Consultant Community Paediatrician

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Community Paediatrician to provide specialist care and oversight for safeguarding children. The role can be full-time or part-time, with responsibilities including assessments, team management, and inter-agency liaison. Located in Derbyshire, the provider offers competitive benefits including generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Yearly appraisal and ongoing training

Health service discounts

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council, UK.
• Must have experience in looked after children.
• Must be clinically active in safeguarding environments.

Responsibilities

• See children and young people referred for assessment.
• Manage the community paediatric team on call rotas.
• Chair monthly local community paediatric NAI peer review meetings.

Skills

Child safeguarding

Clinical assessment

Team management

Communication skills

Education

MRCPCH (or equivalent)

Postgraduate training in community paediatrics

Evidence of recent safeguarding training Level 3

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a substantive replacement post in Community Paediatrics, which also includes the role of Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children.

The post is available as a full time position, but those wishing to work less than full time are welcome to discuss. The post is subject to the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's terms and conditions and the salary reflects national contract provisions.

The appointee will report to the Medical Director of the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the job plan will be agreed with the Clinical Director for Community Paediatrics in the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based predominantly in the South Derbyshire Dales area (Ashbourne and Wirksworth), with a small number of clinics in the Amber Valley area to support the existing team there. Duties Include

Seeing children and young people referred for assessment of child development, neurodevelopmental conditions and physical disability.

Liaising with other disciplines and agencies on individual case management and the preparation of reports

Participating in a rota to provide clinic cover for children referred by social care for assessment of injuries/ physical abuse (NAI clinic)

Chairing monthly local community paediatric NAI peer review meetings

Quality control and audit of reports

Attending regular safeguarding liaison meetings with colleagues from other services/ neighbouring NHS Trusts

Management of community paediatric team on call rotas for physical abuse and rapid response for child death

Lead doctor in Derby City and South Derbyshire for CDOP (Child Death Overview Panel) process

Providing more specialist advice to the community paediatric team on reports for court and complex safeguarding cases

Ensure robust policies, procedures and guidelines are in place to safeguard children across Derbyshire

On-call responsibilities.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 33 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 35 days after 7 years
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

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We will consider applications to work flexibly.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of all our staff.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk websiteSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council, UK
• Included on specialist register or within 6 months
• MRCPCH (or equivalent)
• Postgraduate training in community paediatrics
• Appropriate level management training and experience
• Evidence of recent safeguarding training Level 3 or above
• Training in formal assessments for ASD/ADHD
• Other postgraduate qualification/training in paediatrics and child health

Experience

• Be clinically active (or have held an active clinical position previously) in the field of looked after children, as part of their clinical commitments
• Experience in teaching, clincial audit and research
• Have substantial clinical experience in the field of looked after children and substantial experience of the legislation relating to children and young people, safeguarding and court processes.

Special demands of post

• Must be able to participate in the on-call rota.
• Must be able to be mobile around the district

Experience

• Knowledge and Relevant Experience of Safeguarding
• Previous Safeguarding experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Community Paediatrician and Clinical Director