Job summary
Would you like the opportunity to work as a Consultant Paediatrician in Community Child Health?
EPUT is looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Community Paediatrician in Neuro-Disability and Clinical Director to join our Community Specialist Children's Health services based at Lighthouse Child Development service, Southend-on-Sea. This is an ideal opportunity for a driven Paediatrician to complement our team of supportive and experienced community Paediatricians in improving the health and well-being of children, young people and families in Southend-On-Sea and Essex.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide assessment and case management of children and young people with complex neuro-disability and special needs and participate in the diagnosis and management of children with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties including ASD and ADHD. The post holder will be expected to support the overall delivery of the local service plan, through active leadership of the clinical agenda, supporting and driving service planning and change and work alongside a team of Paediatrics Community nurses who work very closely with both Community and Acute colleagues providing a 'Hospital at Home Service'. This post is part of the triumvirate leadership of the Service, alongside the Service Operational Director.
You will be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.
This post attracts generous relocation expenses, study budget and a range of lifestyle benefits, such as staff discounts, cycle to work scheme and discount on the purchase and leasing of new cars.
This post is 12 PAs, but if you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
About us
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
We Care
We Learn
We Empower
Our strategic objectives
We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.
If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loan
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide leadership in a Neuro-disability service sharing responsibility with the other consultants attached to the service.
- To line Manager and supervision for one associate specialist within the team including appraisals, discipline, allocation of work.
- To share specialist knowledge through training for the workforce in childrens services.
- To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.
- To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.
- To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
- To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
- To participate in, and contribute to the provision of high quality, resource effective, child centred clinical care and treatment, in accordance with the development and implementation of clinical governance, in a multidisciplinary environment.
- To provide leadership and educational support and take responsibility for the comprehensive community training programme for career paediatric trainees.
- To participate in Clinical Audit and governance programmes.
- To liaise with other agencies and departments such as Social Services, Education, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Primary Care organisations.
- To undertake outreach clinics and medicals at a special school for children with physical and emotional difficulties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide leadership in a Neuro-disability service sharing responsibility with the other consultants attached to the service.
- To line Manager and supervision for one associate specialist within the team including appraisals, discipline, allocation of work.
- To share specialist knowledge through training for the workforce in childrens services.
- To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.
- To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.
- To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
- To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
- To participate in, and contribute to the provision of high quality, resource effective, child centred clinical care and treatment, in accordance with the development and implementation of clinical governance, in a multidisciplinary environment.
- To provide leadership and educational support and take responsibility for the comprehensive community training programme for career paediatric trainees.
- To participate in Clinical Audit and governance programmes.
- To liaise with other agencies and departments such as Social Services, Education, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Primary Care organisations.
- To undertake outreach clinics and medicals at a special school for children with physical and emotional difficulties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent.
- Full GMC registration.
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register of the GMC for Paediatrics or within 6 months of attainment at the time of interview.
- MRCP / MRCPCH by examination (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
- CCT in Neuro-disability
Professional Experience
Essential
- Some General Professional Training in Paediatrics
- Extensive experience in Higher Specialist Training, including 3 years in Community Paediatrics
- Experience of working with children with special needs.
- Experience of assessing children with neuro-disabilities and neuro-developmental.
- To be able to demonstrate high quality evidence based practice in the field of neurodevelopmental conditions.
Desirable
- CCT in Community Paediatrics
- Experience in undertaking assessments for Looked after children
- Specialist experience in named safeguarding role
- Training in Autism assessment e.g. DISCO or ADI/ADOS/3DI Undertaken
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent.
- Full GMC registration.
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register of the GMC for Paediatrics or within 6 months of attainment at the time of interview.
- MRCP / MRCPCH by examination (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
- CCT in Neuro-disability
Professional Experience
Essential
- Some General Professional Training in Paediatrics
- Extensive experience in Higher Specialist Training, including 3 years in Community Paediatrics
- Experience of working with children with special needs.
- Experience of assessing children with neuro-disabilities and neuro-developmental.
- To be able to demonstrate high quality evidence based practice in the field of neurodevelopmental conditions.
Desirable
- CCT in Community Paediatrics
- Experience in undertaking assessments for Looked after children
- Specialist experience in named safeguarding role
- Training in Autism assessment e.g. DISCO or ADI/ADOS/3DI Undertaken
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
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
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lighthouse Child Development centre
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6XT
Employer's website
https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
