Community Paediatric South Substantive Consultant - Oxford - Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

Description

Job Overview


POST OF:

CONSULTANT IN COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS
Applications are invited to apply for the above post in the Department of Community Paediatrics,

Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.

The appointment is on a less-than full time basis for 7.5 sessions a week.

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact

Dr Sarah Haden, Clinical Lead for Community Paediatrics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS

Foundation Trust, The John Radcliffe (Tel: Oxford or Dr Shelley Segal, Clinical

Director for Children's Services (Tel:
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work the hours described will be eligible to be

considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be

discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.

An opportunity has risen for one less than full time Consultant posts in our department. This is a

replacement post. The successful applicant will join a team of 10 Consultant Community

Paediatricians. The post-holder's clinical core commitments will include Community

Paediatrics/neurodisability assessments including secondary level assessment and management

of children with developmental difficulties, special educational needs, and child protection

medicals. The post holder will be responsible for providing Community Paediatric/Neurodisability

care to children and families living in a defined area of Oxfordshire, and includes clinics within a

special school. Clinical work will include a range of activities including clinical assessment,

multidisciplinary assessments, supervising specialist registrar/speciality doctor and contributing to

the departmental child protection rota.

Appropriate administrative support will be provided.

Our community paediatrics department has a dynamic and vibrant training programme with

excellent links to the children's specialist services. In addition the applicant will be involved in

teaching both under- and post-graduates students and training community Paediatric higher

specialist trainees.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country.

It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Clinical

The post-holder's commitments will include routine Community Paediatrics/Neurodisability

assessments including secondary level review and management of children with developmental

difficulties, special educational needs, overseeing and monitoring multidisciplinary assessment

processes and child protection assessments. The post holder will provide

community/neurodisability care for a defined geographical patch and for a special school. The

department runs a Monday-Friday 9am-5pm on-call system for child protection. The child

protection workload is therefore not limited to fixed sessions each week, as cover may be needed

at other times.

Clinical work will include a range of activities including clinical assessment, multidisciplinary

assessments, supervising specialist registrar/speciality doctor and contributing to the departmental

child protection rota.

Appropriate administrative support will be provided.

Our Community Paediatrics department has a dynamic and vibrant training programme and enjoys

excellent links to the children's specialist services. We have a close mutiprofessional working

relationship with partner agencies including local authority, education and children's therapy

services.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital trust with academic links

to Oxford University, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching

undergraduate clinical students, training junior doctors, multidisciplinary teaching and in clinical

examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity.

The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Full GMC with licence to practice
MRCPCH, MRCP or equivalent
CCT/CESR with Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Paediatrics or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview
CCT in Community Paediatrics or equivalent experience in Community Paediatrics (or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview)
Trained to level 3 safeguarding / Child Protection

Experience

Essential criteria

Comprehensive training in Community Paediatrics including children safeguarding work. Must have held hospital appointments in Paediatrics at SHO/ST1-3 and registrar/ST4-8 level
Evidence of ability to make independent decisions at Consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Desirable criteria

Experience and training in writing child protection reports, in providing advice about child protection cases and attending case conferences and court room experience
Level of responsibility Evidence of ability to make independent decisions at Consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems. Locum Consultant Experience preferably in Community Paediatrics

Skills

Essential criteria

Leadership skills:
Ability to lead a team of professionals

Organisation and management skills:
Effective administrative and time management skills. Management qualification. Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for its modernisation.

Professional - extra skills or achievements: Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork Computing skills; ability to use a word processor, spread sheet programme and web browser.

Communication and interpersonal skills:
Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.

Communication and interpersonal skills:
Training or experience in difficult communications

Teaching and training skills:
Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training. Education qualification Interest in teaching with portfolio of teaching and training achievements.

Clinical governance experience:
Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities. Evidence of service improvement

Desirable criteria

Management qualification.
Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for its modernisation.
Computing skills; ability to use a word processor, spread sheet programme and web browser.
Training or experience in difficult communications
Interest in teaching with portfolio of teaching and training achievements
Education qualification
Evidence of service improvement

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Driving Licence and access to a car for travel