Consultant Community Paediatrician (London)

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ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job Overview

We are looking to recruit substantive or locum consultant to our Community Paediatric team in Newham (up to 10PA) . The post will include the role as Named Dr for Children in Care (Looked after Children). This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team of Community Paediatricians within a forward-thinking multidisciplinary service dedicated to improving the quality of lives of babies, children, young people and families who live in in East London

Main duties of the job

The Postholders Will Be Expected To Work Within The Multidisciplinary Team To Provide a Comprehensive Community Paediatric Service Within Specialist Children & Young Peoples Services And Will Include Responsibilities In The Following Areas:

(i) Clinical activities: a. Consultant clinics including Children in care clinics and dvelopmental clinics and related administrative work b. Clinical triage of referrals c. Clinical supervision as Consultant of the Day, including senior suport for child protection medicals. d. MDT clinical discussions or and patient related meetings

(ii) Teaching: a. To contribute to departmental teaching b. To contribute to teaching of medical students particularly in relation to community child health services

(iii) Management and leadership: a. Clinical Supervision b. Clinical governance c. Management supervision , inclusing supervision of the medical advisor for adoption d. Pathway leadership

(iv) Audit, Quality Improvement and Service Development

Working for our organisation

East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) is recognised as a centre of excellence for innovation and improvement, and the postholder would be working within Specialist Children and Young People's Services (SCYPS). We are committed to iealth and well-being of babies, children and young people in Newham and North East London. Partnership, quality improvement and evidence-based research and practice remains at the heart of our service delivery so that we can provide the best possible care, and ensure our patients achieve the best possible outcomes. East London NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as Outstanding following CQC inspections in 2016, 2018 and again in 2021. The Trust is committed to pursuing equity, patient participation and staff engagement. Making the Trust an excellent place to work is one of our key priorities. Our staff are our most prized asset and we are committed to improve the working lives of our staff across all services and teams. We strongly believe in supporting all staff to develop and grow, and have a strong professional development and lifelong learning ethos, linked to a commitment to clinical supervision and appraisal processes.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Further details about the posts are detailed in the Job Descriptions and person specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Professional training

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Clinical Knowledge

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Clinical governance

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Teaching

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medical management

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Personal or other skills

Communication and interpersonal skill

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Making Things Better

Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we dont stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Our Community

We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Aiming High

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Location:
London
Job Type:
PartTime