Consultant Community Paediatrician Paediatric Team

NHS; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Consultant Community Paediatrician Paediatric Team

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join Midlands Partnership University Foundation Trust as a valued Consultant Paediatrician, providing senior medical input into the east locality of the Community Paediatric team.

You will join an experienced, creative, highly skilled and professional multidisciplinary team working to maintain a seamless model of service delivery for children and young people resident in South Staffordshire.

There are opportunities for the post-holder to expand their research portfolio and personal interests, and to take part in ongoing service and clinical audits with the support of a central clinical audit department. The Trust also has links to Keele University Medical School.

In addition to Adult Services, the Trust provides a number of mental and physical health services for children across Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The Trust serves a population of 1.1 million, over a geography of 2,200 square miles, with around 8,500 staff. It has a turnover of over £160million. We are committed to keeping service users and carers at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

• To be sufficiently flexible to meet the changing needs of the service and to take part in planning their local service.
• To appraise and provide clinical supervision for junior medical staff involved in caring for patients in the care of the post holder. The post holder will act as an educational supervisor or in any other specific training role to junior medical staff and ensure that junior medical staff work within the parameters of the New Deal and WTD. This arrangement will be reviewable in negotiation with the Service and Clinical Director and the College Tutor.
• To participate in Continuing Professional Development and to remain up-to-date with requirements for relicensing and revalidation. The post holder will also be expected to attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars. There will also be opportunities for offering teaching to medical students from Keele University in clinical and 'small group' settings. As part of continued professional development, the post holder will be expected to take part in a buddy group which will meet regularly to advise and support you in your continuous professional development activities.
• To develop a special interest and to develop and participate in research and audit, within available resources. The post holder will be expected to have an active involvement in medical and clinical audit in line with the existing audit structures.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Options for flexible working.
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rate.
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
• Free car parking at all trust sites.
• Free flu vaccinations every year.
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job responsibilities

Within South Staffordshire, there are three main providers of children's health services: Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, and Queens Hospital Burton Foundation Trust. These are in addition to other neighbouring Acute Trusts which also serve the Staffordshire population.

South Staffordshire has a population of over 604,000 of which 150,000 are children aged 0 to 18 years old.

The Consultant works as part of the Community Paediatric Team in the locality of Lichfield, providing a community-based service to the local population. The Consultant should play a significant role in the development of the service by liaising with general practitioners, social services and other key partner organisations.

For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or MBChB or MRCPCH (by examination) or equivalent.
• Current GMC registration and license to practice.
• At least 2 years as middle grade in community child health.
• Child protection training level 3.
• Personal Portfolio Management training.
• Working towards CESR (article 14) or already has CCT in community paediatrics.

Experience

• Experience in community paediatric/ child development 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.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Paediatrician and medical lead