Job Summary
This is a Senior Clinic Fellow post to help cover a Registrar vacancy for up to 6 months in the first instance. This is an ideal opportunity for those who wish to gain experience of community paediatrics to complement acute paediatric training or have community paediatric experience already.
You will work within a team of dynamic and experienced community paediatricians who provide a full range of community paediatric services in an active and progressive department which has close links with the wider children's community health teams, local authority, tertiary services, primary care and voluntary sector. Our Community Children's Services were awarded an "outstanding" status following CQC inspection in 2017.
Main duties of the job
There are identified leads for all aspects of community paediatrics including, adoption and fostering, Children Looked After, safeguarding, SEND, rapid response to child death, vulnerable children, neuro-disability and Autism.
The post holder will work in all aspects of community paediatrics. Child protection medicals will have a senior doctor also assigned for supervision for the first 4 months. There is no out-of-hours on-call commitment in this post.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
* Clinical Responsibilities
To undertake outpatient clinics in community paediatrics and to triage referrals under supervision.
* Medical Education & Teaching
Participate and contribute to departmental meetings. Provide training where required.
* Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance
Conduct and present regular audits.
* Continuing Professional Development
o Participate in continuing professional development at local and national level.
o Implement audit and research findings as appropriate in clinical practice.
o Prepare and participate in an annual appraisal in accordance with Trust policy.
* Policy, Planning and Management
o Support the Trust to deliver quality patient care.
o Contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocols and guidelines.
o Comply with all Trust policies.
Person Specification
Clinical Experience And Knowledge Essential
* Clinical experience in the field of safeguarding.
* Sound training and knowledge in paediatrics.
* Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people and families and children in challenging situations.
* Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
* Able to use information such as electronic patient records, databases etc. to identify individual child and service level need.
Qualifications Essential
* Eligible for full UK-GMA registration and a licence to practice.
* MRCPCH.
* Clinical experience in the field of safeguarding.
* Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people and families with children in challenging situations.
Desirable
* 1st class honors BSC.
* MSc/Diploma in Community Child Health or relevant subject.
* Evidence of relevant academic and research achievement.
Experience Essential
* Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people and families with children in challenging solutions.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: Kaleidoscope, 32 Rushey Green, Catford, SE6 4JF
Employer's website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/
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