Specialty Doctor in Community Paediatrics
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
This is a replacement Specialty Doctor post in Community Paediatrics, working within the Community/Neurodisability team at the Child Development Centre at Poole Hospital. The successful applicant will join a team of 7 Consultants, 2 Specialists and 4 Specialty Doctors, with close links with the acute paediatricians working in the hospital. There is a planned contract of 10 programmed activities in Community Paediatrics but applicants wishing to work part-time will be considered.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be expected to:
1. Support a community base, delivering predominantly pre-school-age developmental assessments.
2. Work in the Looked After Children service, performing Initial Health Assessments.
3. Hold responsibility for a local school for children with moderate learning disabilities.
4. Opportunity to support a local enuresis service.
5. Additional interests could be catered for, including medical education, palliative care or safeguarding.
There is no on-call element to this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration
* MRCPCH
* Completed at least 4 years full-time postgraduate training, of which at least 2 years must be in paediatrics
* MSc or Diploma in Child Health
Experience
* All-round general experience in paediatrics.
* Experience in running own independent out-patient clinics.
* Experience in Community Paediatrics, including preschool multidisciplinary assessments.
* Experience of a special school.
* Experience in enuresis/tics.
Knowledge
* Basic management skills. Good understanding of the structure and processes within the NHS including clinical governance.
* An understanding of research methodology and critical appraisal.
* Involvement in clinical governance.
* Good organisational and time-management skills. Excellent IT skills.
* Evidence of publications/presentations.
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.
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