ConsultantPaediatricsFixed Term

Consultant in Community Paediatrics - Mat Cover

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

London

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

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About the role

This is a 1 year fixed term position.

The post-holder will be fully accredited in General Paediatrics and/or Community Child Health. Excellent communication & liaison skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team are essential. The department proactively promotes clinical governance, and the appointee should be able to demonstrate skills in audit, risk management & evidence-based guidelines. As a University hospital, there is a strong commitment to teaching medical students and junior doctors. The post holder is expected to play an active role in all undergraduate and postgraduate training activities.

Consultant in Community Paediatrics - Mat Cover

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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The post will be based in the department of Community Paediatrics at Hackney Ark with clinical sessions undertaken at the Hackney Ark and other Community venues as required. There will be an average of 6.5 PA of direct clinical care and 1.5 PA allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients.

As a department we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly, for example the opportunity of holding remote clinics, which may allow working from home at times.

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The post will be based in the department of Community Paediatrics at Hackney Ark with clinical sessions undertaken at the Hackney Ark and other Community venues as required. There will be an average of 6.5 PA of direct clinical care and 1.5 PA allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients.

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Specific responsibility for Community Paediatrics in Patch Neurodevelopmental Clinic

• Provision of a weekly neurodevelopmental clinic for the assessment and management of children with developmental delays and disabilities at the Hackney Ark

• Support to HV’s, GP’s, schools and nurseries

• Take on a Leadership role for Patch Neurodevelopmental Clinics

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Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a medium sized local hospital providing acute and community health services for Hackney, The City and surrounding communities and also provides a range of specialist services for a much wider population.

We provide general hospital and community services to Hackney and the City of London, and specialist care in obstetrics, neonatology, fetal medicine, fertility, bariatric surgery and neuro rehabilitation across east London and beyond.

As a foundation trust, Homerton has greater freedom from the Department of Health to enable it to be more responsive to local healthcare needs and have greater accountability to the patients and public it serves.

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Person specification

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
MRCPCH or equivalent
On GMC Specialist Register with full GMC registration
CCT / CESR Paediatrics (or specialty trainee eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview date – the applicant should be able to produce evidence that he/she is within 6 months of CCT date and is expected to achieve a CCT)
Higher Specialist training in Community Child Health, Neurodisability or including experience in the management of children with disabilities
Experience in working with children of school age with a disability
Definitive Training &/or experience in Child Protection
Up to date with Level 3 Child Protection
Ability to work on own initiative unsupervised and make decisions.
Excellent communication skills (written & oral) and ability to develop good working relationships
Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively.
Team-player with experience of multidisciplinary working & liaison across organisation boundaries.
Participation in quality improvement or clinical audit
Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching/training skills
Understanding of management issues and service planning
Able to travel across Hackney in order to meet the requirements of the post
Good organisational skills
Leadership skills
Commitment to continuing

Desirable

Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD
Subspecialty recognition in community paediatrics and/or neurodisability
Management course
Experience in evidence based
Special knowledge relevant to community paediatrics in an inner city area of high deprivation
Specific experience in tone management, botox and or epilepsy
Accreditation in standardised developmental assessment tool e.g. Griffiths
Formal Autism Assessment Course eg; ADOS, 3Di

Insight into research methods and evaluation

Publications

Experience of Educational Supervision, Teaching Skills, Course such as Training the Trainers

Demonstrated ability to manage a service, team or project

Formal management training

Service development experience/knowledge

Experience of multicultural & ethnic communities