Specialty Doctor

Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Specialty Doctor to join our friendly and dynamic Community Paediatrics team, delivering high-quality care to children, young people and families across Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) and Wiltshire.

The post holder will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and ongoing care, sharing all aspects of community paediatric work with colleagues. Applicants should bring relevant experience in the clinical management of children, including those with neurodevelopmental difficulties, alongside a strong commitment to safeguarding practice. The role includes participation in the child protection on-call rota, including involvement in joint agency responses for child deaths.

Applicants should possess, or be within six months of obtaining, a CCT in Paediatrics at the time of appointment.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining well-established, supportive multidisciplinary teams based across BANES and Wiltshire. Our Bath-based service operates from St Martins Community Hospital and includes six consultants and one associate specialist, while our Wiltshire service comprises three consultants, two associate specialists and GPwER colleagues. We are a recognised training department, regularly hosting paediatric trainees from the Severn Deanery (ST48), and are accredited to supervise higher specialist trainees in Community Child Health as part of the national grid.

Our services are integrated and collaborative, co-located with safeguarding and looked after children's nursing teams, community children's nursing, school nursing, speech and language therapy, and Integrated Therapies across Wiltshire. Supported by an efficient Single Point of Access (SPA) and dedicated administrative teams, we deliver care close to home through clinics in GP surgeries, community hospitals and special schools.

We also provide services in Mendip (Somerset), particularly in Frome and Shepton Mallet, with all consultants sharing an office base in Bath. Safeguarding on-call is delivered jointly with Wiltshire colleagues, covering BANES, Mendip and parts of North and West Wiltshire. On-call assessments take place at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, where we maintain strong and collaborative links with acute paediatric services.

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

About us

Package Description

As a Specialty Doctor you will be part of our valued team in our 0-19 Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £61,542 £99,216 FTE with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Bath

Avon

BA2 5RP

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Bath

Avon

BA2 5RP

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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