Job summary
Nominal base either Bishop Auckland Hospital or Darlington Memorial Hospital to be discussed with successful candidate.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of
dynamic and experienced community paediatricians in an active and progressive
department at County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. As well as direct clinical activity, there are
opportunities for clinical leadership development, education and training as
well as clinical research.
There may also be opportunity pending your interests to
explore a mix of Gen Paed acute and Community Paediatrics job plan.
The post holder will provide consultant input into the child
development and Neurodevelopmental service, Initial Health Assessments for
Children in Care.
We would also welcome applications from
Associate Specialists pending your clinical experience who wish to progress a
career within community paediatrics.
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
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.
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have a current visa expiring within 3 months).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
Work with a dedicated team of community and developmental
paediatric consultants to deliver holistic and multi-disciplinary care to
children with developmental disorders and complex health needs in the locality.
They will work alongside specialist community nurses, paediatric therapists and
child psychologists.
Liaise with colleagues in Primary Care, Education (including
the provision of health advice for the Special Education Needs and Disability
assessment process) and Social Services in the delivery of care.
Support statutory services undertaken by the department
which will include Children in Care Initial Health assessments and may include safeguarding
assessments of physical injuries and neglect.
Contribute to service development, departmental clinical
governance and annual appraisals towards revalidation with the GMC.
Participate in postgraduate
training within the clinical environment and support paediatric trainees.
This post also offers additional opportunity for
the successful applicant to undertake the role of Designated Doctor for Children
in Care, accountable to NHS North East & North Cumbria ICB, dependent on
meeting the required personal specification for the role. Details are outlined
in the separate job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
Work with a dedicated team of community and developmental
paediatric consultants to deliver holistic and multi-disciplinary care to
children with developmental disorders and complex health needs in the locality.
They will work alongside specialist community nurses, paediatric therapists and
child psychologists.
Liaise with colleagues in Primary Care, Education (including
the provision of health advice for the Special Education Needs and Disability
assessment process) and Social Services in the delivery of care.
Support statutory services undertaken by the department
which will include Children in Care Initial Health assessments and may include safeguarding
assessments of physical injuries and neglect.
Contribute to service development, departmental clinical
governance and annual appraisals towards revalidation with the GMC.
Participate in postgraduate
training within the clinical environment and support paediatric trainees.
This post also offers additional opportunity for
the successful applicant to undertake the role of Designated Doctor for Children
in Care, accountable to NHS North East & North Cumbria ICB, dependent on
meeting the required personal specification for the role. Details are outlined
in the separate job description.
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council or eligible if currently working overseas.
Special Requirements
Essential
- An exceptional practitioner who is able to
- demonstrate ambition for themselves, the team and the service.
- Membership of appropriate professional groups.
- Active involvement in Continuing professional development.
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient.
- An understanding of equality and diversity within the workforce and how can it impact on this post.
- Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues.
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post.
Qualifications
Essential
- CCT/CCST or equivalent accreditation and community paediatrics or equivalent training and experience.
- MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent.
- Full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council or eligible if currently working overseas.
- On specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
- Approved training in child protection/safeguarding at Level 3 in line with the intercollegic guidelines
- Level 3 competencies in the intercollegic guidelines - knowledge, skills and competencies for children in care.
- PET level 3 training or SPIN in epilepsy.
Desirable
- Sheffield neurodisability diploma or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in General Paediatrics,
- Paediatric Neurodevelopment and Epilepsy.
- Relevant higher specialist training, including community paediatric experience or is able to demonstrate having achieved competencies equivalent to the highest specialist paediatric training.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of complex patients.
- Teaching experience in a wide variety of settings.
- Audit/QIP: evidence of understanding of audit principles and having taken a lead role.
- Leading a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Evidence of previous experience in undertaking epilepsy clinics.
- Evidence of previous experience in undertaking neurodisability/neurdevelopment clinics (patients with cerebral palsy, complex multisystem neuro genetic or neurometabolic patients.)
- Specialist experience/training in particular area of CCH practice.
- Attendance at a recognised teaching course e.g. Teaching the Teachers.
- Publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations at national or international level.
- Enthusiasm for undertaking clinical research in a relevant area.
- Training in research methodology and practical experience of clinical research.
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of disability and neurodevelopmental paediatrics.
- Experience in undertaking initial health assessments for children in care or a willingness to undertake these assessments with support.
- Effective communicator and team worker.
- Ability to conduct a comprehensive assessment of children with understanding of relevant psychosocial factors and liaise effectively with other professionals to ensure treatment and support.
- Able to assess a child with epilepsy, organise investigations as indicated, manage with anti-epileptic medication at second tier level and request neurology opinion appropriately.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the absolute need for child advocacy in any forum.
- Leadership: ability to develop a vision and lead the change that brings it into effect within a multi-disciplinary and multi- agency context.
- Effective time management, able to work under pressure.
- Flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient.
- Well-developed reflective and self-care skills and able to foster these attributes in others.
- Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues.
- Highly developed IT skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary /multiagency team.
- Knowledge of recognised tools for the assessment of developmental disorders.
- Understand multiagency working in the context of the management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and children in care.
Person Specification
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council or eligible if currently working overseas.
Special Requirements
Essential
- An exceptional practitioner who is able to
- demonstrate ambition for themselves, the team and the service.
- Membership of appropriate professional groups.
- Active involvement in Continuing professional development.
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient.
- An understanding of equality and diversity within the workforce and how can it impact on this post.
- Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues.
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post.
Qualifications
Essential
- CCT/CCST or equivalent accreditation and community paediatrics or equivalent training and experience.
- MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent.
- Full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council or eligible if currently working overseas.
- On specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
- Approved training in child protection/safeguarding at Level 3 in line with the intercollegic guidelines
- Level 3 competencies in the intercollegic guidelines - knowledge, skills and competencies for children in care.
- PET level 3 training or SPIN in epilepsy.
Desirable
- Sheffield neurodisability diploma or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in General Paediatrics,
- Paediatric Neurodevelopment and Epilepsy.
- Relevant higher specialist training, including community paediatric experience or is able to demonstrate having achieved competencies equivalent to the highest specialist paediatric training.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of complex patients.
- Teaching experience in a wide variety of settings.
- Audit/QIP: evidence of understanding of audit principles and having taken a lead role.
- Leading a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- Evidence of previous experience in undertaking epilepsy clinics.
- Evidence of previous experience in undertaking neurodisability/neurdevelopment clinics (patients with cerebral palsy, complex multisystem neuro genetic or neurometabolic patients.)
- Specialist experience/training in particular area of CCH practice.
- Attendance at a recognised teaching course e.g. Teaching the Teachers.
- Publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations at national or international level.
- Enthusiasm for undertaking clinical research in a relevant area.
- Training in research methodology and practical experience of clinical research.
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of disability and neurodevelopmental paediatrics.
- Experience in undertaking initial health assessments for children in care or a willingness to undertake these assessments with support.
- Effective communicator and team worker.
- Ability to conduct a comprehensive assessment of children with understanding of relevant psychosocial factors and liaise effectively with other professionals to ensure treatment and support.
- Able to assess a child with epilepsy, organise investigations as indicated, manage with anti-epileptic medication at second tier level and request neurology opinion appropriately.
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the absolute need for child advocacy in any forum.
- Leadership: ability to develop a vision and lead the change that brings it into effect within a multi-disciplinary and multi- agency context.
- Effective time management, able to work under pressure.
- Flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient.
- Well-developed reflective and self-care skills and able to foster these attributes in others.
- Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues.
- Highly developed IT skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary /multiagency team.
- Knowledge of recognised tools for the assessment of developmental disorders.
- Understand multiagency working in the context of the management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and children in care.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
Employer's website
https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
