Job summary
- Main area
- General Practice
- Grade
- GPwSPi
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 333-G-HCS-GP-0001-B
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Westmead Clinic and Community settings in Harrow
- Town
- Ruislip, Middlesex
- Salary
- £68,975 - £104,085 Plus London Zone Allowance £2162 Per annum, Pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
GPwSPi Children Looked After Harrow
GPwSPi
Job overview
GPwSPI Children Looked After Harrow
Permanent, 2PAs per week
Are you an experienced medical practitioner who is passionate about the health needs of children looked after?
Would you like to use your expertise in children’s health and development in a creative way to improve the health outcomes for children looked after?
If so, then we would like to hear from you.
We are an established team who welcome innovative practice.
This post will provide a unique opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated GP who wishes to pursue a special interest and develop their skills in working with vulnerable children and young people.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Harrow Children Looked After Health Team to provide a flexible service
undertaking health assessments for children looked after.
This would be an ideal job for a local GP or Paediatrician wishing to work additional sessions, or to create a varied portfolio of experience while developing their experience in this specialist area.
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.
Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust’s population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.
We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.
The Trust is organised in to three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL’s specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon Harrow, Ealing and neighbouring System of North Central London.
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
Clinical role
- To ensure that children looked after receive timely and good quality health assessments which clearly identify health needs.
- To identify appropriate health recommendations including outstanding immunisations and to refer onward appropriately.
- To follow up any outstanding actions from health assessments undertaken.
- To provide a young person friendly approach using ‘You’re Welcome’ quality standards.
- To develop expertise in providing assessments to adolescents and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people.
- To use IT appropriately to record all patient activity on the electronic health record.
- To undertake paediatric / observational developmental assessments.
- To be actively involved and contribute to children looked after audits and QI projects.
- To produce timely, accurate and good quality reports as required.
- To support the Medical Advisor for Fostering and Adoption.
- To ensure that clinical practice delivers quality and effectiveness as determined by evidence base on research and practice.
- To work flexibly to deliver a service to meet young people’s wide-ranging needs.
- To work effectively on an inter-professional and interagency basis.
- To offer advice where required to other professionals such as foster carers/key workers and social workers about the health management of looked after children.
Policy and Inter Agency Responsibilities
- To understand all relevant child safeguarding policies.
- To actively lead on the development and implementation of relevant and up to date policies and procedures across Central and North West London (CNWL) focusing on the aspects which specifically relate to children looked after and primary care.
- To contribute to identification of unmet health needs/gaps in service provision and promote innovative service solutions.
- To reflect on and apply lessons learnt from audit, case management reviews, significant case reviews to improve practice.
Co-ordination and Communication
- To ensure regular and timely communication with colleagues in community and acute services.
- To work closely with the Children Looked After Health Team.
- To liaise with Social Care and Education Services as required to ensure the needs of children are me.
- To liaise with GPs, Health Visitors, School Nurses and other health care professionals to ensure that health needs for children are followed up.
Person specification
EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Relevant Professional Qualification or evidence of ongoing professional development
- Inclusion on the GMC Register with licence to practice
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in paediatrics / child health
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate experience in paediatrics / community
- Evidence of attendance at relevant courses or of self-directed learning
- Understanding and experience of community services in a complex healthcare system
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the field of Children looked after
- Experience of working in general practice
- Experience of working with adolescents
- Evidence of audit
- Level 3 Child Protection training
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Expertise in children’s and health development
- Understanding arrangements for safeguarding children and maintaining their welfare
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Good facilitation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative
- Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of applicable statutory processes for CLA
- Understanding of the health needs of children in care
- Knowledge of the issues facing unaccompanied asylum seekers
APTITUDES/ PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Essential criteria
- Respect and consideration for the skills of others
- Motivated to contribute to improving the safety of children
- Ability to relate to children and teenagers
- A good team player and able to work within a small team
- Ability to embrace change positively
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Christine Nichols
- Job title
- Named Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07597007194
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