An opportunity has arisen for one less than full time (7PA) Substantive Consultant post in our department. This is a replacement post. The successful applicants will join a team of 10 Consultant Community Paediatricians. The post-holder's clinical core commitments will include Community Paediatrics/neurodisability assessments including secondary level assessment and management of children with developmental difficulties, special educational needs, and child protection medicals. The post holder will be responsible for providing Community Paediatric/Neurodisability care to children and families living in a defined area of West Oxfordshire, and includes clinics within a special school. Clinical work will include a range of activities including clinical assessment, multidisciplinary assessments, supervising specialist registrar/speciality doctor and contributing to the departmental child protection rota. The consultant will be the lead for the department's multidisciplinary assessment process for children with suspected neurodevelopmental disorders and particularly complex needs. This post involves supporting the quarterly transition clinic together with the medical team at the Oxford Centre for Enablement, for children with severe physical disabilities moving from paediatric to adult care.
The postholder's duties will be based at Deer Park Medical Center in Witney and the John Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations, throughout the county, and to attend meetings with Social Services Departments and other partner agencies.
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The post-holder's commitments will include routine Community Paediatrics/Neurodisability assessments including secondary level review and management of children with developmental difficulties, special educational needs, overseeing and monitoring multidisciplinary assessment processes and child protection assessments. The post holder will provide community/neurodisability care for a patch including one special school.
Clinical work will include a range of activities including clinical assessment, multidisciplinary assessments, supervising specialist registrar/speciality doctor and contributing to the departmental child protection rota. The post involves supporting the quarterly transition clinic together with the medical team at the Oxford Centre for Enablement, for children with severe physical disabilities moving from paediatric to adult care. The role also involves a leadership role in the department's multidisciplinary assessment process for children with suspected neurodevelopmental disorders and particularly complex needs.
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An indicative timetable and Job Plan is outlined below. Working days can vary based upon the service requirements and with mutual agreement with the service lead. The final Job Plan for the post will be agreed with the clinical director upon appointment and will be subject to renegotiation at least annually.
Day
Time
Location
Work
Categorisation
No. of PAs
Monday
Tuesday
Witney
Child Development clinic
DCC
1
Witney
Clinical admin
DCC
1
Wednesday
CHOX/ Special school/Oxford Centre for enablement
MDA assessments/ Special school clinic (monthly)
Transition clinic (quarterly)
DCC
1
13.00 – 17.00
CHOX
CPD, teaching HST, journal club, training and audit, peer review, Directorate grand rounds, Educational supervision, teaching medical students, examining, ARCP panel work, CSU Consultant meeting
SPA
1
Thursday
CHOX
Clinical admin (for special school clinic/MDA)
DCC
1
CHOX
MDA lead role
DCC
0.5
CHOX
Educational supervision and CPD
SPA
0.5
Friday
CHOX
CP on call
(alternated weeks)
Other days off
DCC
1
Sunday
Additional agreed activity to be worked flexibly
0
Predictable emergency on-call work
Direct clinical care
0
Unpredictable emergency on-call work
Variable
On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site
Direct clinical care
0
TOTAL PAs
7.5