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Consultant Community Paediatrician

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Peterborough and Huntingdon

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Community

Posted

3 weeks ago

About the role

Join our warm, innovative Cambridgeshire Children's Services team, where we are proud to deliver high quality, compassionate care to children, young people and families across the county.

We are seeking a committed Consultant Community Paediatrician to help shape and strengthen our thriving service.

You will provide specialist assessment and management for children with neurodevelopmental conditions (including ADHD and autism), long term disabilities, complex health needs, as well as undertaking child protection medical assessments, initial health assessments for children in care and be expected to participate in our safeguarding rota arrangements.

You'll work closely with our experienced multidisciplinary teams, therapists, nurses, psychologists, and education partners who are passionate about collaboration and child centred care.

Consultant Community Paediatrician

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

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This role is primarily to deliver care in the Peterborough and North Cambridgeshire areas covering the areas of Huntingdonshire & Fenland

This is an opportunity to influence service development, contribute to quality improvement, and support the training and supervision of junior colleagues within a friendly and forward-thinking environment.

This is a 10 PA job with 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA; there is no out of hours service commitment.

This is a newly created post. This post will support delivery of medical assessments and care for Children in Care (CIC) in Peterborough and contribute to the Cambridge and Peterborough safeguarding medical rota.

Part of this role will be based in Peterborough, and the other part will involve supporting the neurodevelopmental and Neurodisability service in the north of Cambridgeshire (around Huntingdon and in Fenland).

There will be full support for all aspects of service delivery working as part of the Cambridgeshire community paediatric team.

Children in Care children face a range of mental and physical difficulties, they require professionals who have some understanding of the unique and diverse challenges that they face. They have some of the poorest health outcomes of all children in the country.

We also provide support and assessment for children with neurodiversity in pre-school and school-age clinics and multidisciplinary clinics for children with complex physical needs in special school and health centres.

The candidate should show a commitment to developing services and quality improvement activities.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Person specification

Essential

Full registration with the GMC
Higher medical qualification appropriate to the role MRCPCH or equivalent.
Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Paediatrics (or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview)
Experience of assessing and managing children with complex physical needs and Neurodisability
Experience of adult health issues that affect the ability of adults to meet the needs of children placed in their care
Valid BLS training
Experience in Clinical and Educational Supervision
Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of completing clinical audits, quality improvement and service development
Competent and experienced in supervising trainees in carrying out Child protection medical Assessments

Desirable

Medical Education qualification
Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD, PhD
ADOS Trained
Higher specialist training in community paediatrics
Communicate effectively with children and young people including those with complex needs
Able to review, summarise and interpret information from a range of sources (e.g. write a chronology/summary for adoption report)
Meets the requirements of the GMC's 'Good Medical Practice'