Consultant in Community Paediatrics (neurodevelopment)

Job summary

The post holder's main objective would be to provide medical input to the neurodevelopment team who provide assessment and treatment for children and young people of school age with autistic spectrum disorders and ADHD. This will include completing assessments, providing consultation to other professionals, overseeing multidisciplinary treatment plans and appropriately prescribing medication if required.

In particular, they would be expected to assess complex cases such as:

• where there is a significant risk of self-harm, harm to others or risk of neglect
• where there is diagnostic uncertainty or complexity
• where the interaction of potential illness and personality factors needs to be evaluated.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the role will include:

• The role includes general community paediatrics outpatient clinics, child developmental assessment including assessment for neurodevelopmental conditions and health promotion.
• The post holder will contribute to specialist clinics for neurodevelopmental disorders.
• This role includes the assessment for children with suspected Autism and contribution to the wider pre-school age MDT and with scope to develop the role with specialist interest in neurodevelopmental disorders.
• The post holder is responsible for Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness which includes the liaison with statutory authorities regarding SEND, CIC, child protection and child death in accordance with holistic care and best practice.
• There is an in hours on-call rota for child protection physical abuse medical assessments and contribution to formulating risk with the multiagency team for Coventry and Rugby.
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working.
• The post holder will join the consultant team in the leadership of the directorate in the delivery of clinical care of children, and be an active part in the ongoing service transformation which will includer the development of new integrated clinical pathways.
• The post holder will have a role within the team for assessment of referrals, with attendance at triage meetings and or individual triage.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.