Consultant Community Paediatrician

☞ Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Nottingham East Midlands

Category: Health / Medical Care Doctors / Nurse Part-time

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Job type: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £88,364 - £119,133 a year

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NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area
The Children’s Hospital
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent: 10 PAs
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
164-4650287
Site
Children’s Development Centre
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£88,364 - £119,133 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/11/2022 23:59
Interview date
20/01/2023

Job overview

Nottingham Children’s Hospital at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant Community Paediatrician (10PAs)

We are seeking two 10 PA Consultant Community Paediatricians to join the Community Paediatrics Service at Nottingham Children’s Hospital.

The post holder will be an integral part of Nottingham Children’s Hospital Community Paediatric team, supporting delivery of services for Children in Care at the Child Development Centre (CDC) and from one or more locality clinics within the Greater Nottinghamshire area (Nottingham City and South Nottinghamshire County). There is also contribution to the daytime safeguarding rota/clinics for suspected non-accidental injuries supported by senior paediatricians.

Applicants must be on the GMC specialist register, or within 6 months of their expected date of CCT at time of interview.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached job description for an outline of the service and indicative job plan.

The bulk of the Community Paediatric clinic work is carried out in six geographical patches, plus the Child Development Centre, and each patch team is led by a consultant who also carries district wide responsibilities. We also have close working with allied health including some joint clinics. Together, the team provide comprehensive general and specialist community child health services including paediatric referral clinics (GP referral) in all the main health centres, and work within local specialist schools. There are close links with primary care teams, education, and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health team who cover the same area.

Working for our organisation

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) was established in 2006 and we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham.

NUH are, by any measure, a large, complex, person-centred organisation. With over 17,000 employees from a wide range of professional backgrounds, they are one of the region’s largest employers.

NUH has an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of their patient care and for their research, education and innovation. They have strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for their students, as well as being a major research organisation.

For information about the Trust, including business plans, annual reports, and services, visit their website.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have various staff benefits. Some of the benefits of working for NUH include;

  • Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our 24hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks
  • Access to Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
  • Salary sacrifice schemes
  • Cycle to work and travel passes
  • NHS discounts
  • Flexible working

Details of these and other benefits can be found on our intranet pages which you will have access when you commence with Team NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Whilst main clinics may have set days, other activities are more variable and flexible and so the exact time and day of the week may vary according to demand or your existing commitments. Flexible working from home is possible for some activities and a laptop with remote secure access to hospital systems will be provided.

Both posts include scope for developing exciting roles involving specialist skills and interests, and these are detailed in the individual job plans below. Appropriate training and support to undertake these roles would be provided. Candidates wishing to expand their interests in specialist safeguarding or assessment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) would be particularly encouraged. Other possibilities for special interest include Down syndrome, neurodisability, sleep, hearing pathway, sexual assault, children in care/looked after, or another area that the candidate wishes to explore and that meets with service objectives.

Less than full time applications are welcome, but core DCC elements of the role must be included in the final agreed job plan.

Person specification

Training and qualifications

Essential criteria

  • MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
  • Full GMC registration On the GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR-CP in Paediatrics.
  • Capable to work at Consultant level in Community Child Health
  • Paediatric advanced life support and Level 3 safeguarding training up to date.

Desirable criteria

  • Teaching and training experience and Medical education supervisor training
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals / presentations at regional / national academic meetings
  • Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
  • CCT or equivalent in subspeciality of Community Child Health

Clinical Skills/Experience

Essential criteria

  • Has achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics
  • Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training including usually 3 years in Community Child Health (usually after 5 years of Higher Specialist Training in total).
  • Experience of ASD and ADHD assessment and current UK legislation relating to Code of Practice and Education Act

Desirable criteria

  • Experience conducting Section 47 (NAI) medicals

Comms/relationship skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
  • Can lead a team and has experience with working in a multidisciplinary setting.

Desirable criteria

  • Formal management training
  • Experience of formal report writing (e.g. court report, statement, EHCP, ASD diagnostic report)

other

Essential criteria

  • UK Driving Licence with access to a car to facilitate travel between the various sites

Analytical/planning

Essential criteria

  • Evidence of being able to problem solve, multi task and cope with a range of competing demands at the same time
  • Good at time management with ability to prioritize activity demands while maintaining professional practice and desirable patient outcome
  • Evidence of being able develop a CYP specific management plan

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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.

Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

  • Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
  • Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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