Consultant in Community Paediatrics

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

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.

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 4.8 PA of direct clinical care and 1.2 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.

Main duties of the job

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 4.8 PA of direct clinical care and 1.2 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

1. Physical Neurodisability

• Provision of Ickburgh Special School Multidisciplinary Team Clinic on alternate weeks and supervision of specialty doctors and paediatric resident doctors in this clinic.

2. 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
• Attendance at Multi-agency Referral weekly meeting (MARS)
• Take on a Leadership role for Patch Neurodevelopmental Clinics

3. School Health

• Provision of School Age Clinics on an alternate week basis

4. Child Protection

• Taking an active role, together with colleagues within the Trust, in seeing children with child protection concerns.
• This includes all aspects of child abuse, neglect and fabricated illness.

Person specification

Qualifications

• 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)
• Subspecialty recognition in community paediatrics and/or neurodisability
• Management course

Experience

• 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
• Experience in evidence based

Knowledge & Expertise

• 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.
• 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
• Participation in quality improvement or clinical audit
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching/training skills
• Insight into research methods and evaluation
• Publications
• Experience of Educational Supervision, Teaching Skills, Course such as Training the Trainers

Management

• Understanding of management issues and service planning
• Demonstrated ability to manage a service, team or project
• Formal management training

Personal Attributes

• Able to travel across Hackney in order to meet the requirements of the post
• Good organisational skills
• Commitment to continuing
• Experience of multicultural & ethnic communities

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

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.

Name Dr Mei-Ling Wong Job title Joint Clinical Lead & Consultant Comm Paeds Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Dr Mei-Ling Wong, Clinical Lead & Consultant Community Paediatrician

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