Job summary
GRADE: Junior Specialist Doctor (ST4-5 equivalent) MT04
DEPARTMENT:Community Paediatric Service, Children and Families Division
LOCATION:Allenscroft Child Development Centre (may be subject to change depending on service need)
PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Medical Director
CLINICALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO:Divisional Medical Director
HOURS:Less Than Full time (60% = 24hrs / 3 days)
Birmingham Community Healthcare (NHS) Foundation Trust provides a wide range of high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist healthcare services across the City of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region. This post is in the community paediatric service within the Children and Families Division.
The Division brings together all Universal and Specialist Community Services for Children and provides a co-ordinated approach for child health care. Good links are maintained with the Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Local Authority and voluntary agencies providing care for children.
This post will be part of a Team of 23 Consultant Paediatricians and 5 Specialty Drs, leading the Community Child Health Services in Birmingham.
The post will provide training in all areas of community paediatrics which will include participation on the child protection rota. There is no out of hours on call commitment attached to this post.
Location: Allenscroft Child Development Centre (but this may be subject to discussion)
Main duties of the job
1. Speciality Clinics
Referral & Children in Care Clinics
The post holder will provide medical input into these clinics in a locality under the supervision of a Consultant/Specialty Doctor.
Child Protection
The post holder will take part in the day-time rota for examination of children in whom there are concerns about abuse, having had appropriate training. The post holder will be expected to provide an opinion, provide reports, attend case conferences and attend court proceedings as required. Consultants are available to discuss/supervise all child protection cases.
Special School Clinics
The postholder will undertake special school clinics under the supervision of a Consultant Community Paediatrician.
2. Liaison
Liaison with other healthworkers (e.g. Speech Therapists, Physiotherapists, Orthoptists), plus Social Workers, Teachers and Educational Psychologists. Opportunity is provided to attend Case Conferences.
3. Health Promotion
The Post holder will be expected to participate in health promotion programmes for children as required.
4. Teaching and Training
This post is not recognised for training but we are a teaching department. We have trainees in Paediatrics, medical students from Birmingham University and other attachments e.g. GP registrars, trainees in clinical genetics, community paediatric nurses, HVs and therefore the post holder may have opportunities to be involved in teaching.
About us
The Children and Families Division brings together all Universal and Specialist community services for children in Birmingham and offers a co-ordinated approach for child health care. We work closely with all the paediatric services in Birmingham including Birmingham Children's Hospital, City Hospital (Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust), Heartlands Hospital and Good Hope Hospital (both under University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust). We have good links with the Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Local Authority and voluntary agencies providing care for children and are represented on the Health and Wellbeing Board.
Our aim is to provide excellent services for all children in Birmingham, focussed on the most vulnerable.
The range of services includes:
- Universal Services for Children, including Health Visiting and Mainstream School Nursing.
- Five Child Development Centres.
- Community Paediatric Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Paediatric Eye Service and Dietetics.
- Community Children's Nursing (including palliative care, rapid response and complex care nursing), the School Health Service for Special Schools, Safeguarding Children Team and the Edgewood Road Short Breaks facility.
- Community Paediatrics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Speciality Clinics
Referral & Children in Care Clinics
The post holder will provide medical input into these clinics in a locality under the supervision of a Consultant/Specialty Doctor.
Child Protection
The post holder will take part in the day-time rota for examination of children in whom there are concerns about abuse, having had appropriate training. The post holder will be expected to provide an opinion, provide reports, attend case conferences and attend court proceedings as required. Consultants are available to discuss/supervise all child protection cases.
Special School Clinics
The postholder will undertake special school clinics under the supervision of a Consultant Community Paediatrician.
2. Liaison
Liaison with other healthworkers (e.g. Speech Therapists, Physiotherapists, Orthoptists), plus Social Workers, Teachers and Educational Psychologists. Opportunity is provided to attend Case Conferences.
3. Health Promotion
The Post holder will be expected to participate in health promotion programmes for children as required.
4. Teaching and Training
This post is not recognised for training but we are a teaching department. We have trainees in Paediatrics, medical students from Birmingham University and other attachments e.g. GP registrars, trainees in clinical genetics, community paediatric nurses, HVs and therefore the post holder may have opportunities to be involved in teaching.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Speciality Clinics
Referral & Children in Care Clinics
The post holder will provide medical input into these clinics in a locality under the supervision of a Consultant/Specialty Doctor.
Child Protection
The post holder will take part in the day-time rota for examination of children in whom there are concerns about abuse, having had appropriate training. The post holder will be expected to provide an opinion, provide reports, attend case conferences and attend court proceedings as required. Consultants are available to discuss/supervise all child protection cases.
Special School Clinics
The postholder will undertake special school clinics under the supervision of a Consultant Community Paediatrician.
2. Liaison
Liaison with other healthworkers (e.g. Speech Therapists, Physiotherapists, Orthoptists), plus Social Workers, Teachers and Educational Psychologists. Opportunity is provided to attend Case Conferences.
3. Health Promotion
The Post holder will be expected to participate in health promotion programmes for children as required.
4. Teaching and Training
This post is not recognised for training but we are a teaching department. We have trainees in Paediatrics, medical students from Birmingham University and other attachments e.g. GP registrars, trainees in clinical genetics, community paediatric nurses, HVs and therefore the post holder may have opportunities to be involved in teaching.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEvidence of continuous personal and professional development
- oShall have full registration to the General Medical Council
- oShall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
- oPossesses and maintain professional registration &, where applicable, retain a current licence to practice.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a community paediatrics
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- oAbility to think creatively and prioritise
- oAbility to debate complex issues with peers and senior colleagues as well as with subordinates
- oCommitments to multidisciplinary working
- oUnderstanding of issues of learning disability
- oGood communication and organisational skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEvidence of continuous personal and professional development
- oShall have full registration to the General Medical Council
- oShall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
- oPossesses and maintain professional registration &, where applicable, retain a current licence to practice.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a community paediatrics
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- oAbility to think creatively and prioritise
- oAbility to debate complex issues with peers and senior colleagues as well as with subordinates
- oCommitments to multidisciplinary working
- oUnderstanding of issues of learning disability
- oGood communication and organisational skills
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).
