Paediatric Out of Programme Experience/Paediatric Specialty Doctor

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Specific Areas of the Havens

The Havens provides acute and follow-up services to adult and child victims of rape and sexual assault who either self-refer or are referred via the police or other agencies.

We offer a 24/7 service providing telephone advice, forensic examination and immediate medical aftercare. We also provide follow-up medical care, Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) and psychological services, which may generally be accessed up to a year post-assault.

The Havens aims:

To provide excellent clinical care in to those who have been acutely sexually assaulted. This will be provided in conjunction with forensic medical examinations when appropriate which may contribute to the investigation of the allegation and assist the Criminal Justice Process;

To sustain and develop partnership working with the Metropolitan Police Service, along with healthcare staff both within KCH and other health care settings and the voluntary sector;

To develop and improve standards of care, with innovative training methods;

To utilise patient feedback, audit and research to maintain and improve standards; and

To contribute to the development of regional and national SARC policies and to other SARCS, where appropriate.

2. Clinical organisation.

The Havens is a multidisciplinary clinical service comprising medical, nursing, paediatric, crisis work, ISVA and counselling and psychology teams. The day time service is supported by an additional cohort of Havens-trained out-of-hours examiners, paediatricians and crisis workers to deliver the 24/7 forensic service.

The Havens sits within Planned Medicine at KCH. The Havens is led by the Clinical Lead for the Havens Adult Service, the Clinical Lead for the Havens Children and Young Peoples Service, Matron and Service Manager who are part of a wider senior leadership team which includes the leads for other disciplines within the service.

Departmental Staffing

Across the Havens three sites, we have:

Approximately 150 multidisciplinary staff

3.2 WTE medical consultants leading the adult and paediatric services

Approximately 9 WTE daytime forensic physician posts of whom 3 WTE are forensic nurse examiners and 6 WTE are sexual offences examiners (doctors)

A number of examiners and crisis workers who contribute to the out-of-hours forensic rota including the staffing listed in the CYP team.

0.8 WTE paediatric speciality doctor for the child and young peoples service (starting March 2025)

Specialist CYP Havens team, as outlined above

Clinical Responsibilities

Participate in the medical assessment and management of children and young people attending the service for medical assessments after non-recent child sexual abuse, alongside a consultant paediatrician

Participate in the medical assessment and management of children and young people attending the service for a forensic medical examination after acute child sexual abuse or assault, alongside a consultant paediatrician

Develop skills in video documentation of genital examinations

Participate in Adolescent Clinic for the assessment and management adolescent patients requiring aftercare following sexual assault including sexual health screening and mental health risk identification

Participate in MDT safeguarding meetings and provide medical opinion in safeguarding cases

Write professional reports to communicate with Childrens Services, medical professionals and police

Participate in peer review

Provide written witness statements for court when required and attend court if called as a witness of fact

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Registration

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Full Registration with GMC

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Training and Experience

Essential

• Specialist training to the equivalent of ST5 in general and community paediatric training
• Experience of clinical involvement with Child Protection procedures e.g carrying out child protection medical examinations under supervision at ST4 or 5 or equivalent level
• Child Safeguarding level 3 Experience of safeguarding and working within the NHS

Desirable

• Equivalent to ST6 or above in general, emergency or community paediatric training
• Experience of clinical involvement in the area of Child sexual assault/abuse under supervision
• Experience in safeguarding processes and procedures

Administration, Management and Leadership

Essential

• Experience of involvement in day to day organisation of paediatric services, e.g. rota, educational programme
• Able to demonstrate leadership capacity appropriate to level of training within multi-disciplinary teams

Audit, Research and Publications

Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical research
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Personal Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Able to deal with the sensitive nature of the work in a SARC, effective verbal and written communication skills in English, able to take a non-judgemental and empathetic approach, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
• Professional attitude towards work, able to work flexibly in a multi-disciplinary team, reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance

Desirable

• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching

Desirable

• Experience of postgraduate teaching
• Teaching skills course/qualification

Kings Values

Essential

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of King's Values and commitment to uphold King's Values

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

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Havens Pan London - Camberwell, Ladbroke Grove, Whitechapel

London

SE5 9RS

Employer's website

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