Trust Registrar in Community Paediatrics

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a part-time registrar to join the Community Paediatrics team at Colchester Hospital, starting January 1, 2026. The role involves conducting clinics for social communication disorders, participating in patient care administration, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to enhance service delivery. Candidates should possess a passion for patient care and a commitment to professional development. This role offers a generous pension scheme, annual leave, and support for career advancement.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave (pro-rata)

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Passion for patient care and development of skills.
• Collaborative working with multi-professional teams.
• Role modeling professional leadership within the medical workforce.

Responsibilities

• Undertake regular clinics for social communication disorders.
• Participate in administrative duties associated with patient care.
• Conduct child development assessments for referrals.

Job description

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 visitor.

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.

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.

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 offer 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.

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

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

Please note that where response levels are exceptional, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education, and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships, and staff benefits

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT's core activities.