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Job summary

Main area
Mental health
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 8 sessions per week
Job ref
395-MED538-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Grovelands
Town
Chadwell Heath, Essex
Salary
£59,175 - £95,400 per annum pro rota
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/01/2025 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS SPECIALTY DOCTOR (CHADWELL HEATH - REDBRIDGE)

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

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

COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS SPECIALTY DOCTOR

(CHADWELL HEATH - REDBRIDGE)

 

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

 

Job Details:

 

Salary

£59,175 - £95,400 per annum (Pro-Rata)

Contract

Substantive

Hours

Full-time: 8 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 6:2)

On call

None

Location

Grovelands, Grove Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, RM6 4XH

 

Qualifications needed:

·       Full GMC Registration with a license to practice

·       Mastery in the management of a broad range of physical health conditions in babies, children, and young people, including neurodevelopmental disorders

·       At least 4 years post graduate training including community paediatrics (or demonstrate equivalent experience and competences).

·       Knowledge and training in Child safeguarding

·       Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training.

 

Main duties of the job

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

Working for our organisation

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 Paediatrics Specialty Doctor position in the Redbridge Child Development Centre, The Grove, Grove Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, RM6 4XH.

 

This is an established, substantive, part-time position – 8 PAs with 6 DCCs and 2 SPAs. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to it as soon as possible.

 

You will join 5.6wte Consultant Paediatricians, 1wte Specialist Grade Doctor, 1wte Senior Trainee, and 0.2wte GP Trainee within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be expected to:

·       Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to babies, children, and young people across Redbridge.

·       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 5.6wte Consultant Paediatricians, 1wte Specialist Grade Doctor, 1wte Senior Trainee, and 0.2wte GP Trainee within the service

·       Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

 

Person specification

GMC

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration with a license to practice

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Mastery in the management of a broad range of physical health conditions in babies, children, and young people, including neurodevelopmental disorders

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 4 years post graduate training including community paediatrics (or demonstrate equivalent experience and competences).

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and training in Child safeguarding

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vincent Perry
Job title
Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED538-24.

 

For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Redbridge, by accessing this video link: Working for NELFT in our Redbridge 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

 

For further details / informal visits contact:

 

Consultant Paediatrician: Dr Venkata Enuganti               [email protected]

 

Associate Medical Director: Dr Shweta Anand                 [email protected]

 

Medical Director: Dr Vincent Perry                                     [email protected]

 

Chief Medical Officer: Dr Caroline Allum                           [email protected]

 

Medical Staffing:                                                                   [email protected]

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