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.
Responsibilities
* 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 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 complement 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.
EEO Statement
Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.
Benefits
This post is eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme.
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