Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to employ an enthusiastic Consultant Paediatrician with expertise in community child health to help deliver a highly regarded service for children in Greenwich.
You will join a team of motivated, experienced and supportive Community Paediatricians with multidisciplinary and interagency working being a significant part of the role.
The Greenwich Community Paediatric Team aims to provide high quality, equitable services to children and young people living in or out of the Borough, who are registered with a Greenwich GP.
We provide diagnostic and clinical management services for children with Neurodisability and Additional needs together with statutory assessments for the Local Authority Children’s Services (Child Protection assessments, Adoption, and Looked after Child assessments, Child Death Reviews and Special Educational Needs advice for Educational and Health care plans).
The candidate should be competent in the assessment, diagnosis and management in child development and disability, and in behavioural and social paediatrics.
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork,equity,and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
The Consultant will be expected to work with the multidisciplinary teams to ensure that health provider services meet their responsibilities for children with SEND. They will also provide strategic direction for the servicein meeting statutory requirements for SEND,identify priorities for development and facilitate improvement.The Designated Medical Officer plays a key part in implementing the SEND reforms and in supporting joined up working between health services and local authorities.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Mar 2025
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