Consultant Community Paediatrician
5 days ago
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic clinician to join the team of paediatric staff providing integrated Community Services to children and young people across Suffolk. The post-holder should have wide experience in all aspects of Community Paediatrics. The post-holder will work within the community paediatric team in West Suffolk and liaise with services within a geographical cluster. We have extremely good working relationships with Nursing and Allied Health Professionals as well as Consultant colleagues at West Suffolk Hospital and with Education and Social Care staff.
We also work as part of a wider paediatric community medical team, with our colleagues in the east locality. The Trust aims to provide equitable community paediatric services across the whole of the county. The provider for the service is led directly by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust but within an Alliance framework with partners (Suffolk County Council, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS trust, Ipswich Hospital and GP Federation). COMMUNITY PROFILE Children and Family Services contracts are commissioned by two Clinical Commissioning Groups for the east and west of the County respectively.
Integrated Community Paediatric Services provide care to the children in Suffolk and are managed by the Associate Director of Integrated Community Paediatric Services. The integrated community paediatric services include community paediatricians, paediatric physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, childrens community nurses, clinical psychologists, audiologists and other associated allied health professionals and administrative staff. The services are based at Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich providing services throughout the west and East of the county respectively. Community Paediatric Services work in partnership with Suffolk County Councils Children and Young Peoples Services, who employ the universal children and family services (health visiting and school nursing) to support children and young people in Suffolk.
Clinical Duties Responsibility for the assessment and management of children referred with neuro-developmental problems from a geographical area including the participation in multi-disciplinary assessment where appropriate. Management of children and young people with long term neuro-disability such as cerebral palsy. The post holder would be encouraged to develop the movement clinic for consideration of botulinum injections to children with cerebral palsy working closely with the orthopaedic team. Assessment of school aged children with suspected autism spectrum disorder following a multidisciplinary triage process.
Provision of medical advice for Education Health and Care Plans for children under our care. Assessment of children where there are safeguarding concerns raised by other Health or Educational professionals, Police and Social Services. The post-holder will be expected to be experienced in safeguarding assessment. Initial Health Assessments for looked after children Clinical and educational supervision of trainees and medical students working within the Child Health Department.
Providing clear standards, encouraging high quality care, with encouragement of audit and fully participating in the clinical governance arrangements of the Trust. The post-holder will be based in the Child Health Centre in Bury St Edmunds with some peripheral clinics based in Stowmarket. The post-holder would be encouraged to develop a special interest that complemented work already undertaken in the department, or that strengthened links with other childrens services, thus facilitating the care of children in Suffolk. This may include development of a functional vision clinic, feeding clinic or movement clinics for children with severe neurodisability.
The community paediatric team are responsible for the medical care of children from infancy to school-leaving age (in some cases 19 years) across Suffolk, with a range of complex medical and developmental problems. Each consultant tends to see children from specific geographical areas, although there is flexibility in this arrangement to accommodate urgent referrals and those with specific needs. Shared care arrangements for certain children occur with our acute colleagues at the West Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich Hospital or with tertiary centers. Multi-disciplinary assessment for pre-school children with complex medical and developmental needs including autism assessment.
Dedicated movement clinic including Botulinum Toxin-A injection for children with Cerebral Palsy. Dedicated local neuromuscular clinic on a shared care basis with a tertiary centre. Safeguarding assessments. This is an expert same day consultation and paediatric assessment service for all agencies, Social Services, Police, Hospital and Primary care.
Assessment for suspected child sexual abuse is not currently undertaken by our service. Specialist paediatric medical advice is available to schools for children who
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Consultant Community Paediatrician
1 month ago
Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full timePlease see the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details. Children and Family Services contracts are commissioned by two Clinical Commissioning Groups for the east and west of the County respectively. Integrated Community Paediatric Services provide care to the children in Suffolk and are managed by the Associate Director of...
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Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking for a committed clinician to join the team of paediatric staff providing integrated Community Services to children and young people across Suffolk. The post-holder should have wide experience in all aspects of Community Paediatrics. The post-holder will work within the community paediatric team in West Suffolk and liaise with services within...
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking for a committed clinician to join the team of paediatric staff providing integrated Community Services to children and young people across Suffolk. The post-holder should have wide experience in all aspects of Community Paediatrics. The post-holder will work within the community paediatric team in West Suffolk and liaise with services within...
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking for a committed clinician to join the team of paediatric staff providing integrated Community Services to children and young people across Suffolk. The post-holder should have wide experience in all aspects of Community Paediatrics. The post-holder will work within the community paediatric team in West Suffolk and liaise with services within...
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking for a committed clinician to join the team of paediatric staff providing integrated Community Services to children and young people across Suffolk. The post-holder should have wide experience in all aspects of Community Paediatrics. The post-holder will work within the community paediatric team in West Suffolk and liaise with services within...
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Full timeWe are looking for a committed clinician to join the team of paediatric staff providing integrated Community Services to children and young people across Suffolk. The post-holder should have wide experience in all aspects of Community Paediatrics. The post-holder will work within the community paediatric team in West Suffolk and liaise with services within...
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