Job summary
- Main area
- paediatric
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 395-MED450-24
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Child and Family Health Centre,
- Town
- Barking
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Per annum , London Allowance £2162 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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COMMUNITY CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN - BARKING
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Job Details:
Salary |
£93,666 - £126,281 per annum (Pro-rata) |
Contract |
Substantive |
Hours |
Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5) |
On call |
None |
Location |
73 Axe Street, Barking, IG11 7LZ |
Qualifications needed:
· Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
· CCT or equivalent
· Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
· At least 2 years’ experience in Community Child Health.
Main duties of the job
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting to a Community Consultant Paediatrician position in the Barking and Dagenham Specialist Children Service, based at the Child and Family Health Centre, 79 Axe Street, Barking, IG11 7L.
This is a new, substantive, full-time post. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to it as soon as possible.
You will join another 4wte Consultant Paediatricians, 1wte Specialist Grade Doctor, 2wte Specialty Doctors, and 2wte Core/GP Trainees within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.
Working for our organisation
Why Barking & Dagenham?
Barking & Dagenham has extremely good transport links to central London and eastwards to Essex and Kent. In terms of public transport, the borough is served by a good local bus network as well as National Rail/C2C (Barking), the District Line (Barking, Upney, Becontree, Dagenham Heathway, Dagenham East), the London Overground (Barking & Barking Riverside) and the new Elizabeth Line (Chadwell Heath).
Barking and Dagenham services have a culture of continual learning and development. Several service development and Quality Improvement initiatives are being progressed.
You will be expected to:
· Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to babies, children and young people across Barking & Dagenham.
· Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
· Work directly with babies, children and young people, and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers and acute hospitals
· Participate in the local Child Protection rota
· Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
· Work alongside 4wte Consultant Paediatricians, 1wte Specialist Grade Doctor, 2wte Specialty Doctors, and 2wte Core/GP Trainees within the service
· Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be successful in your application, you will need:
· To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
· To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about baby, children, and young people health care,
· Essential understanding of current developments in community paediatric care,
· To be a team player
NELFT Benefits:
· Relocation expenses
· Career Development and training
· Just & Compassionate Culture
· Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
· Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
· Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Health & Wellness initiatives
· 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
· Retail Discounts
· Flexible working and agile working
· Cycle to work scheme
To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED450-24.
For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Redbridge, by accessing this video link: Working for NELFT in our Barking & Dagenham Medical Directorate
We encourage you to view our Trust website and read the news stories, which will give you more information about the breadth of the organisation and our innovative services. Please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk/why-join-us or www.nelft.nhs.uk
Please also view our social media pages to get an insight into life at #TeamNELFT.
Twitter: @NELFT / NELFTCareers
LinkedIn: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust | LinkedIn
Facebook: NELFT | London | Facebook
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- MRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- On the GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview
Clinical Experience and Training
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years General Professional Training in paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- 3 years Higher Specialist Training, including 2 years in Community Paediatrics, or is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist
Specific Clinical Skills:
Essential criteria
- Experience of neurodisability and neurodevelopmental Paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- Approved training in Child Protection / Safeguarding at Level 3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Manjari Tanwar
- Job title
- Associate Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Medical Director for Community Physical Health:
Dr Hélène Brown [email protected]
Medical Director for Mental Health:
Dr Vincent Perry [email protected]
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