Specialty Doctor in Community Child Health | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health provider in the UK is seeking a Specialty Doctor in community paediatrics to join the Richmond Community Pediatrics Team. The role involves conducting assessments and providing holistic care plans for children and families. Candidates can apply for full-time, part-time, or job share positions and will receive opportunities for professional development. The position is based at Ham clinic, Richmond, and the advert closes on 10 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in community paediatrics, child protection, and neurodevelopmental assessments.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct community child health assessments.
• Perform neurodevelopmental and behavioral assessments.
• Manage child protection and educational assessments.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Specialty Doctor in community paediatrics with 10 sessions in the Richmond Community Pediatrics Team.

The post holder will be expected to join a team of 3 Consultants and will be based in Ham clinic, Ashburnham Road, Ham (Richmond), TW10 7NF.

Applications are welcomed from those interested in working full time, part time and job share. The post holder will be given the opportunity to develop new skills and undertake further training as part of career progression both within the grade and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Second-tier community child health assessments
• Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatrics
• Child Protection assessments
• Educational assessment
• Assessment of Looked after Children

The Department works closely with its associated general paediatric department at Kingston Hospital. It aims to provide a timely holistic child and family health. Assessment identifying health needs, providing care plans to meet the need, working with education and social care to produce where appropriate the Health, Education and Care Plan.

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south‑West London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people's homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from. Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to Achieve an 'Outstanding' rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients, and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services. We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

1. The Child Development Service is to provide a coordinated multi-disciplinary team approach to assessment and management of children with disabilities.

2. Specialist Children's Services include Paediatricians, Specialist Nurses and Therapists. Within the Specialist Children's Services is the child development team, neonatal hearing screening, second tier paediatric audiological, child protection, LAC services and a child health information department.

3. There are close links with CAMHS, CAMHS -LD, Hounslow education, including Portage and TSS and Hounslow social services (social work team for children with disabilities).

4. A core Child Development Team consists of a pediatrician, physiotherapist, OT and SLT. Multi-disciplinary assessments including autism assessments take place every week.

Please see attached job description for more information relating to this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Dec 2025.