King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The post will be based at the CYP Havens daytime service in Haven Camberwell (King's College Hospital site), where a refurbished unit provides paediatric medical examinations (after recent assault, but outside a forensic window) and follow-up for children disclosing (or where there are concerns about) sexual abuse. There will also be potential need to travel to the other two Haven sites - Haven Paddington (St Charles Hospital) and Haven Whitechapel (near the Royal London Hospital).
The Havens are keen to provide trainee paediatricians with a tailored, closely supervised training experience in the area of child and adolescent sexual assault/abuse. We are aware that there is a both a shortage of potential to obtain expertise during training in this highly specialised area and an impending shortage of suitably experienced paediatricians to carry out this work at a high standard. The training available during the 6 month period would meet the Level 3 learning outcomes of each learning domain as per the revised RCPCH Curriculum, in particular Safeguarding (Domain 9), Education and Training (Domain 10), Professional values and behaviours and professional knowledge (Domain 1), Professional Skills: Communication (Domain 2), Leadership and Team working (Domain 6), and Quality Improvement (Domain 8).
Main duties of the job
Forensic medical examinations are provided in the Havens' forensic suites. The paediatric trainee will be able to shadow Havens paediatricians and Sexual Offenses Examiners (SOE) during forensic examinations. They will also have the option of gaining further experience of victims of sexual assault at all ages (the predominant age group is adolescent and young adult) by joining the Havens out-of-hours Forensic examination rota as an SOE. This would require attending a Havens course for Sexual Offences Examiners and a period of shadowing cases.
There are additional services for adolescents in the main Haven service. The paediatric doctor will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Paediatricians, Sexual Offenses Examiners, Advocates, Psychologists, social workers and independent sexual violence advisors (ISVA's). Safeguarding is a priority and there are weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings. The team liaises very closely with police and social services. There will be additional responsibility to work with the Family Nurse Advocate and Adolescent Nurse in relation to clinical oversight and participation in paediatric liaison with health, police and other agencies in relation to children who have been seen in the Havens.
Job responsibilities
* Participate in the medical assessment and management of children and young people attending the service for medical assessments after non-recent child sexual abuse, alongside a Consultant Paediatrician.
* Participate in the medical assessment and management of children and young people attending the service for a forensic medical examination after acute child sexual abuse or assault, alongside a Consultant Paediatrician.
* Develop skills in video documentation of genital examinations.
* Participate in Adolescent Clinic for the assessment and management adolescent patients requiring aftercare following sexual assault including sexual health screening and mental health risk identification.
* Participate in MDT safeguarding meetings and provide medical opinion in safeguarding cases.
* Write professional reports to communicate with Children’s Services, medical professionals, and police.
* Provide written witness statements for court when required and attend court if called as a witness of fact.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Registration
* MRCPCH or equivalent.
* Full Registration with GMC.
* Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD).
Training and Experience
* Specialist training to the equivalent of ST5 in general and community paediatric training.
* Experience of clinical involvement with Child Protection procedures e.g carrying out child protection medical examinations under supervision at ST4 or 5 or equivalent level.
* Child Safeguarding level 3 Experience of safeguarding and working within the NHS.
* Equivalent to ST6 or above in general, emergency or community paediatric training.
* Experience of clinical involvement in the area of Child sexual assault/abuse under supervision.
* Experience in safeguarding processes and procedures.
Administration, Management and Leadership
* Experience of involvement in day to day organisation of paediatric services, e.g. rota, educational programme.
* Able to demonstrate leadership capacity appropriate to level of training within multi-disciplinary teams.
Audit, Research and Publications
* Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
* Experience of clinical research.
* Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Personal Skills & Attributes
* Able to deal with the sensitive nature of the work in a SARC, effective verbal and written communication skills in English, able to take a non-judgemental and empathetic approach, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff.
* Professional attitude towards work, able to work flexibly in a multi-disciplinary team, reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance.
* Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
Teaching
* Experience of undergraduate teaching.
* Experience of postgraduate teaching.
* Teaching skills course/qualification.
Kings Values
* Able to demonstrate an understanding of King's Values and commitment to uphold King's Values.
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.
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
213-CAY-7051891
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