Job overview

This post is a replacement post and will be mainly based at Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children which is on the St. Helier site, however in keeping with trust principles cross site working is encouraged and may be required. The post holder will help deliver Community Paediatric services for the London Boroughs of Merton and Sutton.

We are keen to support a suitable candidate to develop an area of interest which supplements the work of the department and this post does require the candidate to provide Designate role. There are no on-call commitments unless desired.

We currently offer our patients a wide range of services including diagnosis and management of all types of Developmental Problems e.g. Global Developmental Delay and Autism assessment in the under 5s, Motor Coordination Disorder, Neurodevelopmental disorders and Neuro-disability along with SEN and CLA clinics.

We are an integrated service of community and acute based staff with some colleagues working across both areas. The post holder will join a team of 4.85 Consultants and 1 Associate Specialists with community roles. We are currently supported by 2 locum consultants to support service needs. There are also 3 RCPCH Specialist Trainees rotating to Community Paediatrics (6 month posts) and a Clinical Nurse Specialist for epilepsy, 1 Specialist Nurses in SEN in addition to the homecare team, as part of the Community Nursing team at Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children.

Pending Royal College approval 

Main duties of the job

The post includes

a)    Designate doctor role for CLA and medical adviser role for Adoption and fostering for London Borough of Merton

b)    Neurodevelopment clinic such as

Assessment of social communication problems including ASD in the under 5s,

Management of children with complex needs that impact on daily living activities and     education.

c)    Support the department as required in

·         Educational paediatrics including preparing reports for EHCNA

·         Medicals for looked after children 

d)    Support the department as required with triaging and supervision of Neurodevelopment nurse.

Pending Royal College approval 

Working for our organisation

We are truly an integrated health and care Trust. In simple terms, that means that as well as the services we provide at our acute care hospitals (Epsom in Surrey and St Helier nearby in south west London) we work with local GPs, mental health services, community providers and local authorities, with the joint aim of preventing local people from becoming unwell, and when they do, that they receive the right care, in the right place, with the right support.

So, as well as great hospital care, together we offer an increasing range of services. These include adult community health, sexual health and children's therapies. Many of these community services are run by the partnerships we host, Surrey Downs Health and Care and Sutton Health and Care. 

Continuing the partnership theme, we also host and run some exceptional hospital-based services including the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Service – rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – and we also have the largest nephrology (care around kidney disease) service in the UK, that isn't co-located with a transplant service.

We also work as part of the St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital and Health Group, with a shared leadership and increasing collaboration to develop stronger clinical and corporate services between two major providers serving Surrey and South West London