COMMUNITY PAEDIATRIC SPECIALIST GRADE DOCTOR (THURROCK)

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Grays; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Community Paediatric Specialist Grade Doctor to join their Integrated Child Health Service. The role involves providing support to children and families, working in a multidisciplinary team in Thurrock. Candidates should have full GMC registration, at least 4 years of training, and a passion for youth healthcare. The position offers a salary range of £96,990 - £107,155 and numerous employee benefits, including career development opportunities.

Benefits

Relocation expenses

Career Development and training

Wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail Discounts

Qualifications

• At least 4 years post-graduate training including 2 years community paediatrics.
• Demonstrated mastery in management of various health conditions in young patients.
• Experience and training in Child safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior medical support and guidance to the multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with children and their families.
• Participate in the Child Protection rota.

Skills

Mastery in management of physical health conditions

Knowledge of Child safeguarding

Team player

Education

Full GMC Registration with a license to practice

Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training

Job description

Job overview

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

COMMUNITY PAEDIATRIC SPECIALIST GRADE DOCTOR

(THURROCK, RM16 2PX)

Please note : We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Job Details

Salary

£96,990 - £107,155 per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Full-time : 10 Programmed Activities (DCC : SPA = 8 : 2)

On call

None

Location

Gifford House, Thurrock Community Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, RM16 2PX

Qualifications needed

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
• Mastery in the management of a broad range of physical health conditions in babies, children, and young people, including neurodevelopmental disorders
• At least 4 years post graduate training including 2 years community paediatrics (or demonstrate equivalent experience and competences).
• Knowledge and training in Child safeguarding
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training.

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

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 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 Paediatrics Specialist Grade Doctor position in the Integrated Child Health Service at Gifford House, Thurrock Community Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, RM16 2PX. This is an established, substantive, full‑time role. It is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to it as soon as possible.

You will join Consultant Paediatricians, Specialist Grade Doctors, and 1wte Specialty Doctor within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

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 South West Essex.
• 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 Consultant Paediatricians, Specialist Grade Doctors, and 1wte Specialty Doctor within the service

Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies

Person specification

GMC

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice

Knowledge

• Mastery in the management of a broad range of physical health conditions in babies, children, and young people, including neurodevelopmental disorders
• Knowledge and training in Child safeguarding

Experience

• At least 4 years post graduate training including 2 years community paediatrics (or demonstrate equivalent experience and competences).

Qualifications

• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT :

• A long‑standing and award‑winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term / chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.