Consultant Paediatrician Clinical Lead - Community Child Health

The post holder will lead the Community Paediatric Medical Team aiming to lead, provide and co-ordinate with Consultant colleagues an effective, high quality specialist community paediatric service to the children and families in Mid Essex. The successful applicant will join a team of 5 Consultant Community Paediatricians (5 WTE), 1 Associate Specialist (1 WTE) and 1 Specialist Registrars.
The post holder will be expected to work closely with primary care health teams, the acute paediatric team and also with other key agencies, in particular with Children and Young People's Services (Education and Social Care)., The post holder will be expected to hold one or more areas of special clinical interest and take at least one lead role.
The Consultants are the senior members of the medical team. In this role they have responsibility for providing, in conjunction with acute paediatric colleagues, a full range of paediatric services and also training and education to the junior medical and other staff as requested.
This includes clinical leadership, setting and maintaining clinical standards, offering professional advice and liaison with local agencies, acute trust, ICBs and other Health Service commissioners promoting the integration of specialist and general paediatric services for children and young people.
The post holder will provide clinical care for the children and young people of Mid Essex working within the Acute and Community Consultant framework and will have a responsibility for the innovative development of children and young people's and health promotion.
Consultant medical staff are expected to work closely with the Lead Clinician and Divisional Operational Lead, sharing the operational and clinical responsibilities., + If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
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Closing Date
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Successful Applicant:
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
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Provide is a highly respected award-winning health and social care provider. We are growing in size and influence, transforming lives by treating, caring and educating people. We recognise the value of recruiting a diverse, multi-cultural workforce by encouraging diversity through our recruitment practice.
We believe in investing in our staff and rewarding high standards of care. We offer development opportunities as well as a wide range of benefits.
This post is eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme