Consultant Acute Pediatrician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Acute Consultant Pediatrician

CAMHS Eating Disorder Team

1 Year Fixed Term

0.2 Programmed Activities (2 PAs)

Thurrock Community Hospital

Salary £109, 725 - £145, 478

JOB TITLE: Consultant Acute Pediatrician – SET CAMHS Eating Disorder

CONTRACT: 2 Programmed Activities

Fixed Term - 1 Year

Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered

BASE: Widford Hall, Tattersall Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 STD

This is a replacement post following previous Consultant leaving the post. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place in Essex’s Community Children and Young People’s Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.

This is a one year fixed term, part-time - 2 Programmed Activities (PAs) with protected 0.25 PA for Continuous Professional Development and we are happy to explore part-time or flexible roles. This post would be suitable as an additional role for an existing Consultant in Acute Paediatric working in other roles within Essex; alternatively this could be a standalone post.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a community based SET CAMHS Eating Disorder Service covering the county of Essex. The job is based at Widford Hall, Tattersall Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 STD.

The post is part-time - 2 Programmed Activities (PAs) with protected 0.25 PA for Continuous Professional Development and we are happy to explore part-time or flexible roles. This post would be suitable as an additional role for an existing Consultant in Acute Paediatric working in other roles within Essex; alternatively this could be a standalone post.

The post holder will be expected to work alongside the Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist and jointly provide medical leadership to the team. They will support the consultant with children and young people under 18 years of age, in performing, supervising and managing clinical assessments of children and young people with an eating disorder, liaising with secondary and primary care colleagues and reviewing/developing protocols to ensure effective and efficient service delivery and joint working with partner agencies, including the acute Trusts.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Clinical SkillsExperience of and commitment
• to multi-disciplinary team work; collaborative work with other agencies.
• Excellent clinical skills. Excellent communication skills both verbally and written.
• Ability to provide medical leadership to the multi-disciplinary team and to function as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support or equivalent.
• Understanding of clinical risk management.Clear thoughts on how to
• involve service users in service development and to provide a service which is experienced as being "service-user friendly".
• Special or experience Interest in Eating Disorders and/or gastroenterology

Experience

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines.
• An understanding of Leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Thurrock Community Hospital

Grays

Essex

RM16 2PX

Employer's website

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