Community Consultant Paediatrician & Lead Looked Children

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The closing date is 27 March 2026

Please note:
We reserve the right to close this advert, at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants.

Substantive

Hours None

Location The Grove, Grove Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 4XH

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• CCT or equivalent
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST
• At least 2 years' experience in Community Child Health.

• To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values.
• To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about baby, children, and young people health care.
• Essential understanding of current developments in community paediatric care.
• To be a team player.

• Career Development and training
• Just & Compassionate Culture
• Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
• Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
• Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Health & Wellness initiatives
• 11 Staff Networks including parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
• Retail Discounts
• Flexible working and agile working
• Cycle to work scheme

Why NELFT? NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

We are currently recruiting to a Community Consultant Paediatrician position in the Redbridge Specialist Children Service, based at The Grove, Grove Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 4XH
. This is a new, substantive, full-time post. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to it as soon as possible.

You will join another 3.6wte Consultant Paediatricians, 1wte Specialist Grade Doctor, 1.8wte Specialty Doctors, 1wte Senior Trainee, and 0.2wte GP Trainee within the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to babies, children and young people across Redbridge.
• Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team.
• Work directly with babies, children and young people, and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers and acute hospitals.
• Participate in the local Child Protection rota.
• Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative.
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

• CCT or equivalent

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

• At least 2 years' experience in Community Child Health.

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust