Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician in Islington

Job overview Whittington Health NHS Trust is seeking an 7 PA Consultant in Community Paediatrics for 6months, pending substantive recruitment. We are looking for a developmental paediatrician to join our Islington Community Paediatrics Team at the Northern Health Centre, Upper Holloway, London. This post covers a variety of community paediatrics; doing regular developmental paediatrics including an MDT clinic for severe physical disabilities, contributing to the diagnosis of a variety of developmental disorders, covering and conducting clinics in special schools and participating on the Child Protection rota with the Camden community consultant team. It would be ideal if the applicant can cover the Named Dr role for Safeguarding, but this is not mandatory. Islington has a team of Community Paediatricians, and the successful applicant will be working closely with the team at Northern Health Centre. There is some flexibility to accommodate special interests and opportunities exist for developing clinical interests. Main duties of the job Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role. Working for our organisation Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Duties of the post Summary outline : 1.Special School clinics 1 per week 2.Neurodevelopmental clinics 3 community clinics per month, one multi-disciplinary clinic for children with conditions significantly affecting their posture and movement who are not (yet) in special needs schools and one clinic a month in ADHD service working together with another consultant 3.ASD diagnostic clinic (1PA)– to be part of the Social Communication Team and participate in the MDT diagnostic process. 4.CP second on call (0.25 PA) 2 hours per call, the CP on call is fortnightly on Fridays 5.SPA (1.25 PA) CPD, this includes departmental meetings, CP peer review, mandatory training and own appraisal 6.Lead for training of junior doctors and medical students (0.25PA) 7.Named doctor for safeguarding – if this role is taken up, it is 2PA. There will then be less community clinic per month Please see the attached job description for full details. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Full GMC Registration MB BS or equivalent MRCP / MRCPCH or equivalent CCT (or equivalent), or within 6 months of CT date, or entry on the Specialist Register of GMC for Paediatrics Evidence that the candidate is within 6 months of CCT date and is expected to achieve a CCT Desirable criteria BSc in medical subject PhD, Md, MSc, DCH CCT in Paediatric Neurodisability Clinical Experience and Skills Essential criteria Experience of working in a multidisciplinary Child Development team and ability to carry out comprehensive developmental assessments Competence in management of common problems in children with ADHD, Autism, epilepsy and physical neurodisability Minimum Level 3 Children Protection competence, ability to assess children when there are safeguarding concerns and experience of providing safeguarding supervision Competence in management of common general paediatric problems – acute and chronic Desirable criteria Substantial clinical experience as a clinician in paediatric neurodisability, managing epilepsy, and would be able to manage children with complex health needs Teaching Essential criteria Experience of Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching Desirable criteria Additional teaching qualifications Team Working Essential criteria Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team, seeking advice from, sharing experience with, and offering support to other team members Desirable criteria Experience of working in an interagency team Communication skills Essential criteria Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to interpret and communicate on a broad range of health information in a social and education context Strong leadership qualities including ability to build effective relationships, influence, and negotiate with others, political astuteness and sensitivity, ability to manage conflict of interest Desirable criteria Able to analyse holistic health chronologies and provide a written comprehensive report detailing the implications of the information for the care experienced child’s current and future health and wellbeing Management ability Essential criteria Ability to undertake administrative tasks Ability to prioritise tasks Ability to supervise junior staff Desirable criteria Completed recognised leadership course Participation in Clinical Governance Essential criteria Record of completed audit and service improvement project Desirable criteria Experience in NHS complaint handling Clinical incident reporting Experience in Clinical incident reporting Experience in Training in and experience of appraisalExperience in Risk management training An understanding of clinical governance and its application to the role of Named Doctor Personal Skills Desirable criteria Training in communication skills, counselling, educational supervision SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to : Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines. Participate in required training and supervision. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. #J-18808-Ljbffr