Locum Consultant Paediatrician Safeguarding and Child Death

The post holder will be appointed as a Consultant Paediatrician with primary responsibility for providing senior clinical leadership and supervision within the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) and Safeguarding unit (Anlaby suite). Key clinical duties include: The post holder will be the lead SUDIC paediatrician and support the Joint agency response Working with the Independent CDOP Chair, Review provide strategic and professional leadership across the health economy in relation to the child death overview process. They will contribute to the development of local multiagency policy and procedures including training relating to the child death overview process and provide advice, as appropriate, to the ICBs and NHS providers in relation to the development of health specific policies. The post-holder will deliver clinical safeguarding child protection medical assessments in the dedicated children's safeguarding facility, the Anlaby Suite, following all medical examinations the post-holder will be responsible for producing written reports/statements for child protection and civil/criminal court proceedings They will have some flexible sessions providing overall consultant supervision to the PAU including twilight shifts, supported by a middle-grade doctor and Tier 1 resident doctor. Overtime as the service stabilises there will be oncall commitments supporting the General Paediatric service