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Locum Appointment SHO equivalent in Community Paediatrics | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £41,750 - £54,458 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2025 |
| Location: | London, E8 2FP |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6828425/293-CCS-MED-0027 |
Summary
• The post holder will be based at the Hackney Ark and will carry out clinical work in the Hackney Ark, which provides assessment and intervention for children with a wide range of special needs and disabilities.
• He/she will participate in consultant led neuro-developmental multi-disciplinary clinics. He/she may also participate in a range of other secondary level clinics (for example neonatal follow-up, enuresis, audiology, child protection) in other locations (community health centres, children’s centres, schools) depending on experience & training.
• He/she may also have responsibility for a special school and a secondary level community based clinic.
• Clinical work will be matched to the experience and training needs of the post holder as much as possible.
Would you like to join an enthusiastic team of doctors and nurses working within a friendly and well established community paediatric unit in an exciting area of London?
We are looking for a doctor (SHO equivalent) with good clinical skills interested in learning paediatrics or building on their prior experience. The post is to start from March 2025
You will have the unique opportunity to work within a supportive, consultant-led children’s service which provides a full range of community child health services. Community paediatricians work as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team to provide a range of services that are delivered through a range of universal, targeted and specialist clinics at Hackney Ark and other settings. Hackney is one of the most urban and cosmopolitan areas in the UK with a striking diversity of needs, offering a wide and intellectually stimulating clinical experience.
It is expected that applicants will have PALS/APLS training and training in child protection (Level 3) or be willing to undergo this training soon after starting in post. There are no on-calls in general paediatrics or neonates.
The department of community paediatrics is based at the Hackney Ark (multi-agency child development centre) and provides services for children across London Borough of Hackney, a deprived and culturally diverse district in London’s East End, as well as the City of London. We have a purpose built multi agency child development centre (the Hackney Ark) and other clinics are conducted in local health centres & schools. We work closely with local paediatric acute units at the Homerton & the Royal London Hospitals, and with child mental health services provided both within and outside the trust. The department provides a full range of services in community paediatrics including neurodisability, social paediatrics and child public health.
• Recognition and management of children with suspected and confirmed physical and emotional abuse and neglect, participating in a daytime child protection on-call rota with senior paediatric and consultant supervision.
• Identification, multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with a range of disabilities and special needs.
• Diagnosis and management of medical and developmental problems in a range of secondary community based clinics.
• Provision of medical services for a special school including advice for teachers and for Local Education Authority, particularly for children with long term problems, disabilities and special educational needs.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment and follow up of pre-term infants.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Dec 2024
• He/she will participate in consultant led neuro-developmental multi-disciplinary clinics. He/she may also participate in a range of other secondary level clinics (for example neonatal follow-up, enuresis, audiology, child protection) in other locations (community health centres, children’s centres, schools) depending on experience & training.
• He/she may also have responsibility for a special school and a secondary level community based clinic.
• Clinical work will be matched to the experience and training needs of the post holder as much as possible.
Would you like to join an enthusiastic team of doctors and nurses working within a friendly and well established community paediatric unit in an exciting area of London?
We are looking for a doctor (SHO equivalent) with good clinical skills interested in learning paediatrics or building on their prior experience. The post is to start from March 2025
You will have the unique opportunity to work within a supportive, consultant-led children’s service which provides a full range of community child health services. Community paediatricians work as part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team to provide a range of services that are delivered through a range of universal, targeted and specialist clinics at Hackney Ark and other settings. Hackney is one of the most urban and cosmopolitan areas in the UK with a striking diversity of needs, offering a wide and intellectually stimulating clinical experience.
It is expected that applicants will have PALS/APLS training and training in child protection (Level 3) or be willing to undergo this training soon after starting in post. There are no on-calls in general paediatrics or neonates.
The department of community paediatrics is based at the Hackney Ark (multi-agency child development centre) and provides services for children across London Borough of Hackney, a deprived and culturally diverse district in London’s East End, as well as the City of London. We have a purpose built multi agency child development centre (the Hackney Ark) and other clinics are conducted in local health centres & schools. We work closely with local paediatric acute units at the Homerton & the Royal London Hospitals, and with child mental health services provided both within and outside the trust. The department provides a full range of services in community paediatrics including neurodisability, social paediatrics and child public health.
• Recognition and management of children with suspected and confirmed physical and emotional abuse and neglect, participating in a daytime child protection on-call rota with senior paediatric and consultant supervision.
• Identification, multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with a range of disabilities and special needs.
• Diagnosis and management of medical and developmental problems in a range of secondary community based clinics.
• Provision of medical services for a special school including advice for teachers and for Local Education Authority, particularly for children with long term problems, disabilities and special educational needs.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment and follow up of pre-term infants.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Dec 2024
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