Locum Consultant: Community Paediatrician – Looked After

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Edgware; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in Barnet is seeking a Consultant Community Paediatrician with a special interest in Children Looked After. The post is based mainly at Edgware Community Hospital with some commitments at other Barnet sites and no resident on-call.

In this 6PA/week post you will lead as Named Doctor for Children Looked After, conduct child development clinics, EHCP assessments and IHAs, provide medical advice to fostering services, and support clinical governance and

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinician services to Community Paediatric services as per job plan.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Provide quality assurance and peer review to other staff undertaking Children Looked After IHAs. (Named Doctor)
• Work with consultant colleagues and other staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.

Job description

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in Barnet is seeking a Consultant Community Paediatrician with a special interest in Children Looked After. The post is based mainly at Edgware Community Hospital with some commitments at other Barnet sites and no resident on-call.

In this 6PA/week post you will lead as Named Doctor for Children Looked After, conduct child development clinics, EHCP assessments and IHAs, provide medical advice to fostering services, and support clinical governance and