Consultant in Developmental Paediatrics (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant) - Developmental Paed[...]

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's healthcare organization is seeking a Consultant in Developmental Paediatrics to enhance services and reduce waiting times. The role involves clinical leadership and teaching responsibilities within a dynamic team of specialists. Applicants should have full GMC registration and experience in child safeguarding and developmental disorders. The position offers an extensive benefits package and the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge care and research in a leading children's hospital.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave

Health and well-being programmes

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration required.
• Experience in audit and clinical governance.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership in a multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Engage in service development and supervision of junior staff.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical management

Teaching skills

Communication

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Level 3 Child Safeguarding training

Job description

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/10/2025 23:59

Consultant in Developmental Paediatrics

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

We are expanding the service within the Department of Developmental Paediatrics based in Alder
Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to appoint a Consultant in Developmental
Paediatrics to expand the service offer and to reduce waiting times across our catchment area. The
department is going through an exciting period of change and modernisation and the post provides
an opportunity to help shape the new service, particularly with the new Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
site and we look forward to a new Neuro Developmental Centre. Although the post is full time, if an
applicant wants a part time post/job share, this can be considered. The Consultant will have the
exciting opportunity to develop the service further and provide clinical leadership within the Team.
The appointee will join a dynamic and forward-thinking team of 17 Consultants, seven SAS doctors
working in Neuro-disability and Neurodevelopment, social and educational paediatrics covering
North Mersey (Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton). The Complex Neurodisability service cares for children
with cerebral palsy, Downs and other neuro-genetic syndromes, neuromuscular disorders,
progressive neurological conditions and neurodevelopmental problems requiring investigation.

Main duties of the job

It is envisaged that this post will attract 10 programmed activities per week (8.5 PA direct clinical
care and 1.5 PA supporting professional activities). As per Trust Policy for new consultants.
Increases beyond 1.5 SPA, in respect of appropriate activities can be negotiated by mutual
agreement following annual job planning reviews.
The post holder will share with the Developmental Paediatric Patch Team, clinical responsibility for
referrals from Primary Care, other Consultants within the Trust, Child Mental Health and Social
Services/Education. Allowing for flexibility according to the skills of the successful applicant

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main responsibility for the successful candidate will be :
Clinical work particularly around: -
- vulnerable children, children looked after
- developmental delay
- assessment and management of children with Neurodevelopmental disorders
- assessment and diagnosis of ADHD and ASD working jointly with ADHD/ASD
- Specialist Nurse
- behavioural problems, to assess whether there are underlying developmental aetiologies
- Joint MD spasticity management clinics
- Complex care clinics in special schools
- Joint working with LD teams and CAHMS and development of pathways to improve access
to services
- Development of pathways and protocols to improve care for children with complex
- needs including supporting the development of follow up services for high-risk infant
with adverse perinatal events from the maternity hospital
Teaching & Academic role
- Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates and provide
clinical and educational supervision.
- Offer training in child development to health personnel and staff in partner agencies.
- Develop research interests in their area of interest and expertise.

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Managerial responsibilities
- Supervise junior staff.
- Participate in departmental, Local Authority meetings related to strategic planning.
- Take an active role in service review and development with fellow Consultants.
CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance
- Participate in CPD activity for which financial support is available
- Initiate and undertake appropriate audit within the department
- Take part in the clinical governance programme
The community Paediatrics team provide a safeguarding service, and the clinician may be given an
opportunity to support the safeguarding service if this was an area of interest. This would be
appropriately adjusted in the job plan.

Person specification

Essential and Desirable

• Full GMC/ registration - MRCPCH or equivalent - On the GMC Specialist Register with UK CCT or equivalent in relevant Paediatric specialty. Applicants with general paediatric CCT to demonstrate equivalent experience and competencies to those gained by CCT in Community Child Health and capable of working at Consultant level in Community Paediatrics. - Level 3 Child Safeguarding training - Valid BLS Training - Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility and clinical management for clinical care of complex patients - Teaching experience in a wide variety of settings - Experience in Audit and clinical governance principles including evidence of understanding of audit principles, patient safety and organisational risks and having taken a lead role in completing at least two audit projects in clinical areas relevant to this application
• Teaching skills and experience - Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff - Good Oral and written communication skills - Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload and that of others. - Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation. Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns. - Evidence of being a team player and effective communicator as part of a multiagency team - Able to conduct a comprehensive assessment of children with complex Neuro-disability with understanding of relevant psychosocial factors and - Demonstrate ability to lead a multidisciplinary team. - Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, for example, report writing, thesis - Experience of supervising junior doctors - Formal Training in teaching Consultant JD Page 18 of 19 liaise effectively with other professionals to ensure appropriate treatment and support - Able to demonstrate an understanding of the absolute need for child advocacy in any forum - Leadership: ability to develop a vision and lead the change that brings it into effect within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency context - Effective time management, able to work under pressure - Well-developed reflective and self-care skills and able to foster these attributes in others - Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues - Highly developed IT skills
• Self-motivated to set and achieve targets - Flexible in regard to teamwork - Effective member of multidisciplinary team - Reliable work record with regard to attendance/punctuality - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to personal and professional development - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to the development of a high-quality service - Flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient - Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to clinical governance Applicants should be able to demonstrate developed competence across the following 5 qualities contained in the “Delivering the Service” cluster of the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF). - Leading change through people - Holding to account - Empowering others - Effective and strategic influencing - Collaborative working
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate developed competence across the following 5 qualities contained in the “Delivering the Service” cluster of the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF). - Leading change through people - Holding to account - Empowering others - Effective and strategic influencing - Collaborative working
• Knowledge of recognised tools for the assessment of developmental disorders (Griffiths Mental Development Consultant JD Page 19 of 19 Scales, SOGS etc.) Understand multiagency working in the context of the management of children with complex Neuro-disability Good knowledge of the theory and practice of child safeguarding Awareness of legislation appropriate to paediatric patients Familiarity with NICE guidance on the management of childhood epilepsies, spasticity and cerebral palsy
• Higher Degree e.g. MSc, MD, DCH, DCCH, MBA or any relevant post graduate qualification - Valid APLS and NLS
• Experience in other areas relevant to child health, for example, General Practice, Child Mental Health, Obstetrics, Public Health - Specialist experience in child protection - Demonstrate ability to work unsupervised and make decisions. - Experience of supervising junior doctors - Formal Training in teaching
• Demonstrate ability to lead a multidisciplinary team. - Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, for example, report writing, thesis - Experience of supervising junior doctors - Formal Training in teaching

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.