Consultant Paediatrician (Community Child Health)

Consultant Paediatrician (Community Child Health)

Consultant Paediatrician – Up to 10 PA’s. Part-time applications will be considered.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to join our child development team based at the Chichester Child Development Centre, West Sussex. The Centre provides comprehensive multidisciplinary child development and disability services across the western part of West Sussex (including Arundel, Bognor Regis, and Midhurst).

This post is suitable for either Community Paediatric or Neurodisability Paediatricians, with the clinical role largely focused on children with neurodisability/neurodevelopmental disorders.

The team at Chichester is part of SCFT’s wider Child Development Service, consisting of three other CDCs. There are opportunities for joint working, professional development, and networking with over 15 consultant paediatric colleagues across the Trust.

Main Duties of the Job

This post is also open to paediatric trainees who will be within six months of CCT from the date of interview.

About Us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million, providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, and adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

Why Work for Us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support.
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients’ homes, within our community hospitals, and bases across the county.
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as part-time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton.
• EMBRACE, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion Spirituality and Belief staff networks.
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces.
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA).
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast.
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff.

Job Responsibilities

We offer a friendly, welcoming, supportive, and experienced team environment ready to support the development of a newly qualified consultant, including encouragement to attend relevant training opportunities, or equally for a more experienced consultant seeking a new challenge. The post holder will be working in a beautiful part of the country, very close to Chichester Harbour, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is in the Cathedral City of Chichester with its renowned theatre and music and arts. There are fast train links to London and Gatwick Airport, and access to good schools locally.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Professional Registration

• Recognised Basic Medical Degree.
• MRCPCH or equivalent.
• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice.
• Certificate of Completion of Training in Paediatrics or equivalent and Inclusion on the Paediatric Specialist Register (or within 6 months at time of interview).
• Recognised Child Protection Training (higher level).
• Relevant Higher Degree (e.g., MSc in Community Child Health, MD, PhD).

Experience

• At least two years of Higher Specialty Training in Community Child Health/Paediatric Neurodisability/Neurology or equivalent experience.
• Experience in the field of safeguarding/child protection.
• Experience of involvement in a research project and publication or published audit project.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project.
• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.

Skills and Knowledge

• Effective clinical skills.
• Demonstrable management, leadership, and motivational skills.
• Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work.
• Ability to work successfully in a multi-professional/disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to appraise own performance, demonstrate insight, and act on feedback.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with pressure.
• Thoroughness and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Positive approach to the job planning and appraisal process.
• Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a consultant.
• Understanding of and commitment to Good Medical Practice.
• Knowledge of risk management.
• Understanding of the direction of the NHS as it relates to community child health services.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation relating to children and young people.
• Evidence of commitment to Service Development.
• Understanding of the role of governance in ensuring high-quality care and safe practice.

Other Requirements

• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the job.

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.

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