Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 395-MED205-25
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wood Street Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

COMMUNITY CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN & NAMED DOCTOR FOR SAFEGUARDING
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
COMMUNITY CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN &
NAMED DOCTOR FOR SAFEGUARDING
(WALTHAMSTOW, E17 3LA)
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Job Details:
Salary |
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
Contract |
Substantive |
Hours |
Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5) |
On call |
None |
Location |
Wood Street Health Centre, 6 Linford Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 3LA. |
Qualifications needed:
· Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
· CCT or equivalent
· Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Main duties of the job
To be successful in your application, you will need:
· To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
· To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about baby, children, and young people health care,
· Essential understanding of current developments in community paediatric care,
· To be a team player
NELFT Benefits:
· Relocation expenses
· Career Development and training
· Just & Compassionate Culture
· Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
· Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
· Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Health & Wellness initiatives
· 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
· Retail Discounts
· Flexible working and agile working
· Cycle to work scheme
Working for our organisation
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting to a Community Consultant Paediatrician position in the Waltham Forest Specialist Children Service, based at Wood Street Health Centre, 6 Linford Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 3LA.
This is an established, substantive, full-time post - 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). This post includes a Named Doctor for Safeguarding responsibility.
The successful candidate will be well supported in the Named Safeguarding role by experienced colleagues in the team, by other named paediatricians in NELFT, and by the Designated Doctor for Safeguarding in Waltham Forest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to:
· Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to babies, children and young people across Waltham Forest.
· Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
· Work directly with babies, children and young people, and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers and acute hospitals
· Participate in the local Child Protection rota
· Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
· Work alongside 4.4wte Consultant Paediatricians, 2wte Specialist Grade Doctors, 1wte Specialty Doctor, 3wte Core/GP Trainees within the service
· Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Person specification
GMC
Essential criteria
- • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
CCT
Essential criteria
- • CCT or equivalent
Specialist Register
Essential criteria
- • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bill Travers
- Job title
- Associate Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Waltham Forest, by accessing this video link: Working for NELFT in our Waltham Forest Directorate
We encourage you to view our Trust website and read the news stories, which will give you more information about the breadth of the organisation and our innovative services.
Please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/why-join-us or www.nelft.nhs.uk
Please also view our social media pages to get an insight into life at #TeamNELFT.
Twitter: @NELFT / NELFTCareers
LinkedIn: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust | LinkedIn
Facebook: NELFT | London | Facebook
For further details / informal visits contact:
Lead Consultant Paediatrician: Dr Corina O’Neill Corina.O’[email protected]
Associate Medical Director: Dr Bill Travers [email protected]
Medical Director: Dr Vincent Perry [email protected]
Chief Medical Officer: Dr Caroline Allum [email protected]
Medical Staffing: [email protected]
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