Speciality Doctor - Community Paediatrics

Chesterfield Royal Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Cycle-to-work scheme

Amazon lockers

On-site Caf

Job summary

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a specialty doctor or equivalent to join the community paediatric team. You will conduct 2 community clinics per week, supported by consultants, sharing an office with a community speciality doctor and consultant paediatrician.

The role includes CPD support, professional development and ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• This role requires MRCPCH or equivalent, GMC registration and safeguarding competency.
• Experience supervising junior staff and CPD participation is essential.
• Understanding NHS structures and systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and management of children in community paediatric clinics.
• Coordinate care for neuro-disability and liaise with multidisciplinary team.
• Deliver clinics and provide admin support within a supportive consultant framework.

Skills

Staff leadership

IT skills

Organisational ability

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to appoint a specialty doctor or equivalent level practitioner to join our community paediatric team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. We provide high-quality patient centred care, maintain excellent team working, resilience, and have developed effective, close working relationships with other colleagues across the Network.

The successful candidate will be providing 2 community clinics each week with additional administration time. They will be supported by consultant colleagues within the department and share an office with a community Speciality doctor and consultant Paediatrician. The consultant body will provide support for continuing professional development and GMC revalidation requirement.

Main duties of the job

Assessment and management of children with developmental delay, possible ADHD and ASD.

Assessment and management or signposting of children presenting with common community paediatric conditions like constipation, Tics, increased BMI.

To coordinate care for children with neuro-disability, liaising with various members of the multidisciplinary team.

About us

Our staff enjoy a range of benefits including on-site parking, local discounts, on-site Caf and Amazon lockers. There is a cycle-to-work scheme along with electric vehicle charging points. A hub, dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our staff, includes rooms for mindfulness, gym and shower facilities and different programmes to keep you active.

Chesterfield is a thriving market town surrounded by attractive countryside, contemporary leisure facilities and extensive retail outlets. The town has excellent road and rail links, and easy access to airports.

Derbyshire is home to the Peak District National Park and is an area of outstanding beauty. Numerous stately homes are within easy travelling distance. The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors, a number of coastal resorts and many historic cities are also close enough for day trips.

Housing in the Chesterfield area is competitively priced and offers a wide range of choice, including urban and rural locations. There are several high-performing state schools in the town, as well as a number of excellent private schools across the wider region.

In addition to local shops and complexes, the Meadowhall Shopping Centre is within easy travelling distance and is one of the largest and most up to date in Europe, attracting some 30 million visitors each year.

The city of Sheffield is only 9 miles away and hosts two universities, one with a medical and dental school.

Job responsibilities

For further information please see the attached job description and person specification which gives a comprehensive overview of the main duties required for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with Licence to Practise
• Level 3 safeguarding competency

Desirable

• Valid provider status in PLS or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Some post-graduate clinical experience of community paediatric clinics
• Experience of participation in CPD
• Ability to clinically supervise junior staff

Desirable

• Community clinic exposure at Registrar level
• Sound knowledge of multiple NHS structure and systems

Skills

Essential

• Ability to lead and manage staff
• Basic IT skills
• Organisational ability

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to change and lead change effectively

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).