Consultant Community Paediatrician

Integrated Care System; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Community Paediatric Consultant for their Plymouth team. The role offers a chance to work within a multidisciplinary setting, providing high-quality care while supervising and training medical professionals. Joining the team means engaging in diverse responsibilities from clinical assessments to teaching, ensuring impactful patient care and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training.
• Experience in audit and governance ensuring quality care.
• Nationally recognized training in court skills is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide a service for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses.
• Supervise resident medical staff and conduct teaching.
• Participate in clinical audits and governance processes.

Skills

Clinical Audit

Teaching

Communication

Safeguarding

Analytical Skills

Neuro-disability expertise

Experience in clinical governance

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Full GMC Registration

Completed GRID training in Community Paediatrics

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Paediatric Consultant, working within the Community Paediatric team in Plymouth. The applicant would be joining a friendly, enthusiastic, and dynamic team of 3 Community Consultant Paediatricians, 2 Associate Specialists and 1 Specialty doctor working in Plymouth and its surrounding area, conducting clinical work predominantly in the Child Development Centre (CDC). The medical team is part of the wider multidisciplinary team co-located at the CDC and includes specialist nurses in neurodiversity, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, psychologists, as well as well-established bowel and bladder service and community children's nursing teams all underpinned by a dedicated administrative team. Audiology clinics are also held within the building as are visiting genetics clinics and ophthalmology. We also enjoy excellent links with our acute paediatric colleagues with multiple opportunities for shared learning, and outstanding links with our local authority partners, allied agencies, and commissioning team.

Main duties of the job

o Provision with consultant colleagues of a service to the University Hospitals Plymouth, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the properfunctioning of the department.

o Appropriate cover for urgent administrative duties for colleagues' annual leave and otherauthorised absences.

o Any responsibility that relates to a special interest which may be developed whilst with theservice

o Professional supervision of other resident medical staff.

o Responsibilities for carrying out teaching of medical students and resident doctors andwhere appropriate non-medical colleagues and students

o Participating in medical audit, the Trust's Clinical Governance processes, and in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

About us

We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Job responsibilities

Provision with consultant colleagues of a service to the University Hospitals Plymouth, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the properfunctioning of the department.

Appropriate cover for urgent administrative duties for colleagues annual leave and otherauthorised absences.

Any responsibility that relates to a special interest which may be developed whilst with theservice

Professional supervision of other resident medical staff.

Responsibilities for carrying out teaching of medical students and resident doctors andwhere appropriate non-medical colleagues and students

Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes, and in ContinuingProfessional Development (CPD)

Involvement in research (where applicable).

Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate.

A willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional ornational levels.

The post-holder must always carry out their duties with due regard to the Trusts EqualOpportunities Policy. A responsibility to ensure that all colleagues and patients receive thesame treatment, care and attention, regardless of race, religion, ethnic origin, gender,marital status, age, sexuality or disability.

A responsibility to work co-operatively with colleagues and to respect and value theircontribution to patient care.

It is the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment forpatients, visitors, and staff. The post-holder is required to comply with the appropriate Health and Safety Policies as may be in force.

A responsibility to decline to undertake duties for which the post-holder has not been trained, or for which the post-holder does not believe they will be able to undertake safely.

It is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard and in accordance with the current quality initiatives within the area of work.

All staff who have access to, or transfer data, are responsible for that data and must respect confidentiality and comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, in line with the Trusts policies. Such information should not be released without the consent of the patient, client, or staff member concerned unless required by a court order.

The post-holder is responsible for data quality and complying with the policies, procedures, and accountability arrangements throughout the Trust for maintaining accuracy and probity in the recording of the Trusts activities.

The post-holder will be required to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in line with Trust policy.

The post-holder will be responsible for undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department.

The post-holder will be required to participate in the annual appraisal process.

The post-holder will be required to complete annual updates in mandatory training.

Travel as necessary between hospitals/clinics will be required but a planned and cost-effective approach will be expected.

Any other duties that may be required from time to time.

The post-holder must comply with all aspects of confidentiality, professional codes of conduct.

The post holder will be expected to show the leadership skills of a senior clinician on a day to day basis.

Although the initial job plan is not anticipated to include specific leadership or management roles, the post holder would be encouraged to pursue these over time as they wish.

Person Specification

• oMRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• oFull GMC Registration. Entry on the GMC specialist registrar via CCT (proposed CCT dates must be within 6 months of interview)
• oPortfolio pathway (formerly CESR) must be on the specialist register at the point of application
• oCompleted GRID training in community paediatrics and has the appropriate CCT
• oEpilepsy training PET 1,2,3

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• oAble to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training
• oExperienced in clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice
• oTeaching (medical students, junior/resident doctors, peers and the MDT)
• oExperience working within the NHS
• oExperience of Children in Care work

APTITUDE & ABILITIES

• oSignificant clinical experience and training in community paediatrics providing strong clinical and personal credibility.
• oExperience and recognised training in Safeguarding. Experience in assessing, formulating opinions and report writing to support child protection and working with wider safeguarding teams.
• oOutstanding communication and people skills and ability to adapt style of communication depending on audience and situation, including communicating bad news
• oConceptual and analytical skills
• oKnowledge and experience of social paediatrics
• oSpecific experience or national accreditation in neuro-disability and epilepsy
• oExperience or nationally recognised training in court skills
• oAbility and experience in chairing multiagency meetings

DISPOSITION / ATTITUDE / MOTIVATION

• oAble to operate as a change agent and ability to work collaboratively with peers, and MDT.
• oCaring attitude to patients, carers and colleagues
• oFlexible in approach and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Evidence of enthusiastic approach

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.

Depending on experience£109,725 - £145,478 per annum