Community Paediatrics Consultant (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant) - Community Paediatrics - Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Medway NHS Foundation Trust – Gillingham, Kent
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.
The Swale Community Paediatrics Service manages children with a range of clinical presentations which include:
1. Neurodevelopmental and neurodisability
2. Behavioural disorders including; Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and ADHD
This is 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 organisations 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 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.
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.
Key responsibilities:
* Provide Community paediatric care in out-patient services (without need for out of hours cover).
* Provide Community Paediatric care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* By arrangement, 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.
* Undertake, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in emergency and unforeseen circumstances as are essential for continuity of patient care.
* Abide by the clinical and corporation governance policies of the Trust.
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