Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of dynamic and experienced community paediatricians in an active and progressive department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We work closely with our acute paediatric colleagues and are an active training unit. The community paediatric team hold clinics across East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and in specialist school provisions.
The post holder will be expected to provide consultant input into the child development and Neurodisability service and there will be opportunity to develop a special interest (e.g. transition, epilepsy, Children Looked After) depending on experience and interest.
There is no out of hours commitment with this post although the post holder will participate in a weekday daytime rota for child protection. This does not include sexual abuse medicals which are seen elsewhere.
Main duties of the job
1. Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care
2. Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
3. Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
4. Active participation in continuing medical education
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will participate in the diagnosis and management of CYP with a range of neurodevelopmental difficulties, long term complex conditions and Neurodisability, share multidisciplinary team assessments and meetings as required, participate in multidisciplinary assessment clinics for children with suspected autism, for pre-school and school age children, participate in the diagnosis and management of neurodevelopmental conditions including ASD and ADHD, provide a safeguarding children service in conjunction with other colleagues, participate in providing medical input for SEN, special schools and adoption and fostering as required and provide clinical supervision of Paediatric doctors in training.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Training
* Full GMC registration
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
* College membership (MRCPCH) or qualification of an equivalent level
* Postgraduate academic degree
* CCT or equivalent in subspeciality of Community Child Health
Previous Experience
* A minimum of 2 years’ experience and training
* Interest and experience in working with multi-disciplinary Inter-agency teams
* Experience in diagnosis and management of social communication disorders
* Training and experience in the management of suspected child abuse and attendance at case conferences
* Achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics. Able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training usually including 3 years in Community Child Health (usually after 5 years of Higher Specialist Training in total)
Clinical Governance
* Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Teaching
* Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
* Ability to teach clinical skills
Research
* Participation in research
* Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [emailprotected]
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.
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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.
If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Carole Anne Colford
Job title: Clinical Director for Community Paediatrics
Email address: [emailprotected]
Telephone number: 01438 288342
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