Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics

YM73 Grade YM73 – Part time (8 sessions per week) – 6‑month fixed term contract (pending substantive recruitment).

Job Ref: 220‑CYP‑MED‑006 / Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust (NHS)

Location: Northern Health Centre, Upper Holloway, Islington, London

Salary: £113,565 – £150,569 per annum (pro rata for part‑time)

Job overview

Consultant Community Paediatrician – fill a recently vacated post.

Duties

• Neurodevelopmental clinics: 3 community clinics per month – one multidisciplinary clinic for children with posture and movement conditions (PD clinic) not yet in special needs schools, and two standard clinics a month.
• ASD diagnostic clinic (1PA) – part of the Social Communication Team, participate in the MDT diagnostic process.
• CP second on call (2 hours per call) – fortnightly on Wednesdays.
• SPA (1.5 PA) CPD – departmental meetings, mandatory training and own appraisal.
• Named doctor for safeguarding, if taken up – 2 PA (reduces community clinic commitment).

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent; MRCP/MRCPCH or equivalent.
• CCT (or equivalent), or within 6 months of CT date, or entry on the Specialist Register for Paediatrics.
• Evidence of being within 6 months of CCT date and expected to achieve a CCT.
• BSc in medical subject, PhD, MD, MSc, DCH.
• CCT in Paediatric Neurodisability.

Clinical Experience and Skills

• Working in a multidisciplinary Child Development team and performing comprehensive developmental assessments.
• Managing common problems in children with ADHD, Autism, epilepsy and physical neurodisability.
• Minimum Level 3 Children Protection competence – assessing safeguarding concerns and providing supervision.
• Managing common general paediatric problems – acute and chronic.
• Substantial clinical experience in paediatric neurodisability and epilepsy; managing children with complex health needs.

Teaching

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.
• Additional teaching qualifications.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary teamwork, sharing experience and providing support.
• Experience in interagency team working.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, communicating health information socially and educationally.
• Leadership qualities – building relationships, influencing, negotiating, political astuteness, conflict management.
• Ability to analyze holistic health chronologies and produce comprehensive reports for care‑experienced children.

Management Ability

• Administrative tasks (e.g., writing complex reports for court, annual reports) effectively.
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills.
• Supervising junior staff.
• Completion of a recognised leadership course.

Clinical Governance

• Completed audit and service improvement projects.
• Experience in NHS complaint handling and clinical incident reporting.
• Training and experience in appraisal.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its application to the Named Doctor role.

Personal Skills

• Decision making and judgement.
• Adaptability and flexibility.
• Building relationships, influence, negotiation.
• Training in communication skills, counselling, educational supervision.

Safeguarding Children and Adults

• Familiarity with and compliance to London Child Protection Procedures and protocols.
• Familiarity with London Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults procedures.
• Compliance with local information‑sharing protocols.
• Knowledge of appropriate contact numbers and reporting lines.
• Participation in required training and supervision.
• Compliance with professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults. We serve a diverse population and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer.