Consultant Community Paediatrician inStevenage inStevenage PUBLISHED 6 NOV 2024

Band Consultant: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum  PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY 

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 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.

Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care

Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service

Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity

* Active participation in continuing medical education

About us

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 childrenparticipate in the diagnosis and management of neurodevelopmental conditions including ASD and ADHD, provide a safeguarding children service in conjunction with other colleague, participate in providing medical input for SEN, special schools and adoption and fostering as required and provide clinical supervision of Paediatric doctors in training.

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.

Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care

Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service

Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity

* Active participation in continuing medical education

About us

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 childrenparticipate in the diagnosis and management of neurodevelopmental conditions including ASD and ADHD, provide a safeguarding children service in conjunction with other colleague, participate in providing medical input for SEN, special schools and adoption and fostering as required and provide clinical supervision of Paediatric doctors in training.



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