Consultant Paediatrician (with a special interest in Neurodisability)
The closing date is 20 March 2026
Joint Post - NELFT & Great Ormond Street Hospital
CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) Flexible working available
This joint Consultant Paediatrician position is in the Barking and Dagenham Community Team, based at 79 Axe Street, Barking, IG11 7LZ and the Neurodisability Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
This is a full‑time post of 10 Programmed Activities with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities.
Main duties of the job
This is a newly created post, following investment by the place based ICB to support the increased demand on Community Paediatric services. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place in Barking and Dagenham community babies, children, and young people services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
This joint Consultant Paediatrician post for Children & Young People will enable the transfer of specialist skills in Neurodisability (movement disorder), streamline Neurodisability pathways across both organisations, support recruitment, and deliver training to existing and new staff members. This initiative aligns with the NHS Long Term Plan to bring healthcare closer to the communities we serve.
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
The expectation of the post holder will be to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trust's Values in their day‑to‑day work.
We are kind
We are respectful
We work with our communities
GOSH values are also expected:
Always welcoming
Always helpful
Always one team
Job responsibilities
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 Barking & Dagenham. 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.
The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with babies, children, and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers, and acute hospitals.
This post provides unique opportunity for the post holder to further develop links already established with the Tertiary and local acute trusts, in order to deliver specialist services within the community. There are existing close links with the acute paediatric department at King George Hospital (Ilford) and Queens Hospital (Romford) alongside Tertiary colleagues at the Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The postholder will spend one day per week (2 PAs) with the Movement Disorder Service at GOSH (part of the Wolfson Neurodisability Service) joining a morning clinic and then participating in educational activities / administration in the afternoon. We hope that through this, local networks can be strengthened and delivery of care enhanced.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* oMRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
* oFull GMC registration
* oOn the GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
* oCCT/CCST or equivalent accreditation in Community Paediatrics or equivalent training and experience
Clinical Experience and Training
* oAt least 2 years General Professional Training in paediatrics.
* o3 years Higher Specialist Training, including 2 years in Community Paediatrics, or is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
* oValid BLS Training
Specific Clinical Skills
* oExperience of neuro-disability and neurodevelopmental Paediatrics.
* oExperience in safeguarding/children in care where there are concerns of emotional, physical abuse, and neglect.
* oApproved training in Child Protection / Safeguarding at Level 3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines.
* oLevel 3 competencies in the Intercollegiate guidelines Knowledge, skills, and competences for Children in care
* oWorking in a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
* oWorking with families living with significant levels of deprivation and understanding of working in a multicultural community
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.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
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