Job overview We are looking for a Consultant Paediatrician. The post holder will be part of the Community Paediatric Medical Team aiming to lead, provide and co-ordinate with Consultant colleagues an effective, high quality specialist community paediatric service to the children and families in Mid Essex. The successful applicant will join a team of 3 Consultant Community Paediatricians (2.25 WTE), and 1 Specialist Registrars. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with primary care health teams, the acute paediatric team and also with other key agencies, in particular with Children and Young People’s Services (Education and Social Care) and will be expected to hold one or more areas of special clinical interest and take at least one lead role. Advert Provide clinical care for the children and young people of Mid Essex working within the Acute and Community Consultant framework and will have a responsibility for the innovative development of children and young people’s and health promotion Providing specialist advice for prevention, assessment and diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders/physical neuro-disabilities. working closely with other Community Paediatricians in the team To work as a part of the multi-disciplinary team, provide diagnostic service to children presenting with possible Autism Spectrum Disorder. To participate in the MDT clinic to provide diagnostic service to children presenting with physical neuro-disabilities. Safeguarding/Child Protection Assessment and management of both pre-school and school age children with special educational needs with particular reference to the Education Act. To take a non-clinical lead role to compliment the Lead Role provided by the existing team members. To work closely with Care Coordination Centre which is situated in the Headquarters and participate in the weekly rota to triage the referrals coming to the Community Paediatric Department. Will participate in regular departmental operational meetings, Medical Staff Advisory Committee and Local Negotiating Committee meetings. Will attend Safeguarding Peer Review Meetings in mid Essex with hospital paediatricians, at SARC and also Essex wide safeguarding training/peer review meetings. Working for our organisation Provide is a highly respected award-winning health and social care provider. We are growing in size and influence, transforming lives by treating, caring and educating people. We recognise the value of recruiting a diverse, multi-cultural workforce by encouraging diversity through our recruitment practice. We believe in investing in our staff and rewarding high standards of care. We offer development opportunities as well as a wide range of benefits. This post is eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached jo description for a full list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide. FURTHER INFORMATION: How will we contact you? All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails. As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager. If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [email protected] If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert. Checking progress on your application? To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can. Closing Date Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post. Professional UK clinical registration required for the role? If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment. COVID-19 Vaccination Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families. Anti Fraud Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents. Disability If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [email protected]. Work Trials Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager. We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage. Successful Applicant: You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.