Consultant Community Paediatrician & Lead in Neurodisability

Job responsibilities

Provide leadership in a Neuro-disability service sharing responsibility with the other consultants attached to the service.

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.

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.

Provide leadership and educational support and take responsibility for the comprehensive community training programme for career paediatric trainees.

Participate in Clinical Audit and governance programmes.

Liaise with other agencies and departments such as Social Services, Education, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Primary Care organisations.

Undertake outreach clinics and medicals at a special school for children with physical and emotional difficulties.

They will provide consultant pediatric input for neurodevelopmental clinics within a multidisciplinary team. The post holder will work with the pediatricians and therapists within the neurodisability/ neurodevelopmental service and the wider professional network to enhance the service and help implement the neurodisability Pathways ASD, developmental delay, cerebral palsy and Downs syndrome.

Job Description has been approved by the RCPCH.

AAC date- 26th November 2024

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• Full GMC registration.
• On the GMC's Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
• BLS training

Desirable

• MSc in Community Child Health
• MD/PhD or other higher degree

Relevant training in specialty

Essential

• Approved UK higher sub-specialist training in community child health for 2 years or prove competence in equivalence.
• Approved training in child protection/safeguarding at Level 3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines

Desirable

• Specific experience in LAC (6 months)
• Specific experience in social communication (ADOS,ADI, DISCO)
• Specific experience in Neurodisability
• Previous experience in SEND

Clinical skill and experience

Essential

• Competence and experience in the management of common paediatric problems.
• Competence and experience in the management of children 0-18 years as a clinician in the field of SEND
• Have up to date knowledge of legislation and regulations relating to SEND
• Competence and experience in the management of child protection.
• Be clinically active in relevant fields such as neurodevelopment and disability

Personal qualities and experience

Essential

• Have good negotiating and leadership skills
• Have good negotiating and leadership skills interagency working
• Commitment to team working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others
• Meets the requirements of the GMC's 'Good Medical Practice'
• Self-motivated and pro-active

Desirable

• Experience of working in an interagency team
• Innovative and adaptive

Personal Skills

Essential

• Ability to undertake administrative tasks effectively
• Possess good IT skills as our Trust is aiming towards paper-less status
• Organisational and selfmanagement skills
• Able to prioritise work.
• Punctuality and reliability
• Judgement and decision making
• Adaptability and flexibility if needed
• Honesty and integrity
• Supervision and support of junior doctors and other team members
• Basic skills in email, word processing, spreadsheets, and online databases

Desirable

• Basic skills in email, word processing, spreadsheets, and online databases
• Breadth of thinking
• Initiative

Communication and interpersonal skills

Essential

• The person should be a keen communicator and should have high standards of written and oral communication
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Good presentational skills
• Able to empathise with people from different social, cultural and religious backgrounds
• Able to communicate with parents and children effectively

Desirable

• Training in communication skills
• Experience in committee work
• Leadership qualities

Academic, audit and medical education

Essential

• Committed to lifelong learning and continuing medical education
• Experience in under/postgraduate teaching and audit

Desirable

• Experience in teaching non-medical staff; Academic prizes or distinctions.
• Scientific publications, presentations or papers at conferences etc.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).