Main area Community Paediatrics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 8.5 sessions per week (Additional PAs dependant on service needs and job planning.) Job ref 331-L0750725
Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Longlands Child Development Centre Town Lancaster Salary £96,990 - £107,155 APA discussed as part of annual job planning. Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2025 23:59
Specialist Doctor in Community Paediatrics
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
The Community Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Service is seeking 1 part-time Specialist Community Paediatrician.
The ideal applicant will have experience of all aspects of community paediatrics including child development, ASD, ADHD, neuro disability, Children Looked After, children in need and children with
special educational needs.
You will have an ability to work independently, but within a supportive team. Multiagency and multidisciplinary working is expected and encouraged.
An area of special interest to complement those already available in the Department would be welcomed and can be discussed.
You will have ready access to senior opinion when required. Additional training will be made available for any areas a successful candidate has less experience of. Career progression will be supported and encouraged via a named supervisor, mentoring, annual appraisal and job planning.
There are no on-call or acute responsibilities attached to this post. However, there are opportunities to interact with acute colleagues based at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, and with colleagues in South
Cumbria, thus ensuring an integrated approach to child health. We have good links with our therapy colleagues, integrated children’s community nursing team (via UHMB) and our colleagues in School
nursing and Health visiting (via Virgin Care) and Education.
Main duties of the job
Within UHMBFT, Children and Young People’s (CYP) Services are integrated within the Medicine, Emergency Care and Children's Services (MECCS) Division. Leadership and support is provided through a robust management and governance structure.
The CYP team provides hospital-based acute paediatric care, neonatal services, scheduled day case and outpatient care, and safeguarding / child-protection expertise. UHMBT covers North Lancashire and South Cumbria. In North Lancashire, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBFT) is responsible for the provision of community paediatric services in the Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area.
In addition to our 2 vacancies wehave3Community Paediatric Consultants,oneAssociateSpecialist (shared with acute services),and oneSpeciality Doctorwho have a rangeof interests including Autism, ADHD,Neurodisabilityand LookedAfterChildren. We have 2 Paediatric trainees from theNorthWestDeanery working with us in Community Paediatrics.Anumber ofour consultants hold acute clinicsin addition toprovidingclinics in the community.
Morecambe Bay is part of the ICS which involves Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, East Lancs Hospital Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. Working together to develop services across the geographical
foot print.
Working for our organisation
We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at time of appointment
* Medical Degree from a recognised university
* Training in General Paediatrics with community special interest or additional experience at middle grade level or above
* Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework.
* Level 2 Child Protection Training
* Level 3 Child Protection Training
* Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (or equivalent) or Diploma in Child Health
Experience
* Completed a minimum of 12 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and / or closed SAS grades.
* Equivalent years’ experience in relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
* Broad experience of community paediatric problems including child development, ASD, ADHD, Neurodisability, Children in Care, medical advice for special educational needs and child protection
* Experience in other areas relevant to Community Child Health e.g. General Practice, Child Mental Health, Public Health, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Neurodisability
Professional Values & Behaviours
* Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop the service.
* Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and Generic Professional Capabilities Framework (or equivalent for Dentists)
* Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients, employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent autonomous practitioner.
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
* Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns through clinical governance systems where necessary.
* Collaborates with MDT and interprofessional teams to manage risks and issues across organisations and settings
* Evaluates and audits own and others clinical practice and acts on findings.
Leadership & Teamworking
* Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive .
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us atUHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new roleincluding: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti-fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this linkhttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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