Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics

As a University hospital, there is a strong commitment to teaching medical students and junior doctors. The post holder is expected to play an active role in all undergraduate and postgraduate training activities. The post will be based in the department of Community Paediatrics at Hackney Ark with clinical sessions undertaken at the Hackney Ark and other Community venues as required. There will be an average of PA of direct clinical care and PA allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients. As a department we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly, for example the opportunity of holding remote clinics, which may allow working from home at times. Main duties of the job The post will be based in the department of Community Paediatrics at Hackney Ark with clinical sessions undertaken at the Hackney Ark and other Community venues as required. There will be an average of PA of direct clinical care and PA allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients., Main Responsibilities : Clinical Responsibilities 1. Autism Assessment Participate and lead on autism assessments in Hackney Ark Complex Communication Clinics (children under 5 years old). 2. Specific responsibility for Community Paediatrics in Patch Neurodevelopmental Clinic Provision of a weekly multidisciplinary neurodevelopment clinic for the assessment and management of children with developmental delays and disabilities at the Hackney Ark Support to HVs, GPs, schools and nurseries Attendance at Multi-agency Referral weekly meeting (MARS) 3. Child Protection

• Taking an active role, together with colleagues within the Trust, in seeing children with child protection concerns.
• This includes all aspects of child abuse, neglect and fabricated illness.
  
  The post-holder will be fully accredited in General Paediatrics and / or Community Child Health. Excellent communication & liaison skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team are essential.
The department proactively promotes clinical governance, and the appointee should be able to demonstrate skills in audit, risk management & evidence-based guidelines., Essential
• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• On GMC Specialist Register with full GMC registration
• CCT / CESR Paediatrics (or specialty trainee eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview date - the applicant should be able to produce evidence that he / she is within 6 months of CCT date and is expected to achieve a CCT)
Desirable
• Higher degree MSc, MD
• Subspecialty recognition in community paediatrics and / or neurodisability
• Management course
Experience Essential
• Higher Specialist training in Community Child Health, Neurodisability or including experience in the management of children with disabilities
• Experience in working with children of school age with a disability
• Definitive Training & / or experience in Child Protection
• Up to date with Level 3 Child Protection
Desirable Experience in evidence based Knowledge & Expertise Essential
• Ability to work on own initiative unsupervised and make decisions.
• Excellent communication skills (written & oral) and ability to develop good working relationships
• Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively.
• Team-player with experience of multidisciplinary working & liaison across organisation boundaries.
Desirable
• Special knowledge relevant to community paediatrics in an inner city area of high deprivation
• Specific experience in tone management, botox and or epilepsy
• Accreditation in standardised developmental assessment tool Griffiths
• Formal Autism Assessment Course eg; ADOS, 3Di
Academic Essential
• Participation in quality improvement or clinical audit
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching / training skills
Desirable
• Insight into research methods and evaluation
• Publications
• Experience of Educational Supervision, Teaching Skills, Course such as Training the Trainers
Management Essential Understanding of management issues and service planning Desirable
• Demonstrated ability to manage a service, team or project
• Formal management training
• Service development experience / knowledge, Able to travel across Hackney in order to meet the requirements of the post
• Good organisational skills
• Leadership skills
• Commitment to continuing
Desirable
• Experience of multicultural & ethnic communities
  
  Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a medium sized local hospital providing acute and community health services for Hackney, The City and surrounding communities and also provides a range of specialist services for a much wider population.
We provide general hospital and community services to Hackney and the City of London, and specialist care in obstetrics, neonatology, fetal medicine, fertility, bariatric surgery and neuro rehabilitation across east London and beyond. As a foundation trust, Homerton has greater freedom from the Department of Health to enable it to be more responsive to local healthcare needs and have greater accountability to the patients and public it serves.