We 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 East 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.
Interviews to be held on Tuesday 9 June 2026.
Please See Full Job Description attached for details.
Main duties of the job
* 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 at St Helen's House in Ipswich, with the potential for some peripheral clinics based in Stowmarket.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details.
Children and Family Services contracts are commissioned by Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board for the East and West of the County. 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, children's 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Entry on the GMC specialist register in Paediatrics or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Training) at the time of interview and hold a licence to practice. (Consultants only)
Training and Experience
* Wide range of experience in hospital and community child health
* Two years higher specialist training in community paediatrics
* Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Experience in recognition and management of child protection cases.
* Specific training and experience on the use of assessment tools for diagnosis of ASD (e.g. DISCO/ ADOS)
* Assessment and management of behaviour problems
* Experience in management of spasticity including assessment for botulinum toxin treatment for children with cerebral palsy
* Experience with looked after children and adoption medical assessments and processes
Management and Administration
* Experience of clinical leadership and clinical governance
* Evidence of management training
* Experience of leadership and implementing service developments
Teaching Experince
* Ability to teach both medical and non-medical staff involved in children's services.
* Interest in teaching under-graduates and post-graduate students
* Experience of organising teaching/training programmes. Formal training in teaching skills
Research
* Knowledge and interest in appropriate current research methods in paediatrics
* Research experience and/or publications
Skills and Qualities
* Ability to communicate clearly
* To be able to work effectively in a team
* Committed to work within Trust policies
* Committed to CME as laid down by the RCPCH
* Committed to own professional development and be responsible for own revalidation.
* All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following:
o PLAB 1
o PLAB 2
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities.
* Has ability to travel to rural locations.
* To understand the aim and need for appraisal
* To have training and experience in appraisal systems
Clinical Governance
* To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Audit & Clinical Governance.
Standards
* To have a thorough knowledge and demonstrable understanding of "Good Medical Practice" from the GMC.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£109,725 to £145,478 a year Pro Rata Per Annum
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