Consultant Community Paediatrician

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ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\’s lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job Overview
We are looking to recruit substantive or locum consultant to our Community Paediatric team in Newham (up to 10PA) . The post will include the role as Named Dr for Children in Care (Looked after Children). This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team of Community Paediatricians within a forward-thinking multidisciplinary service dedicated to improving the quality of lives of babies, children, young people and families who live in in East London
Main duties of the job
The Postholders Will Be Expected To Work Within The Multidisciplinary Team To Provide a Comprehensive Community Paediatric Service Within Specialist Children & Young People’s Services And Will Include Responsibilities In The Following Areas:
(i) Clinical activities: a. Consultant clinics including Children in care clinics and dvelopmental clinics and related administrative work b. Clinical triage of referrals c. Clinical supervision as Consultant of the Day, including senior suport for child protection medicals. d. MDT clinical discussions or and patient related meetings
(ii) Teaching: a. To contribute to departmental teaching b. To contribute to teaching of medical students particularly in relation to community child health services
(iii) Management and leadership: a. Clinical Supervision b. Clinical governance c. Management supervision , inclusing supervision of the medical advisor for adoption d. Pathway leadership
(iv) Audit, Quality Improvement and Service Development
Working for our organisation
East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) is recognised as a centre of excellence for innovation and improvement, and the postholder would be working within Specialist Children and Young People\’s Services (SCYPS). We are committed to iealth and well-being of babies, children and young people in Newham and North East London. Partnership, quality improvement and evidence-based research and practice remains at the heart of our service delivery so that we can provide the best possible care, and ensure our patients achieve the best possible outcomes. East London NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as “Outstanding” following CQC inspections in 2016, 2018 and again in 2021. The Trust is committed to pursuing equity, patient participation and staff engagement. Making the Trust an excellent place to work is one of our key priorities. Our staff are our most prized asset and we are committed to improve the working lives of our staff across all services and teams. We strongly believe in supporting all staff to develop and grow, and have a strong professional development and lifelong learning ethos, linked to a commitment to clinical supervision and appraisal processes.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Further details about the posts are detailed in the Job Descriptions and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCP / MRCPCH or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• BSc in medical subject
• PhD, MD MSc, DCH

Professional training
Essential Criteria

• – Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Community Child Health or Paediatrics or equivalent (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)
• – Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application)
• 6 months Clinical experince of working in Community Paediatrics

Desirable criteria

• SPIN or Diploma in Paediatric Neurodisability
• CCT in community Child helath

Clinical Knowledge
Essential Criteria

• Ability to conduct assessments for children in care
• Extensive experience of working in a multidisciplinary Child Development Team and the ability to seek advice from, share experience with, and offer support to other team members
• Competent in management of common general paediatric problems – acute
• and chronic
• Up to date with Level 3 competences in Safeguarding Children
• able to conduct and supervise of Child Protection Medical Assessments
• Experience working in partnership with Education, Social Care and other stakeholders

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience as Named Dr for Looked after chidren or Child protection
• has held role of medcial advisor for adoption and Experience of writing reports for Adoption panel
• Experience of attending Child death review meetings and/or contributing CDOP Panel
• Current portfolio in research
• Competent use of Griffiths III or other similar developmental assessment tool
• Experience in managing children with complex neurological and developmental problems
• Experince of work in autism

Clinical governance
Essential Criteria

• record of completed audit projects in application. ,
• service development work and/or Quality Improvement projects in application

Desirable criteria

• experince of NHS complaint handling/ critical incident reporting
• risk mangemnet training

Teaching
Essential Criteria

• Experinece of under graduate teaching
• Has experience of postgraduate paediatric teaching

Desirable criteria

• Has undertaken ‘train the trainer’ training
• Current portfolio as a medical educator

medical management
Essential Criteria

• Good verbal and written communication
• experience of supervision of Trainees and/or specilaity drs
• Competent in relevant IT skills required for working in the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Completed mangement course
• Experience as educational supervisor for trainees
• Evidence of experience in change mangement in application

Essential Criteria
Personal or other skills

• Shows decision making and judgement, breadth of thinking and initiative
• Shows adaptability and flexibility in accordance with service needs
• Ability to operate under pressure and cope with setbacks
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Displays honesty, integrity and awareness of ethical dilemmas

Communication and interpersonal skill
Essential Criteria

• Has good verbal communication skills
• Ability to express complex medical issues in lay terms
• Ability to empathise with people from different backgrounds and demonstrate cultural compentency
• Ability to communicate with parents and children effectively, and to explain complex medical conditions and treatment

Desirable criteria

• Ability to champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace

Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated ‘Outstanding’ again in 2018 and continue to be rate \’Outstanding\’ in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other Reasons To Apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
What Next?
If you like the sound of ELFT, don’t waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!
As part of our recruitment process we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same..
If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.
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