Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Specialty Doctor in Community Child Health and Neurodisability
The closing date is 23 November 2025
Specialty Doctor Child Development Centre, Hillingdon Hospital Site
Permanent, 10 PAs
This post is for a Specialty Doctor in Community Child Health and Neurodisability. The postholder is expected to work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team and will receive the right support when needed. The post holder will work closely with other medical colleagues to provide safeguarding (including child protection and children looked after) and neuro disability services. Training will be provided depending on the learning needs of the postholder. The postholder will be accountable to the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director.
This is a full time post with 10 Programmed Activities. Applicants wishing to work less than full time can also apply for this post. Office accommodation and secretarial support, access to PC, email, and Internet will be provided. The post holder will be a member of a young and vibrant team of Community Paediatricians and will work in a variety of settings such as the Child Development Centre, CAMHS, Children's Centres, Schools, Nurseries, the child's home or in other primary care settings. There is no mandatory out-of-hours on-call commitment in this post.
Further information and to arrange a site visit: Dr Ahmed Ahmed, Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead
Email Address: Ahmed.Ahmed29@nhs.net
Secretary: Nirmala Mothe, Tel No. 01895 488788
Email Address: Nirmala.Mothe2@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The team holds a weekly peer supervision (case discussion) meeting and monthly safeguarding supervision meeting with hospital colleagues. Regular teaching and training opportunities occur locally and Trust wide as part of the Community of Practice Learning Programme. The postholder will also be able to join regional networks such as neurodisability, CNWL Community Paediatricians and epilepsy networks. They are actively involved in national research projects, audits and QI projects. The postholder will work closely with Paediatric colleagues and the multidisciplinary team to assess, manage, plan, and deliver care in an integrated model. The post holder will be an effective team member while working on their own initiative. They will supervise medical students and trainees as appropriate. The post holder will have the opportunity to be the lead for the department for Safeguarding, advisory role for SEND, safeguarding and/or sensorineural hearing loss. Other areas of special interest are encouraged where they are consistent with the department's responsibilities to deliver and develop services to meet the needs of the local children.
The postholder will share the overall clinical responsibility with the other Community Paediatricians for the standard of Paediatric medical care. In this context the post holder will strive to maintain the highest standard of care for patients. This includes commitment to clinical governance.
About us
CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.
Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust's population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.
We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.
The Trust is organised into three divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL's specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon, Harrow, Ealing and neighbouring system of North Central London.
Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.
Job responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities:
The post holder is expected to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service within the Community Child Health service, covering responsibilities in the following areas:
Clinical activities: Child Development and Comorbidity clinics and related administrative work. Covering for child protection medical assessments (excluding sexual abuse) during working hours. Children looked after clinics. Clinical triage/screening of referrals. MDT clinical discussions or meetings. Any clinical patient-related meetings and activities.
Teaching: To contribute to departmental teaching and regional/national educational meetings. To contribute to teaching of paediatric trainees, medical students and other MDT staff.
Management and leadership: Audit, quality improvement and service development. Clinical governance. Educational and Management supervision.
The post holder will be expected to: Accurate and timely documentation of clinic consultations and care plans. To work to the agreed job plan and provide safe effective service and achieve departmental KPIs. Act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. Have full registration with a license to practice with the GMC. Gain further professional knowledge through accredited courses/workshops, study and in-house training programmes to satisfy the credit hours recommended by RCPCH. To contribute to training, teaching, research and quality improvement projects of the department. To develop organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. To work within the team to ensure effective risk management by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register. To participate in established peer supervision/safeguarding supervision sessions. To engage with Children's Community of Practice in CNWL to develop and provide standard best practice.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
* Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher Degree.
* DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
Training
* 6 years postgraduate training or equivalent, including 4 years in Paediatrics (or demonstrate equivalent experience and competences)
* Experience in Community Paediatrics
* Experience in other areas related to child health, such as general practice, mental health
Other Professional Experience
* Experience of working as part of and leading a multidisciplinary team
* Experience in Child Protection Medical Examinations.
* Ability to supervise trainees for Child Protection Medical Assessments
* Good understanding of health inequalities and the impact of social determinants on children, young people and families
* Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of Community Child Health practice to take a lead role in that area
* Up to date with Level 3+ Safeguarding and Child Protection competences
* Experience in autism assessment and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
* Experience in autism assessment and other neurodevelopmental disorders
* Ability to use standardized assessment tools such as Griffith, Bayley, ADI - R, ADOS...etc.
Leadership & Management
* Capable of working independently and making sound clinical decisions
* Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams within community child health settings and interagency systems i.e. social care and education
* Participation in and demonstration of understanding of clinical governance, risk management, service planning and quality improvement
* Ability to develop guidelines for departmental clinical use, and lead in service development
* Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams within community child health settings
* Completion of a management or leadership course
* Ability to mentor or coach junior staff
Academic / Teaching
* Demonstration of enthusiasm and experience in undergraduate and postgraduate paediatric teaching
* Demonstration of participation in clinical audit and quality improvement
* Demonstration of participation in departmental teaching
* Formal training in teaching / research / QI
* Record of publications in peer reviewed journals; Record of presentations at medical conferences
Personal skills
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to work constructively in a multidisciplinary team, be flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues
* Ability to manage time effectively, and manage competing demands in a busy service, respond to changing circumstances and manage setbacks or pressures
* Ability to demonstrate values consistent with the Trust values, be a role model and be accountable for professional duties and behaviors
* Has interpersonal skills, empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work collaboratively with others and cultural competency
* Competent in the use of electronic health records and IT/computer systems for clinical work and administration
* Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience
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.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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