Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician

Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are keen to attract a proactive and enthusiastic Locum Community Paediatric Consultant who will enjoy working within our team in a 12 month fixed term post. The role will cover the Mansfield/Ashfield/Newark/Ollerton region dependent on clinical need.

This post has no out of hours commitment.

Additional duties may include safeguarding, teaching, SEND and appraisal/supervision with opportunities to be involved in and develop skills in leadership, research and clinical governance.

We are happy to consider a special interest not mentioned, that the candidate has or would like to develop.

Applicants must have clinical experience in a broad range of general community paediatric problems including developmental and behaviour problems and experience of assessment for autism spectrum disorder/ADHD and have experience in assessment and management of children with neuro-disabling conditions.

We are well supported by our administrative team. While the job timetable is Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm, we are flexible with start/finish of non-clinic time, allow some working from home and are developing a clinical service to meet the needs of the patients e.g. later afternoon/evening clinic.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients
• To share knowledge with the Paediatrics Department.
• Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).
• Develop community paediatrics role and service development.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.

We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation. We are truly proud to be the HSJ Trust of the Year for 2020, and of our CQC ratings.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
• While the law does not require a CCT in CCH (Community Child Health), the CSAC recommends that all consultant posts should require it, as this shows the applicant is fully trained for independent practice in CCH. If they do not have a CCT in CCH, the applicant must be able to show how they have acquired the Level 3 competencies and if the candidate has a CCT in General Paediatrics, proof of appropriate competencies and experience to fulfil the duties of the post.

Experience

• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
• Able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
• Broad experience of all clinical aspects of community child health including neuro-disability
• Experience of childhood behaviour problems recognition and assessment
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training - detailed knowledge of all aspects of Child Protection work, with awareness of National Policies and Guidance
• Looked After children - knowledge of national policy, strategy, and the legal framework relating to looked after children including the adoption process
• Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees
• Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
• Attendance at Train the trainers Course in Paediatrics
• Experience working in NHS
• Wider experience, research, and training eg SPIN, in providing subspecialty service (if applicable)
• Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
• Understanding of management issues including medical management, clinical governance, service planning, and quality improvement
• The potential to develop management and leadership skills
• Evidence of motivational skills

Teaching

• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff
• Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role

Research

• Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Other

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice
• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, to improve clinical outcomes
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Head of Service and Neurodevelopmental Lead