Job summary
- Main area
- Community Paediatrics
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-8151374
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Michael's Community Hospital
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 + £2162 London Weighting, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Community Paediatrician
Consultant
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
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Job overview
We are seeking to appoint dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the position Consultant Community Paediatrician with a Specialist Interest in Children's Safeguarding within our Enfield Community Services Senior Medical team.
All applicants are required to have substantial clinical experience in Community Paediatrics and they should have relevant experience in the clinical management of children including those with neuro-developmental, emotional, behavioural and attachment difficulties, child protection, and adult health issues pertinent to parenting.
Although this post is advertised as full time in the first instance, we would welcome enquiries and applications from part time applicants. This is a permanent post within the Trust.
We have a busy, dedicated paediatric child development service seeing hundred's of children in the local community of Enfield. The CDT is fully integrated with psychology, allied health professionals and nursing staff, based at Cedar House and within other community settings. The successful candidate will join a team of 4x Consultant Community Paediatricians & 2x Specialty Doctors, and will undertake work within Community Paediatrics across our Enfield Community Services remit.
Please note:
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Main duties of the job
Main duties and responsibilities
The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant
within Paediatrics The appointee to this post is required to:
• Provide senior clinician services to Community Paediatric services as per
job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use
of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the
department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the
unit.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within
allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the
need arises.
• Actively participate in the Unit’s Teaching Programme and undertake
supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multiprofessional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges
or specialty bodies.
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit, and CPD
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Other Roles and Responsibilities:
The post holder will work with colleagues and the Clinical Audit and
Effectiveness department to ensure that relevant clinical audit is carried out.
Consultants have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge
and for the proper functioning of their department. They are expected to
undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the
running of their clinical departments. The appointee will be expected to take
responsibility for maintaining their continuing medical education to the standard
set by the relevant Royal College.
All consultants are expected to participate in the management of their own
Department and the Hospital as a whole and will be encouraged to develop their
management and leadership skills. Therefore, it is expected the post holder will
make efforts to attend their specialities management meetings where possible.
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Full MRCP or equivalent
- Eligible for full GMC registration and licence to practice.
- MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent.
- CCT or CESR-CP in Paediatrics or give evidence that he/she is expected to achieve equivalent within 6 months of the interview date.
- Has achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- MSc. in Community Child Health or paediatrics MD / PhD or other higher degree.
- Working towards a post graduate qualification
- NHS experience
- Subspecialty accreditation in community child health
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of joint working with education and social services training and experience in assessment of Looked After Children.
- Understanding of local authorities and other key agencies involved in the Looked After service.
- Experience of providing supervision and training in LAC Relevant clinical experience in Looked After Children’s work and the law applying to children and in the court process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rahul Chodhari
- Job title
- Clinical Director - Community Paediatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0771 180 8012
- Additional information
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