Associate Specialist Community Paediatrician

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.Responsibility for client care

The successful applicant would be expected to lead in or contribute as needed to the following clinical areas:

Working within the Violet pathway to assess children with developmental delay and disability.

Working within the Indigo MDT Diagnostics service with children who present with a range of neurodiversity presentations.

Contribute to holistic multidisciplinary and multiagency management plans.

Provide medical advice as part of the EHC assessment process.

2.Communication and relationship skills

Work with clinical colleagues, medical secretaries, administrators and managers.

The post holder will be expected to take an active role in training that includes the whole team.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills required with the ability to chair family meetings.

To provide, receive and organise information (which may be complex/sensitive) liaising with other teams, internal and external agencies

To motivate and lead through staff involvement and development to ensure clinical excellence and parity of service for all children on the caseload

To work proactively with the wider team to achieve service objectives.

Partnership working and excellent communication with tertiary and secondary centres for the management of children requiring additional specialist interventions

3.Knowledge, training and experience

Experience working within community paediatrics

Experience of supervising and supporting less experienced staff and the ability to work in conjunction with nurses and therapists to develop the pathway

To keep up to date with statutory and mandatory training.

To be able to demonstrate high quality evidence-based practice in the field of neurodevelopmental and neuro disability childhood conditions.

Ensure compliance with national guidelines, and to develop collection and use of outcome measures.

To ensure appropriate clinical leadership, supervision, and development arrangements are in place.

To promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and participate in the Trust Quality Improvement programme.

To carry out investigations of and implement recommendations following incidents and complaints.

To ensure the service operates in accordance with MCH priorities, policies and protocols.

To ensure the development and review of clinical Policies and Procedures and responses to reports/audits by external groups and agencies.

To ensure sound leadership in the area of safeguarding attending meetings and submitting timely reports as needed.

An active role in the departmental postgraduate programme is expected.

The post holder will be subject to annual enhanced appraisals in line with Trust policy and with GMC Revalidation requirements. Job plans are subject to review once a year by the post holder and the Lead Consultant

4.Analytical and judgement skills

Excellent decision making and diagnostic skills required

Responsible for differential diagnosis through a range of appropriate tests (formal and informal)

Liaison with primary, secondary and tertiary care is expected.

Liaison with social services, education and the local authority is required

Ability to assess children when there are child protection concerns and experience of providing safeguarding/child protection supervision.

5.Planning and organisational skills

Responsible for prioritising and managing own workload and being able to work under pressure in order to meet tight timescales and deadlines whilst managing conflicting demands.

Support and undertake audit and research projects

Lead on service planning and development jointly with the wider team.

6.Physical skills

Ability to travel between diverse sites across Medway.

Strong IT skills

7.Responsibility for policy and service development implementation

To follow and implement organisational policies and procedures.

To develop and propose changes to service model to ensure on-going best practice

To be an active participant within the medicines management team.

8.Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

To demonstrate and apply a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management to the work situation and manage clinical risk within your own caseload and that of less senior staff.

To be aware of Health and Safety Policies with the Medway Community Healthcare CIC and other areas of work and propose changes to service model to ensure on-going best practice

9.Responsibilities for human resources (HR)

To share specialist knowledge through training for the workforce in childrens services

10.Responsibilities for information resources

Regular requirement to operate IT systems to monitor caseloads, maintain clinical records and report as required

To support the Head of Service by providing accurate and regular reporting of incidents, risk and compliance outcomes

11.Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

To lead and participate in research and audit opportunities within specialist area of knowledge around paediatric conditions, including contribution to national research programmes. The departmental audit programme is organised on a 12 monthly cycle.

12.Freedom to act

Works on own initiative, guided by defined parameters, and manages and priorities own work

Works within GMC, BACCH and RCPCH code of conduct and best practice guidance

Follows organisation policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Full GMC Qualifications

Desirable

• Full GMC qualifications
• Experience of multi disciplinary working in a community setting
• Experience in other areas of child health

Experience

Essential

• Must have experience in a community setting

Desirable

• Work within a childrens health service

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children with neurological and developmental issues

Desirable

• Work within a children's health service

MCH Values

Essential

• Caring and compassionate, deliver quality and value, working in partnership

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Medway Community Healthcare

Address

Snapdragons

Cliffe Road

Strood

ME2 3FF

Employer's website

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