Community Consultant Paediatrician Hillingdon CDC

CNWL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CNWL is seeking a Community Consultant Paediatrician to join their Community Child Health service in Hillingdon. This role involves working with a dynamic team to improve health outcomes for children and families. The position offers a competitive salary, a relocation package, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Relocation package up to £8K

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS pension scheme

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in Community Child Health.
• Ability to supervise trainees.
• Up to date with Level 3+ Safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive community paediatric services.
• Lead safeguarding and neurodisability services.
• Engage in teaching and clinical governance.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Governance

Leadership

Education

MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent

Fully registered with the General Medical Council

Higher degree (MSc, MD, MBA, PhD)

CCT in Community Child Health or Paediatric Neurodisability

Job description

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Community Consultant Paediatrician Hillingdon CDC

YC72

Main area Paediatrics Grade YC72 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 333-G-HC-C-00011

Site Child Development Centre, Woodland Centre, Hillingdon Hospital Town Uxbridge, Middlesex Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/05/2025 12:00

Job overview

CONSULTANT COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICIAN

Hillingdon Community Child Health

Permanent, Full Time (10PAs)

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Community Consultant Paediatrician to join our Community Child Health service in Hillingdon.

This is an ideal opportunity to join a dynamic team passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of babies, children, young people and families in North West London, with the aim to provide the best possible care and ensure our patients achieve the best possible outcomes and wellbeing for life.

This post attracts aRelocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility), a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.

If you would like to discuss the post informally or arrange a visit please contact:

Dr Joanne Beckmann - Clinical Director for Community Child Health, Goodall Division PA: Gareth Martin E: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

This post is for a Consultant Paediatrician in Community Child Health and Neurodisability, with the opportunity to take up the role as lead for Safeguarding, SEND and sensorineural hearing loss. You will work closely with other paediatric colleagues to provide safeguarding, (including child protection and Looked after children) and neurodisability services.

Other areas of special interest are encouraged where they are consistent with the department’s responsibilities to deliver and develop services, in alignment with the Trust strategy and vision. You will share the overall clinical responsibility with the other community paediatricians to provide the highest standard of medical paediatric care for our patients.

You will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service within the Community Child Health service, covering responsibilities related to Clinical Activities (e.g. consultant-led pathways and clinics, triage/screening of referrals, clinical supervision to trainees, MDT clinical discussions or meetings, Child protection medical assessments; Teaching (e.g. departmental teaching, teaching of paediatric trainees rotating within training posts, medical or other clinical students, regional teaching meetings), Management and leadership (e.g. QI and service development, clinical governance, Educational and Management supervision). Please refer to the job description for details of the post and timetable.

Working for our organisation

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.

Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust’s population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.

The Trust is organised in to three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL’s specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon Harrow, Ealing andneighbouring System of North Central London.

Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service within the Community Child Health service, covering responsibilities in the following areas:

Clinical activities

· Consultant clinics and related administrative work

· Clinical triage/screening of referrals

· Clinical supervision to trainees

· MDT clinical discussions or meetings

· Any clinical patient-related meetings

· Covering for Child protection medical assessments (excluding sexual abuse) during working hours.

Teaching

· To contribute to departmental teaching

· To contribute to teaching of paediatric trainees rotating within training posts

· To contribute to teaching of medical or other clinical students particularly in relation to community child health services

Management and leadership

· Audit, quality improvement and service development

· Clinical governance

· Educational and Management supervision

You will be also expected to:

· Complete accurate and timely documentation of clinic consultations and care plan.

· To work to the agreed job plan and provide safe effective service and achieve departmental KPIs

· Act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols

· Maintain full registration with a licence to practise with the General Medical Council

· Gain further professional knowledge through accredited courses workshops, study and in-house training programmes to satisfy the credit hours recommended by RCPCH

· To develop organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them

· To work within the team to ensure effective risk management by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Risk Register

· To participate in established Safeguarding Peer Review (and supervision sessions where relevant to role)

· To engage with Children’s Community of Practice in CNWL to develop and provide standard best practice

Person specification

Qualifications

• MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR-CP in Paediatrics at the time of interview
• Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD, MBA, PhD or other higher degree
• DCH, DCCH, or other relevant diplomas
• CCT or equivalent in subspeciality of Community Child Health or Paediatric Neurodisability

Professional Experience

• Achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics
• Achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training, usually 3 years in Community Child Health
• Experience of working as part of and leading a multidisciplinary team
• Up to date with Level 3+ Safeguarding and Child Protection competences within last 3 years
• Ability to supervise trainees for Child Protection Medical Assessments
• Good understanding of health inequalities and the impact of social determinants on children, young people and families
• Experience in other areas relevant to Community Child Health, e.g. General Practice, Child Mental Health, Public Health, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Neurodisability
• Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of Community Child Health practice to take a lead role in that area
• Experience in advisory role for SEND and/or safeguarding
• Higher level of training evidence in Social Communication disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders

Leadership&Management

• Capable of working at consultant level in Community Child Health, including working unsupervised and making sound clinical decisions
• Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams within community child health settings and interagency systems i.e. social care and education
• Participation in and demonstration of understanding of clinical governance, risk management, service planning and quality improvement
• Ability to develop guidelines for departmental clinical use, and lead in service development
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams within community child health settings
• Track record of innovation, service development and change improvement
• Completion of a management or leadership course
• Ability to mentor or coach
• Completed training in conducting medical appraisals

Academic&Teaching

• Demonstrated enthusiasm and experience in undergraduate and postgraduate paediatric teaching
• Demonstrated participation in clinical audit and quality improvement
• Demonstrated participation in departmental teaching
• Formal training in teaching or research
• Record of publications in peer reviewed journals
• Record of presentations at medical conferences

Personal Skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work constructively in a multidisciplinary team, be flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues
• Ability to manage time effectively, and manage competing demands in a busy service, respond to changing circumstances and manage setbacks or pressures
• Ability to demonstrate values consistent with the Trust values, be a role model and be accountable for professional duties and behaviors
• Has interpersonal skills, empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work collaboratively with others and cultural competency
• Competent in the use of electronic health records and IT/computer systems for clinical work and administration
• Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

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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.

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