Main area Community Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent: Full Time Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (There is no acute or safeguarding on call element within this post.) Job ref 438-CA777
Employer Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broadoaks Child Developmental Community Centre Town Leyland Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This post is for a Community Neurodevelopmental Consultant delivering care across Chorley South Ribble and Greater Preston.
The Consultant Community Paediatrician will provide expertise in Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and is expected to manage the full range of presentations in this area of practice alongside various colleagues. This is a replacement post in view of a recent retirement.
You will work closely within a team of 8 consultants and one speciality doctor to provide input to children and young people with a range of Neurodevelopmental conditions, e.g. autism, Special Educational Needs or Neurodisability and contribute to Initial Health Care Assessments of children / young people who are being Looked After (Children in care).
Main duties of the job
Some of the duties will be to:
- Manage own case load and undertake the specialist medical assessment, investigation and clinical management of children and young people presenting with Neurodevelopmental / Neurodisability related problems.
• Participate in the multi-agency assessment and management of children with social communication and interaction difficulties.
• Work closely with the learning disability team and with CAMHS services in management of disabled children with challenging behaviour.
• Carry out health assessments for Looked After children in Chorley/ South Ribble and Greater Preston at either Chorley or Preston.
• Provide medical advice for Education Health and Care Plans for children under our care
• Attend weekly Multi-disciplinary team meetings for Autism and ADHD panels. You will be expected to follow the trust policies and local guidelines for diagnosing Autism and ADHD.
• As we are a teaching hospital, willingness to participate in OSCE sessions and student teaching is required
Working for our organisation
As a teaching hospital, we encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities and can facilitate meeting any training needs for these roles.
There is one higher specialist paediatric training post within the department that is accredited for grid training in Community Child Health, Paediatric Neurodisability and Paediatric Neurology.
The department contributes to undergraduate teaching with placements for year 4 and 5 medical students and contributing to quality improvements projects and communication skills training. Students find the placements very rewarding.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• The Team
Informal enquiries and requests to visit the Hospitals are welcome and should be made, following shortlisting, with Dr. Geraldine Skailes, Medical Director and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive (01772) 522692
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
* Must be on GMC’s Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receiving it at the time of interview.
* Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree
Experience
* Ability to independently undertake specialist medical assessments, investigations and clinical management of patients with Neurodevelopmental / Neurodisability related problems
* Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training. • Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training • Valid BLS Training
* Experience in other areas relevant to Community Child Health e.g. General Practice, Child Mental Health, Public Health, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Neurodisability
* Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of Community Child Health practice to take on a lead role
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.
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Name Dr Sharmista Gupta Job title Clinical Director for Community Paediatrics Email address Sharmishtha.Gupta@LTHTR.nhs.uk Telephone number 07577980294
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