Community Consultant Paediatrician & Lead Looked Children

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.
• Work alongside 3.6wte Consultant Paediatricians, 1wte Specialist Grade Doctor, 1.8wte Specialty Doctors, 1wte Senior Trainee, and 0.2wte GP Trainee within the service.
• Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
• As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

• 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.

Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

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