Consultant Paediatrician

The post is for 10 sessions Consultant Paediatrician in the Redbridge Targeted childrens Community Paediatrics service. The post holder will be a GMC registered clinician responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver evidenced based care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge (BHR) experiences significant variation in life expectancy, higher levels of child poverty and deprivation with rising demand and complexity in SEND population. There has been year on year increased in the number of CYP on EHCP. Redbridge has seen an increase of EHCPs request by 64.5% since 2019 with challenges that impact timeliness of plans being issued. With significant system challenges impacting on health outcomes and attainment for CYP with SEND, the post holder will be a key catalyst in supporting and influencing the SEND agenda including the SEND Reform locally and across the Trust, working closely with system partners.

The post holder will support with clinical and operational leadership to contribute to working with the local team and local authority to ensure high quality advice is contributed to EHC plans, and to provide medical leadership to the special school service. The post holder will support their peers and team leader whilst being an effective team member and working on their own initiative. They will supervise junior colleagues including provision of teaching and training. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social care professionals and agencies.