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COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS SPECIALTY DOCTOR (THURROCK)
The closing date is 22 August 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Contract
Substantive
Hours
None
Location
Thurrock Community Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, RM16 2PX
This post is for a Community Paediatric Specialty Doctor position in the South West Essex Community Paediatric team. This specific post is for the Thurrock part of the service and is based at the Integrated Child Health Service at Gifford House, Thurrock Community Hospital, Long Lane, Grays, RM16 2PX, where the post holder will work in an integrated multidisciplinary team.
This is a newly created post, following identification of additional resource to support the team to deal with the increased demand on the service.A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place in Essex's Community Children and Young People's Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
This is a new post and is full-time, substantive - 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 8 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).
The Job Description is pending Royal College Approval.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as part of a fully integrated multidisciplinary specialist team providing care to children and young people with health needs, across Brentwood and Billericay. The successful applicant will also become part of a large (30+ community paediatricians), dynamic, community paediatric team, across the whole of North East London Foundation Trust.
There is no on call requirement at night, although the post holder will participate in a daytime on-call rota 9am - 5pm to deliver child protection medical examinations.
About us
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide medical support to the team with direct input in clinical cases and work closely with the Consultant Paediatricians (Kaushik Banerjee, and out to advert), other Consultant Paediatricians in the team (Dr Sita Jayakumar, Dr Surangama Mukherjee, Dr Daisy Roland, and Dr Kiki Vratchovska), 3 wte Specialist Grade Doctors, 2 wte Specialty Doctor, and Trainee Doctors in the Team.
Person Specification
GMC
* oFull GMC Registration with a license to practice
Knowledge
* oExperience of neurodevelopmental Paediatrics.
* oKnowledge and training in Child safeguarding
* oExperience of examination of children where there are concerns of emotional, physical abuse, and neglect.
* oWorking in a multi-disciplinary team.
* oWorking with families living with significant levels of deprivation and understanding of working in a multicultural community.
Experience
* oAt least 4 years post graduate training including 2 years community paediatrics (or demonstrate equivalent experience and competences).
Qualifications
* oLevel 2/3 competencies in the Intercollegiate guidelines Knowledge, skills, and competences for Looked After Children.
* oApproved training in Child Protection / Safeguarding at Level 2/3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines.
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.
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