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Job summary

Main area
Community Paediatrics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
275-0724CPCON-E
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham, Kent
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/01/2025 23:59

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Community Paediatrics Consultant

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

 

 

Job overview

Community Paediatrics Consultant

Women and Children Care Division

Consultant

£105,504 - £139,882 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Community Paediatrics Consultant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The Swale Community Paediatrics Service manages children with a range of clinical presentations which include:

Neurodevelopmental and neurodisability

Behavioural disorders including; Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and ADHD

This a 10 PA role where the successful applicant will play a crucial role in leading the team to continue to deliver a high standard of care as well as providing strategic lead in driving service improvement in the context of recent changes to commissioning landscape. The latter promises to improve the integration of patient care across providers and allied organisation in the domain of community child health. The post holder will be accountable to the Clinical Director for the Children and Young People Care Group.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.  

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

  • to provide Community paediatric care in out-patient services (without need for out of hours cover.)
  • to provide Community Paediatric care as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • by arrangement to cover colleagues during periods of annual and study leave
  • administrative duties include those associated with the care of the patients and the running of the clinical department
  • help in the supervision and teaching of nursing and junior medical staff
  • participate actively in quality improvement activity/ clinical audit and implement its results
  • the post-holder will undertake, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in emergency and unforeseen circumstances as are essential for continuity of patient care
  • abiding by the clinical and corporation governance policies of the Trust

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCPCH or equivalent. Full GMC registration.
  • On the GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR-CP in Paediatrics.
Desirable criteria
  • Higher degree (Ms, MD, PhD)
  • DCH, MBA or any other relevant diplomas.
  • CCT or equivalent of subspeciality in Community Child Health

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Achieved competencies relating to General Paediatric Training.
  • Achieved competencies equivalent to higher specialist Peadiatric
  • Training including 3 years in Community child health.
Desirable criteria
  • Experinece in other areas realting to community child health including: Gp, child mental health, public health, Peadiatric neurology or neurodisability, eneuresis management and sleep disorders.

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Work unsupervised and make descisions
  • Skilled in working with multidisciplinary teams. Achieve level 3 competencies in community child health.
Desirable criteria
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Sachin Patil
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 975923
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