Community consultant paediatrician & named doctor for safeguarding - London
Job overview
COMMUNITY CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN &
NAMED DOCTOR FOR SAFEGUARDING
(WALTHAMSTOW, E17 3LA)
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.
Job Details:
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Contract
Substantive
Hours
Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)
On call
None
Location
Wood Street Health Centre, 6 Linford Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 3LA.
Qualifications needed:
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- CCT or equivalent
- Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
Main duties of the job
To be successful in your application, you will need:
- To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT’s values,
- To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about baby, children, and young people health care,
- Essential understanding of current developments in community paediatric care,
- To be a team player
NELFT Benefits:
- Relocation expenses
- Career Development and training
- Just & Compassionate Culture
- Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
- Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
- Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health & Wellness initiatives
- 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
- Retail Discounts
- Flexible working and agile working
- Cycle to work scheme
Working for our organisation
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting to a Community Consultant Paediatrician position in the Waltham Forest Specialist Children Service, based at Wood Street Health Centre, 6 Linford Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 3LA.
This is an established, substantive, full-time post - 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). This post includes a Named Doctor for Safeguarding responsibility.
The successful candidate will be well supported in the Named Safeguarding role by experienced colleagues in the team, by other named paediatricians in NELFT, and by the Designated Doctor for Safeguarding in Waltham Forest.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be expected to:
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to babies, children and young people across Waltham Forest.
- Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team
- Work directly with babies, children and young people, and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers and acute hospitals
- Participate in the local Child Protection rota
- Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative
- Work alongside 4.4wte Consultant Paediatricians, 2wte Specialist Grade Doctors, 1wte Specialty Doctor, 3wte Core/GP Trainees within the service
- Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Person specification
GMC
Essential criteria- • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
CCT
Essential criteria- • CCT or equivalent
Specialist Register
Essential criteria- • Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST