Community Consultant Paediatrician Hillingdon CDC

We care for you as much as you care for others. There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Community Consultant Paediatrician to join our Community Child Health service in Hillingdon. This is an ideal opportunity to join a dynamic team passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of babies, children, young people and families in North West London, with the aim to provide the best possible care and ensure our patients achieve the best possible outcomes and wellbeing for life.

This post attracts a relocation package for up to £8K (subject to eligibility), a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and a range of staff discounts including discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.

Main duties of the job:

• This post is for a Consultant Paediatrician in Community Child Health and Neurodisability, with the opportunity to take up the role as lead for Safeguarding, SEND and sensorineural hearing loss.
• You will work closely with other paediatric colleagues to provide safeguarding, including child protection and Looked after children, and neurodisability services.
• You will share the overall clinical responsibility with the other community paediatricians to provide the highest standard of medical paediatric care for our patients.
• You will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service.

Working for our organisation:

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England. Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Consultant clinics and related administrative work
• Clinical triage/screening of referrals
• Clinical supervision to trainees
• MDT clinical discussions or meetings
• Covering for Child protection medical assessments during working hours.
• To contribute to departmental teaching and teaching of paediatric trainees.
• Audit, quality improvement and service development.
• Maintain full registration with a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.

Person specification:

• MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• On GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR-CP in Paediatrics at the time of interview
• Experience of working as part of and leading a multidisciplinary team
• Good understanding of health inequalities and the impact of social determinants on children, young people and families

CNWL has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.