Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS SPECIALTY DOCTOR
(BARKING)
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Job Details:
Salary
£61,542 - £99,216 per annum (Pro-Rata)
Contract
Substantive
Hours
Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities
On call
None
Location
79 Axe Street, Barking, 1G11 7LZ
The post is for 10 sessions as a Specialty doctor in Community Paediatrics department based at Child and family centre, Axe Street, Barking. The post holder will be a GMC registered clinician responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.
JOB DESCRIPTION PENDING ROYAL COLLEGE APPROVAL
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise junior colleagues. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
The post holder will cover complex Paediatric Neuro-disability within the service (including cerebral palsy, Downs’s syndrome, neurodevelopmental, chromosomal and genetic conditions and syndromes). They will also produce reports to contribute to statutory work including EHC plans, IHA plans, and CP medicals as required. Support and supervision will be provided as needed, dependent on experience.
Working for our organisation
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best careto 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work alongside 4 substantive consultants, and a Specialty doctor in the department. There is a Named doctor for Safeguarding on the unit and a separate WTE consultant in the Designated Safeguarding role who sits in the local CCG and provides supervision for Safeguarding to the Named Doctor in Redbridge.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Experience of neurodisability and neurodevelopmental pediatrics.
2. Experience of examination of children where there are concerns of emotional, physical abuse and neglect
3. Experience of neurodisability and neurodevelopmental pediatrics.
4. Approved training in Child Protection / Safeguarding at Level 3 of the Intercollegiate guidelines
5. Level 3 competencies in the Intercollegiate guidelines Knowledge, skills and competences for Looked After Children
6. Working in multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
GMC
Essential criteria
7. •Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
Experience
Essential criteria
8. At least 2 years General Professional Training in paediatrics
9. Experience in complex neurodisability
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
10. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
11. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
12. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
13. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.