Overview
Join our warm, innovative Cambridgeshire Children's Services team, where we deliver high quality, compassionate care to children, young people and families across the county. We are seeking a committed Consultant Community Paediatrician to help shape and strengthen our thriving service. You will provide specialist assessment and management for children with neurodevelopmental conditions (including ADHD and autism), long term disabilities, complex health needs, and safeguarding concerns. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams—therapists, nurses, psychologists, and education partners—who are passionate about collaboration and child centred care. This is an opportunity to influence service development, contribute to quality improvement, and support the training and supervision of junior colleagues within a friendly and forward thinking environment.
Essential Criteria:
* Full GMC registration with licence to practise
* Inclusion on the specialist register (Paediatrics) or within 6 months of CCT
* Strong clinical experience in community paediatrics
* Expertise in neurodevelopmental assessment and safeguarding
* Effective communication and multidisciplinary teamworking skills
* Commitment to high quality, equitable care for children and families
If you're motivated to make a tangible difference and keen to join a supportive team dedicated to improving outcomes for children in Cambridgeshire, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Assessment and management of complex physical disability; reasonable working knowledge of tonal management and complex care management
* Supporting the children in care work in the region
* Safeguarding: contribute to regional safeguarding rota providing medical assessment for children with non-acute safeguarding concerns
* Support referral meetings – consultant led
* Support teaching and training of medical students, Community and Neurodisability trainees, educational and clinical supervision
* Ongoing contribution to service development and service evaluation and improvement as part of your role
* There are opportunities to develop further interests in safeguarding, complex care management, mental health, fostering and adoption and LAC; provide expert advice to other agencies where needed; good links with local acute sector colleagues, CAMH, Education and Social care
* The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness processes for their team
About us
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home. Our staff, recognised in the national staff survey, are central to delivering outstanding care. We welcome applicants and commit to staff engagement and development.
Details
Date posted: 12 March 2026
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per year, pro-rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Location: Oak Tree Centre and Peacock Centre, 1 Oaktree Drive/Peacock Centre - Brookfield's Hospital, Huntingdon/Cambridge, PE29 7HN
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
This is a 10 PA post with Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS).
* Assessment and management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders including autism, ADHD and learning disability (individually or as part of a multi-disciplinary team)
* Provide healthcare to children up to 19 years of age in a local SEND school, including medical advice related to learning needs, multi-disciplinary assessment and management of children with complex physical disability; support transition plans and safeguarding; may include advanced care plans and end of life support with other agencies
* The post holder will support a pre-existing team to deliver community paediatric services for children in Cambridgeshire
* Predominantly cover neurodevelopmental clinics for pre-school and school-aged children; provide clinical care of children with neurodisability; support the child protection rota for non-urgent medicals
* May be asked to cover children in care medicals; training can be offered
* Post covers all of Cambridgeshire with shared services with Peterborough; scope to develop areas of interest
* CCS provides child health services in Cambridgeshire as part of the Cambridge and Peterborough ICS, with MDT working and non-urgent safeguarding rota
* We are based at Peacock Centre, Brookfields Hospital; The Oaktree Centre; New Horse Fair Clinic; Alan Conway Court; CDC in Addenbrookes; and other CCS bases
* Team includes 11 Consultants, 2 Specialist/Specialty doctors, 2 Psychologists and a Nurse, with links to Education (SEND), CAMH, Learning disability and local acute sector
* We are committed to improving life outcomes, exploring innovative strategies, and supporting education of medical students and Grid trainees; CCS was rated outstanding at the last CQC inspection
Communication
The post holder should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
MDT work is expected with:
* Community team paediatricians, psychologists and community nurses
* Extended team including Speech and Language Therapists, physiotherapy and occupational therapy
* Community nurses
* Educational colleagues, SEND, SENCOs, Educational Psychologists
* CAMH colleagues
* Acute paediatric colleagues
* Social services
People Management
* Maintain own professional development via annual appraisal
* Teaching and supervision of Community Paediatrics to Paediatric Specialty Trainees across the Eastern Deanery
* Support good medical practice through clinical supervision, education and training, safety and quality reviews, team working and clinical leadership
Research & Development Activity
* Encouraged to undertake research as part of clinical practice and CPD with support from the CCS Research Team; CCS is research-active
* Regular internal CPD activities and multi-disciplinary training; active clinical network across the East of England
* Close links with Cambridge University Hospitals and CAMH; opportunities for clinical and educational research
Clinical and Practice Governance
* Maintain Good Medical Practice; participate in patient safety, service improvement and training within the team
* Work within CCS NHS Trust governance framework and participate in service improvement, quality assurance, clinical effectiveness and risk management
* Registration with GMC and adherence to revalidation
* Job plan includes CPD; mandatory Trust training; annual appraisal and job planning
* Maintain confidentiality and comply with Data Protection Act, Information Governance, and information security policies
* Adhere to risk assessment, infection control, and audit cycles; provide patients and families with information on expected standards
Qualifications & Training
Essential
* Registered with GMC (Full)
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Valid intercollegiate safeguarding training at Level 3
* CCT in Paediatrics with relevant community paediatrics experience (within 6 months of CCT at time of interview; CESR applicants must have CCT by time of application)
Desirable
* Higher Medical Degree or distance learning course
Management
* Audit projects completed
* Evidence of service improvement
* Desirable: management course or experience
Skills & Knowledge
* Strong advocate of community-based children's services
* Good written and verbal communication; able to prioritise amid change
Teaching
* Evidence of teaching experience and peer support
* Desirable: Teaching the Teachers course; publications; appraisal training
Other
Disclosures and UK Registration information: This post is subject to standard safeguarding, visa sponsorship, and UK registration requirements as applicable. See original advert for full details.
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