Senior Clinical Fellow in Community Paediatrics
Job Description
Job summary
Whittington Health are looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4+) in Community Paediatrics to join the Haringey Community team. This is a less than full time post, 0.6 full time equivalent.The department offers excellent experience in Neurodisability and Safeguarding with the flexibility to offer the right candidate a bespoke timetable that reflects their interests.
If you have experience in Paediatrics, are an excellent clinician and want to further develop your skills in community paediatrics we would like to hear from you. We offer a supportive environment with close supervision while you develop your confidence in managing medical and developmental complexity.
The post holder will be based at the Tynemouth Road Child Development centre in the vibrant Seven Sisters area in Haringey, which provides assessment and intervention for children with a wide range of special needs and disabilities.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team of community paediatricians and allied health professionals to provide a comprehensive community child health service to the paediatric population in Haringey. The post holder will be supervised by identified leads for all aspects of community paediatrics including Children Looked After, Safeguarding, Neurodevelopment, Neurodisability, SEND and Autism.
There is no out-of -hours on -call commitment in this post.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job responsibilities
Clinical duties:
1. Neurodevelopmental Clinic - includes neurodevelopmental assessment, medical assessment as part of Education Health and Care Plan needs assessment. We do joint assessment with therapists when children have complex needs.
2. Autism Clinic includes medical assessment of children who are undergoing diagnostic assessment for autism.
3. Special School Clinics - The post holder will do clinics at one of the special schools in Haringey with support from the special needs school nurse. This will include medical assessment and management of children with complex medical and developmental needs.
4. The post holder will contribute to the child protection rota as part of the Community paediatric team. This involves being the on-call clinician for safeguarding from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. The clinician will take part in strategy discussions with Social Care and child protection medical assessments. The post holder will be supervised by a senior member based on their experience.
5. Children in Care Clinics The post holder will do initial and review health assessments for Looked After Children.
Teaching:To contribute to departmental teachingTo contribute to teaching of students particularly in relation to community child health services
Audit, Quality Improvement and Service Improvement:To engage in departmental projects and initiatives to improve services, clinical practice and guidelines.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC registration
- MRCPCH or equivalent
Desirable
- Post graduate study in community paediatrics or neurodisability
- Previous experience in community paediatrics
Experience
Essential
- Experience in paediatrics with a good understanding of paediatric conditions
- Good understanding of child development
- An understanding of the role of a paediatrician in multidisciplinary working and working with other agencies.
- Experienced in the holistic assessment of children's health needs and able to provide a written report detailing this information.
Desirable
- Experience in managing children with complex medical/ neurological/ developmental needs
- Experience of working with Looked After Children
- Experience of doing child protection medical assessments
- Experience in autism assessment as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency partners
Skills
Essential
- Good clinical skills in paediatrics
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent written and oral communication skills including report writing.
Desirable
- Training in formal developmental assessment (Griffiths, Bayley, etc)
Management
Essential
- Demonstrates good leadership skills
- Ability to motivate, inspire and support a multi-professional team and be able to work effectively and sensitively within it
- Awareness and understanding of changes in NHS organisation
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Experience of inter-agency work with Social Care, Education and other stakeholders
Education and training
Essential
- Commitment to learning and continuing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of commitment to training, e.g. formal teaching/ training sessions
Research/Academic
Essential
- Completed audits or quality improvement projects that have had a positive impact on clinical practice
- Good presentation skills
- Understanding research methodology
Desirable
- Understanding and proven ability to apply research finding in a clinical/ organisational context
- Completion of research and published.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
- Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills
- Ability to work flexibly in response to the changing needs of the service
- Ability to manage time effectively
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Haringey Community Paediatrics, Tynemouth Road Health Centre
24 Tynemouth Road
Haringey
N15 4RH
