Consultant Community Paediatrician

Lewishamandgreenwich; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Consultant Community Paediatrician for a new role focused on community paediatric services. You will lead the communication clinic for children with social communication disorders while working with a dedicated team of professionals. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young people and their families. If you are passionate about community health and eager to contribute to a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion, this role is perfect for you. Join a vibrant team committed to excellence in child health services.

Qualifications

• Medical degree and full GMC registration required.
• Experience in community paediatrics and safeguarding is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage children with neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Participate in the consultant-led Child Protection rota.
• Support clinical assessment and care of children and young people.

Skills

Community Paediatrics

Neurodevelopmental assessments

Safeguarding

Clinical supervision

Effective communication

Leadership skills

Education

Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent)

Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Patient information systems

Job description

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Job Summary
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Consultant Community Paediatrician to the Kaleidoscope Children's Centre, Lewisham. The post holder will have responsibility to deliver a community paediatric service. This is a new post with a special interest in the communication clinic pathway with assessments of children with social communication disorders. This role will have a lead within the communication clinic for diagnosis for the under 5-year-old group.

There is no overnight commitment. The post holder will contribute to the daytime child protection rota, but there is no expectation to contribute to Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) medicals.

The post holder will join a team of 9 Consultant Community Paediatricians, 2 community SAS doctors, and one Speciality Doctor. Senior Allied Health professionals and clinical nurse specialists will also contribute to assessments and care for young people.

The department is developing the workforce including using sessional GPs for some aspects of community paediatric work as well as developing the clinical nurse specialist role to allow the consultants to focus on specialist community paediatric roles.

JD is pending RC Approval

Main duties of the job

• Work in all aspects of Community Paediatrics based on experience and service priorities.
• Assess and manage children with neurodevelopmental concerns and safeguarding issues.
• Participate in the consultant-led Child Protection rota.
• Undertake health assessments for Looked After Children and provide written reports.
• Support and advise colleagues in clinical assessment and care of children and young people.
• Provide supervision to trainees, specialist doctors, clinical nurse specialists, and AHPs.
• Participate in clinical supervision and continuing professional development of medical staff.
• Collaborate with Community Paediatric services and Children's Community Services Directorate.
• Develop care pathways across acute and community services.
• Contribute to the development of Specialist Child Health Services.
• Liaise with other agencies on clinical and operational matters.
• Provide advice and signposting to other professionals about legal processes, research, and policy documents.
• Liaise with professional leads from other agencies, such as Education and Children's Social care.
• Participate in departmental research planning and implementation.
• Ensure high performance in clinical efficiency and quality of outcomes.
• Complete and correct reports in a timely manner.
• Take part in clinical and educational supervision of postgraduate trainees.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting, and analysis, ensuring resulting actions are implemented.

About us
Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
• Improving the experience of staff with disability.
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
• Making equalities mainstream.

Date posted
01 April 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
197-AA6569
Job locations
Kaleidoscope, Lewisham Centre for Children and Young People
32 Rushey Green
Catford
SE6 4JF
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will work in all aspects of Community Paediatrics, suited to their experience and competencies and the priorities of service provision.

The post holder will undertake assessment and management of children with neurodevelopmental concerns and safeguarding.

Undertake neurodevelopmental assessments including for Autism and Social Communication Disorders.

Participate in the consultant-led Child Protection rota.

Undertake health assessments for Looked After Children and provide written reports as appropriate.

Support and advice colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children and young people, whilst being clear about others personal clinical professional accountability.

Provision of supervision to trainees and specialist doctors and extended members of the clinical team including clinical nurse specialists and AHPs.

General Responsibilities
To participate in clinical supervision and continuing professional development of both career and training grade medical staff.

To work with Community Paediatric services and Children’s Community Services Directorate to meet service commitments and needs of children and families.

To develop care pathways across the acute and community services.

To participate in the development of Specialist Child Health Services in collaboration with other members of the management team.

To support the collection of relevant information on the work of the medical team, detailing the work of the service for stakeholders.

To liaise with other agencies on clinical and operational matters relevant to the work of the service.

Provide advice and signposting to other professionals about legal processes, key research and policy documents.

Liaise with professional leads from other agencies, such as Education and Children’s Social care.

Research
To participate in the departmental research planning and implementation. Interest in relevant areas of research will be encouraged.

Performance Management
To work with clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

Clinical efficiency and Quality of outcomes.

Timely completion and correction of reports.

Medical Education & Teaching
To take part in clinical and educational supervision of post graduate trainees.

To participate in the medical student training programme.

To plan and deliver training for GP trainees and other post-graduate teaching.

Contribute to the delivery of training for health staff and inter-agency training.

Work with leads to identify and support training needs.

Clinical Audit And Clinical Governance
Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.

Work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated.

Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.

To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by medical staff and updated on a regular basis.

Review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.

To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.

To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

Continuing Professional Development
Attend relevant local, regional, and national continuing professional development activities to maintain competence.

Meet the organisations requirements for training attendance.

Receive regular supervision and undertake reflective practice.

Policy, Planning And Management
Support the Trust to deliver quality patient care. Contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocols and guidelines.

Assist in the development of the Annual Service Plan for the Directorate and Division and participate in the strategic planning of the service. Comply with all Trust policies.

Person Specification
Essential

• Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
• Member of Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health or equivalent
• Full and Specialist registration with a licence to practise with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of interview
• Applicants that are UK trained must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.

Desirable

• Grid Training in Community paediatrics
• MSc/Diploma in community child health or equivalent

Clinical experience Essential

• Comprehensive Training and experience in community paediatrics
• Evidence of training and experience gained obtaining CCT in Community Child Health (CCH) or if CCT in General Paediatrics, must be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies required for CCT in CCH have been achieved.
• At least 2 years' experience in Community Child Health including Neuro-developmental paediatrics, Safeguarding, Looked after children.
• Training and experience in the identification and management of suspected child abuse.
• Clinical experience in the field of safeguarding and substantial experience of the legislation relating to children and young people and the court process.
• Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people and families and children in challenging situations.
• Valid APLS and NLS training.
• Valid level 3 safeguarding training.

Desirable

• Training and experience in assessment of ADHD.
• Experience of lead role in an area of child health.
• Broad experience of working within the NHS.

Clinical Audit Essential

• Active audit interest demonstrated by at least one completed clinical audit in the last year.
• Understanding of NHS systems and audit processes.
• Evidence of service improvement projects and audits.

Desirable

• Publication of audit results.
• Experience in service development and quality improvement projects relating to Community Child Health.
• Evidence of involvement and/or experience in risk processes such as Serious Incident reviews and patient safety systems.

Teaching Experience Essential

• Experience and interest in undergraduate teaching.
• Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching for both under/postgraduate students and nursing/midwifery staff.
• Educational supervision accreditation.

Desirable

• An understanding of current issues in medical education and training.
• Previous experience in trainee Supervision.
• Knowledge of current changes in paediatric training.
• Higher teaching qualification.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Management and Administrative Experience Essential

• Understands the management structure of the NHS. Evidence of risk management.

IT skills Essential

• Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g. MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
• Ability to use patient information systems.

Other Attributes Essential

• Effective communicator - verbal and written.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates leadership and organisational skills.
• Evidence of interest/training in management.
• Will contribute to Departmental/ Trust management.
• Will pursue personal professional development.
• Will assist with Departmental/ Trust development.
• Aware of equal opportunities issues.
• Recent experience/familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices.
• Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and develop staff.

Desirable

• Has experience of committee work and prepared to undertake committee work.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.