Admin
Friday: AM - Named Doctor Role PM - DCC
Where clinical training falls on non SPA sessions
clinical duties will be rescheduled to facilitate clinical delivery to ensure
yearly DCC are attained.
DCC is direct clinical activity. 1 PA clinic
generates 1 PA admin for dictation / paperwork and ongoing case management.
Additional DCC will include allocated time for telephone clinics and
prescription rota .
AR is additional responsibility for a lead role for
the Department to be arranged depending on service need taking into
consideration the Consultants particular interest. There will be agreed
objectives and outputs that will be evaluated as part of the regular job
planning process.
If
you would like to know more about this role or to arrange an informal visit to meet
the team, please contact:
Dr
Sultana Khan, Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead on 07989 106861 or
Dr
Emma Shakespeare, Clinical Director on 07919 493632 or
Lynn
Arrowsmith, Operational Manager on 07469 578187
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive training in Paediatrics and all aspects of Community Paediatrics including safeguarding children in order to meet college requirements
- Is able to demonstrate the competencies equivalent to higher specialist training in Community Child Health
- Able to prioritise workload effectively to manage targets within defined timescales
Desirable
- Experience in other areas relevant to child health e.g.
- child mental health, obstetrics, public
- health, general practice
- Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of practice to take a lead role in that area
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to work unsupervised and make expert clinical decisions.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of national safeguarding practice
- Demonstrates knowledge of strategies for safeguarding management across the health
- community
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Participation in departmental teaching
- Understanding of management issues including medical discipline: clinical governance, service planning
- Ability to support specialty grade and associate specialists
Desirable
- Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary group
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals
- Ability to communicate effectively e.g.
- verbally, report writing, thesis
- Knowledge of Code of Practice and Education legislation
- Formal training in teaching methods: demonstrated ability in teaching / training
Relations
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.
Other
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the organisation
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
- On rare occasions there are parental / professional training sessions that occur at evenings or weekends. The post holder would receive significant notice of these events
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCP, MRCPCH by
- Examination or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
- On Specialist Register of the GMC or within six months of anticipated CCT or CESR CP on date of interview
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MSc MD
- or other higher degree
- DCH, DCCH, MBA or other
- relevant diplomas
- ADOS / Disco training
- CCT in CCH
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive training in Paediatrics and all aspects of Community Paediatrics including safeguarding children in order to meet college requirements
- Is able to demonstrate the competencies equivalent to higher specialist training in Community Child Health
- Able to prioritise workload effectively to manage targets within defined timescales
Desirable
- Experience in other areas relevant to child health e.g.
- child mental health, obstetrics, public
- health, general practice
- Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of practice to take a lead role in that area
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to work unsupervised and make expert clinical decisions.
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of national safeguarding practice
- Demonstrates knowledge of strategies for safeguarding management across the health
- community
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Participation in departmental teaching
- Understanding of management issues including medical discipline: clinical governance, service planning
- Ability to support specialty grade and associate specialists
Desirable
- Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary group
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals
- Ability to communicate effectively e.g.
- verbally, report writing, thesis
- Knowledge of Code of Practice and Education legislation
- Formal training in teaching methods: demonstrated ability in teaching / training
Relations
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.
Other
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across the organisation
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs
- On rare occasions there are parental / professional training sessions that occur at evenings or weekends. The post holder would receive significant notice of these events
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCP, MRCPCH by
- Examination or equivalent
- Full GMC registration
- On Specialist Register of the GMC or within six months of anticipated CCT or CESR CP on date of interview
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MSc MD
- or other higher degree
- DCH, DCCH, MBA or other
- relevant diplomas
- ADOS / Disco training
- CCT in CCH
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).
