Job summary
There is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Community Consultant in the Families and Integrated Community Care.
This newly created up to 10 PA post is to support Community Paediatrics in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, along with supporting the recently developed neurodevelopmental pathway as the team continues to ensure the delivery of high-quality regional level. The candidate will work closely with our amazing team at Blanheim Child Development Centre.
There is the chance to develop an interest area to complement the community team. Additionally, the team are able to help the post holder develop specific skills as needed such as ADOS-2 assessments. Applicants with varying experience can be accommodated and support offered to develop within the role, based on the candidate experience and so we would invite informal pre-application enquires as necessary.
Our paediatric team has got a strong reputation of providing both undergraduate and postgraduate training. Our team hosts both MRCPCH and DCH examinations on yearly basis and you will be encouraged to develop as an examiner for Royal Colleges.
There is a dedicated leadership training programme in the trust for development of new consultant with strong ethos around coaching and mentoring.
Candidates must be fully registered with the GMC and be on the Specialist Register or be eligible for inclusion on the register within six months of the interview date for the post.
Job Description awaiting Royal College approval
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be appointed as Consultant Community Paediatrician, joining our team of 15 WTE consultants delivering integrated paediatric care to Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. Note within the Consultant body there are already 4 Community-Only Consultant Paediatricians and 3 Consultant Paediatricians that deliver both Acute and Community Paediatric care, in addition to 9 acute only consultants.
The post advertised is a newly created role that backfills existing Community Consultant activity as the team has been re-organised to meet the requirements of the Neuro-developmental (ND) pathway. The postholder will therefore take part in the range of activities needed to serve a geographical catchment, allowing community-based building of strong inter-professional and organisational relationships. This will be very responsive to the imminent integrated care system. Our delivery of the Neuro-developmental pathway has been recognised by our partners and commissioners and this led to the creation of this role to continue the high quality multi-agency child focussed assessment and support work that it delivers.
There is no on call component in this role, although there may be some responsibility for acute safeguarding assessments along with the wider team.
There is a dedicated leadership training programme in the trust for development of new consultant with strong ethos around coaching and mentoring.
About us
The Trust's mission is "Together We Care" which encompasses the strategic vision for operating as a high performing organisation within an Integrated Care System (ICS), which provides quality, safe and effective care. This will be achieved in a financially sustainable way through our values-driven, skilled and motivated workforce:
People-centred- Serving people is the focus of everything we do;
Positive- having a "can do" response whatever the situation;
Compassion- always demonstrating we care;
Excellence- continually striving to provide the best care possible.
Our Values are drivers for the behaviours that all our staff strive to demonstrate.
The values and behaviours have been and continue to be embedded and communicated across the organisation via a number of initiatives - including our recruitment processes, corporate induction, team briefings, meetings, appraisals and our annual awards ceremony.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will cover a catchment of schools within the Blackpool area, joining colleagues with catchments in Fylde and Wyre. They will see children in school age community clinics, as well accepting neurodevelopmental pathway referrals from these areas with administrative and clinical support from the neurodevelopmental team. Time is provided in the job plan for pathway panel meetings and panel feedback. The post holder will also attend the child developmental centre twice a week, contributing to the pre-school age service and therefore offering a varied clinical caseload as part of this exciting new opportunity.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of patients in their direct care. The Appointee will be predominately responsible for community based paediatric care within the Blackpool area. There will be clinics within the Child Development Centre (Bleinheim house) with associated administration.
The postholder will also work in the Blackpool school-aged setting as the link doctor covering a catchment of schools. Referrals for children within this catchment will be accepted, as well as specific referrals on the Neuro-developmental pathway from these same schools with support of the central ND admin and clinical team. Time is offered for patient related communication, discussion, and administration, as well as time for discussion panels and MDT. This will involve evaluation of a case load of new and follow up patients within a multidisciplinary fashion.
Person Specification
Legal Requirements
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of interview date
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Has achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics
- Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training including usually 3 years in Community Child Health (usually after 5 years of Higher Specialist Training in total)
- Experience of team working
Desirable
- Experience in other areas relevant to Community Child Health e.g. paediatric neurodisability including assessment and management of children with social communication disorders, child mental health, public health
- Evidence of standardised training in child development and neurodisbility tools e.g. ADOS, Griffiths
- Experience of working with looked-after, and children being considered for adoption
- Experience of working as a medical advisor for adoption panels
- Experience of working at strategic level
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills - both oral and written.
- Effective teaching skills Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibility and supervise staff.
- Ability to motivate and inspire a multi-disciplinary team and work sensitively within teams and across organisations
- Involvement and evidence of implementation of service development and managing change in a healthcare setting
- Leadership skills- ability to take responsibility, show leadership and make decisions
Desirable
- Educational qualification or working towards.
- Computer and IT skills
Management skills
Essential
- Awareness of NHS organisation and core values of NHS
- Understanding of the management responsibilities of NHS consultants
- Participation in a management training course
Knowledge / Research
Essential
- Commitment to CPD and requirements of clinical governance and audit
Desirable
- A proven track record in self- directed research
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Road.
Blackpool
FY3 8NR