Overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Consultant General Paediatrician (Community). The closing date is 06 August 2026.
We are keen to attract a proactive and enthusiastic Community Paediatric consultant who will enjoy working within our team within a new post. This post has no out of hours commitment.
Our current team includes Community Paediatricians, General Paediatricians with specialist interests, Specialty doctors and Specialist nurses who live locally or commute from around the region. We are also well supported by our administrative team.
We would welcome applications from either Community, Neurodisability or General Paediatricians, or those within 6 months of either completion of their CCT or CESR. We would offer training and support where required.
The post includes delivery of general community paediatric clinics in the Mid Nottinghamshire area in the Mansfield/Ashfield/Newark and Ollerton area depending on clinical need, plus autism assessment. Daytime (Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm) child protection on call is offered for social care requested medical assessments (section 47) for physical abuse on a rota basis.
Special interests and skills of applicants will be considered and additional duties may include safeguarding, neuro-disability/SEND, appraisal/supervision and teaching.
Main duties of the job
The overarching purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Key Tasks
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
- To share knowledge with the Paediatrics Department.
- Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
- To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
- To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).
- Develop community paediatrics role and service development.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We work closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to ensure every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. We expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We are a clinically led organisation and were named HSJ Trust of the Year for 2020, with strong CQC ratings.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview. Note: CESR applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application.
- MRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
- Although the law does not require a CCT in CCH (Community Child Health), the CSAC recommends that all consultant posts should require it. If they do not have a CCT in CCH, the applicant must be able to show how they have acquired the Level 3 competencies and, if the candidate has a CCT in General Paediatrics, provide proof of appropriate competencies and experience to fulfil the duties of the post.
- DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas.
Experience
- Able to demonstrate the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training.
- Broad experience of all clinical aspects of community child health including neuro-disability.
- Experience of childhood behaviour problems recognition and assessment.
- Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training with knowledge of all aspects of Child Protection work and awareness of national policies and guidance.
- Looked After children – knowledge of national policy, strategy and the legal framework relating to looked after children including the adoption process.
- Experience working in NHS.
- Wider experience, research and training (e.g., SPIN) in providing subspecialty service (if applicable).
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI projects and understanding their role in improving medical practice.
- Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence to improve clinical outcomes.
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Research degree or participation in research trials.
- Training the Trainers certification.
Management
- Evidence of leadership attributes and experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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