Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics (YC73) - Paediatrician - Manchester University NHS Fo[...]

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Sale; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is looking for a Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics to join their team in Sale. The role involves providing vital health services to children and requires prior experience in community paediatrics and GMC registration. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with various healthcare professionals to enhance care quality for local communities.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have experience in community paediatrics and worked with looked-after children.
• Full GMC registration is required, along with a CCT in paediatrics.
• Teaching and auditing experience is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments for children with developmental delays and disabilities.
• Supervise trainees and deliver high-quality services.
• Prepare statutory reports for social services.

Skills

Organisational skills

Clinical supervision

Child protection training

Education

MB ChB or equivalent

Full registration with the GMC

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

MRCPCH or equivalent

MD, PhD or other higher degree

Job description

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Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics

YC73

Main area Paediatrician Grade YC73 Contract Locum: 4 months Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 349-LCO-7223240-RL4

Site Sale Waterside Town Sale Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/07/2025 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic locum consultant paediatrician with expertise in community child health to help deliver a highly-regarded service for children in Trafford.

We can be flexible with the PAs for the role and would be keen to discuss the role of the Named Doctor for safeguarding with potential candidates.

You will join a team of experienced and supportive medical professionals who are constantly seeking to improve the quality of the service to children and their families. The department works closely with other community health services including community children’s nursing, health visiting, school nursing, physiotherapy, OT, speech and language therapy, CAMHS and primary care. We provide services in partnership with the local authority, voluntary organisations and other agencies that provide health and social care to meet the health needs of local communities as well as with hospital trusts providing acute health services.

Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a locality based service to children in the area including assessment of children with developmental delay and disability, children with neurodevelopmental conditions, assessment of looked after children and children suffering suspected abuse, preparation of statutory reports for Social Services and Special Educational Needs, and attendance at review and planning meetings as required. The post holder is expected to deliver a high quality service for the looked after children to meet their medical needs. As part of the role, the post holder will be expected to supervise trainees.

Applicant must be fully registered medical practitioners and must possess a CCT in paediatrics. Two years’ experience in community paediatrics is desirable.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Clinical Experience

• Experience in community paediatrics
• Experience with looked-after children
• Experience with safeguarding

Qualifications and Training

• MB ChB or equivalent
• Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
• Applicants who are UK trained must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants who are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Level 3 child protection training
• MD, PhD or other higher degree

Teaching and Audit

• Experience of Audit
• Teaching of junior medical staff
• Trained Clinical Supervisor
• Teaching of medical students
• Trained Educational Supervisor

Academic Achievements and Research

• Publications in recognised Clinical Journals
• Specialist interest in areas complementary to other consultants in the departments
• Research projects relating to the specialist area

Interpersonal/Professional Skills

• Organisational skills
• Involvement in service development and/or quality improvement processes

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.