Job summary
We are looking for a passionate Associate Specialist Community Paediatrician to join our dynamic Child Health Department based in Wiltshire!
As an Associate specialist you will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and ongoing care to children, young people and families within Wiltshire. You will have a deep understanding of Community Paediatrics and have relevant experience in the clinical management of children, including those with neurodevelopmental difficulties and safeguarding children.
The Child Health Department is a friendly team of consultants and associate specialists and GPwERs supported by our fantastic administration team. We are co-located with multi-disciplinary teams such as the Safeguarding and Looked After Childrens Nursing Teams, Community Childrens Nursing Team, School Nursing Team and Speech and Language Therapists.
At HCRG Care Group we understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance, as a result we will support you in your role as an Associate Specialist Paediatrician and provide flexibility in helping achieve harmony between personal and professional life.
We welcome Part-time applications too!
Main duties of the job
As an Associate Specialist your days will be varied and may include:
- Delivering developmental paediatric clinics, assessing children with a range of concerns that are affecting their health, development, or educational potential.
- Contributing to multidisciplinary assessment and management
- Liaising with members of the team for initial assessments and follow-ups.
- Participating fully in safeguarding activities including the on-call rota
- Providing information and participating in discussions with the multi-agency hub, strategy meetings, peer review and safeguarding supervision.
- Performing medical assessments of children referred by the police or childrens social care.
- Perform medical examinations in relation to assessments of Looked After Children.
- Collating information from other clinicians and completing relevant documentation.
- Administrative duties and reporting
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
A Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle is required for this role.
Essential
- UK recognised medical degree
- Full GMC Registration
- Work permit (if required)
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years experience in Community Paediatrics
- Evidence of Level 3 training and experience in Safeguarding Children
- Excellent clinical and inter-personal skills
- Experience working with a Multidisciplinary Team
Desirable
- Working towards a CCT in Community Child Health
- Completion of formal training in Standardised Autism Assessments (such as ADOS, ADI-R, 3di)
- Experience in multidisciplinary assessments.
- Training in a standardised formal developmental assessment for children
- Experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of ADHD
- Experience of Child Protection assessments, Initial Health Assessments for Looked After Children, advice to the LA regarding Special Educational Needs
For a full list of requirements please see attached job description
As Associate Specialist Community Paediatrician, youll be feel reward and valued as part of our team in West Essex:
- £ 52,530 - £82,400 (Medical and Dental: SAS Payscale)
- NHS Pension!
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
- Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
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Desirable
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 0XG