Trust Registrar in Community Paediatrics

NHS; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider is seeking a part-time Trust Registrar in Community Paediatrics to join their dedicated team. This role involves conducting clinics for social communication disorders and collaborating on service improvement initiatives. Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years postgraduate experience, including time in community paediatrics. The position offers flexible working within a supportive environment dedicated to high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of postgraduate experience, with a focus on community paediatrics.
• Experience in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching.
• Participation in clinical research and chronic illness management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular clinics for social communication disorders (ASD & ADHD).
• Collaborate with the multi-professional team for service development.
• Provide educational support and leadership to junior colleagues.

Skills

Child development assessments

Neurodevelopmental training

Epilepsy management

Education

MBChB or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Job description

Trust Registrar in Community Paediatrics

The closing date is 03 November 2025

An opportunity has arisen for a part time registrar to join our team at Colchester Hospital in the Community Paediatrics team from 1st January 2026.

This post provides an excellent opportunity to join our enthusiastic and committed team, providing high quality health care to the local child population.

The post is an exciting opportunity to contribute to service development and improvement as we seek to provide the best possible care to our patients. The new doctor will join 5 community paediatric consultants and 4 associate specialists, already working in the department as well as a team of specialist allied health professionals, including our Neurodevelopmental Nurses, ADHD nurses, specialist speech therapists, nursery nurses and health visitors. Community Paediatrics also undertake outlier clinics in Special Schools within our catchment, and in Halstead, Clacton and Harwich.

The post-holder will undertake both neurodevelopmental and Neurobehavioural work with the aim of creating a balanced timetable.

Qualifications and experience

Full GMC registration is required and Candidates are required to have at least 4 years post graduate training ideally with up to 12 months experience in community paediatrics.

Any candidates wishing to discuss the post should contact Dr Christina Doughty (Lead - Community Paediatrics) [e-mail] TEL: [phone].

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

• Undertake regular clinics in social communication disorders (ASD & ADHD).
• Participate in the administrative duties associated with patient care and the running of the department.
• Child development assessments for ASD and ADHD referrals.
• No On call Duties.
• This is a 24hr post to work Mondays and Tuesdays, either at our Colchester, Harwich, Clacton, Halstead or Ipswich sites.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

The post-holder will:

Work with the existing Community Paediatric team and alongside the team leaders. Working within the community paediatric team to support and further develop our community based services. Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines. Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in other departments and organisations and primary care. Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within their area and take remedial action where poor behaviour is demonstrated. To collaborate with medical colleagues to maintain the service in the absence of departmental colleagues in cases of annual leave, study leave and short-term sickness.

Person Specification

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• MBChB or equivalent
• Full GMC
• At least 4 years post graduate experience, at least one of which to be in community paediatrics
• At least 6 months experience in community paediatrics
• Training in epilepsy, neurology, neuro-developmental problems or autistic spectrum disorders.
• Experience of Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching
• Experience in the management of chronic illness in childhood
• Participation in research

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust