Consultant Community Paediatrician Special - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is a new 10 PA post in Cambridge Community Services, working within a community paediatric service.

This post is to support and develop integrated mental health support for children with additional needs across community and acute paediatric settings.

This would be suitable for a Paediatrician with dual training in community based /developmental paediatrics and mental health.

This post would be based within community paediatrics with the aim to develop links to CAMH providing mental health support and paediatric liaison services.

Clinical support and supervision will be available from the clinical psychologist within the team.

The post holder will be involved in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of neurodevelopmental problems and evaluation of children with mental health difficulties associated with physical illness.

Main

Responsibilities:

Assessment and management of children with neurodevelopment disorders including autism, ADHD (either individually or as part of a multidisciplinary team).

Contribute to developing services to support and consider the mental health aspects of children and families with disability and developmental trauma.

Contribute to the paediatric safeguarding rota

Support teaching and training of medical students, Community and Neurodisability trainees, educational and clinical supervision. Develop integrated paediatric liaison services with CAMH

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

We are based in bases at the Peacock Centre, Brookfields Hospital in Cambridge, The Oaktree Centre in Huntingdon, New Horse Fair Clinic in Wisbech and Alan Conway Court in Doddington Hospital as well as the CDC in Addenbrookes hospital.

We are a team of 8 consultants and 6 Specialist/Specialty doctor, an 8B Psychologist and a band 7 nurse.

We work closely together with collocated therapy and nursing teams and have close working links with Education (SEND services), CAMH, Learning disability and local acute sector, Cambridge University Hospital and NWAFT.

We are an enthusiastic group of clinicians who are committed to improving the life outcomes of these children and families.

We are research active and support the education of medical students, Community and Neurodisability Grid trainees. We consistently receive good feedback from trainees. CCS was rated as outstanding at the last CQC inspection.

See detailed job description attached.