Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of dynamic and experienced community paediatricians in an active and progressive department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We work closely with our acute paediatric colleagues and are an active training unit. The community paediatric team hold clinics across East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and in specialist school provisions.
The post holder will be expected to provide consultant input into the child development and Neurodisability service and there will be opportunity to develop a special interest (e.g. transition, epilepsy, Children Looked After) depending on experience and interest.
There is no out of hours commitment with this post although the post holder will participate in a weekday daytime rota for child protection. This does not include sexual abuse medicals which are seen elsewhere.
Main duties of the job
Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care
Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
* Active participation in continuing medical education
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will participate in the diagnosis and management of CYP with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties, long term complex conditions and Neurodisability, share multidisciplinary team assessments and meetings as required, participate in multidisciplinary assessment clinics for children with suspected autism, for pre-school and school age childrenparticipate in the diagnosis and management of neurodevelopmental conditions including ASD and ADHD, provide a safeguarding children service in conjunction with other colleague, participate in providing medical input for SEN, special schools and adoption and fostering as required and provide clinical supervision of Paediatric doctors in training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will participate in the diagnosis and management of CYP with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties, long term complex conditions and Neurodisability, share multidisciplinary team assessments and meetings as required, participate in multidisciplinary assessment clinics for children with suspected autism, for pre-school and school age childrenparticipate in the diagnosis and management of neurodevelopmental conditions including ASD and ADHD, provide a safeguarding children service in conjunction with other colleague, participate in providing medical input for SEN, special schools and adoption and fostering as required and provide clinical supervision of Paediatric doctors in training.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Training
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
- College membership (MRCPCH) or qualification of an equivalent level
Desirable
- Postgraduate academic degree
- CCT or equivalent in subspeciality of Community Child Health
Previous Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years' experience and training
- Interest and experience in working with multi-disciplinary Inter-agency teams
- Experience in diagnosis and management of social communication disorders
- Training and experience in the management of suspected child abuse and attendance at case conferences
- Achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics. Able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training usually including 3 years in Community Child Health (usually after 5 years of Higher Specialist Training in total)
- Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training & BLS Training
Clinical Governance
Essential
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- Ability to teach clinical skills
Research
Essential
- Participation in research
- Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Training
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
- College membership (MRCPCH) or qualification of an equivalent level
Desirable
- Postgraduate academic degree
- CCT or equivalent in subspeciality of Community Child Health
Previous Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years' experience and training
- Interest and experience in working with multi-disciplinary Inter-agency teams
- Experience in diagnosis and management of social communication disorders
- Training and experience in the management of suspected child abuse and attendance at case conferences
- Achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics. Able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training usually including 3 years in Community Child Health (usually after 5 years of Higher Specialist Training in total)
- Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training & BLS Training
Clinical Governance
Essential
- Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
- Ability to teach clinical skills
Research
Essential
- Participation in research
- Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
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).
