We are looking to recruit a Consultant to our Community Paediatric team in Newham for 2025.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team within a multidisciplinary Community Child Health service in East London.
Consultant Community Paediatrician (up to 10AP)
The post will have a safeguarding focus working closely with the named doctors for safeguarding and Children in care to support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities for looked after children and young people.
i) Clinical activities
- Consultant clinics including Children in Care clinics and related administrative work
- Triage and supervision as Consultant of the Day
- Clinical discussions or meetings
- Support and advise colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children and young people.
ii) Teaching/Training
- To take a lead role for new trainees and doctors (not consultants) joining the department overseeing education supervision and organising induction.
- To contribute to departmental teaching
- To contribute to teaching of medical students
- Work with specialist and designated looked after children professionals locally to agree and promote training needs and priorities
iii) Management and leadership
- Audit, quality improvement and service development
- Clinical governance
- Management supervision
iv) Children in Care (Looked after children) and Safeguarding Role
- Working closely with Named Drs to support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities for looked after children and young people
- Advise local police, children’s social care and other statutory and voluntary agencies on health matters with regard to looked after children and safeguarding children.
- Liaise closely with other specialist services within ELFT.
- Support and advise the board of the healthcare organisation about safeguarding children and looked after children and young people.
- Contribute to the planning and strategic organisation of provider services for looked after children and child protection.
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 improving the health 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 has 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 improving 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.
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