COMMUNITY CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN (NEURODEVELOPMENT) | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	29 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	30 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	Romford, Essex, RM7 9NH
Cwmni:	North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7312548/395-MED232-25

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COMMUNITY CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN

FOR BHR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL TEAM (BARKING & DAGENHAM, HAVERING & REDBRIDGE)



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



Job Details:



Salary

£105,504.00 - £139,882.00 per annum (Pro-rata)

Contract

Fixed Term: 2 years

Hours

Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities (DCC:SPA = 7.5:2.5)

On call

None

Location

Acorn Centre, 306 London Road, Romford, RM7 9NH



Qualifications needed:

· 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.



Thisisawell-established,substantive,full-time post-10Programmed

Activities(PAs)postwith7.5DirectClinicalContactactivities(DCC)and

2.5SupportingProfessionalActivities(SPAs).


On-callresponsibility:
Thereisnooncallresponsibilitiesassociatedwiththispost.



We are currently recruiting to a Community Consultant Paediatrician position which forms part of the BHR Paediatric Neurodevelopment Service but will mainly be part of the community Havering Specialist Children Service, based at Acorn Centre, 306 London Road, Romford, RM7 9NH.This is a new, substantive, full-time post. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to it as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will work as part of a fully integrated multidisciplinary specialist team that works across the Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge health economy, however will focus on providing care to babies, children, and young people with health needs, across the Havering sector of the service, and will also be part of the Havering Specialist service, where they will work closely with other paediatricians and CAMHS Psychiatrists.

The successful applicant will also become part of a large (30+ community paediatricians), dynamic, community paediatric team, across the whole of North East London Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the teams, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the teams, work directly with babies, children, and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external health providers, and acute hospitals.

There will also be the opportunity for the post holder to further develop links already established with the local acute trusts, to continually improve our services. There are close links with the acute paediatric departments at King George Hospital (Ilford) and Queens Hospital (Romford) (BHRUT).







1. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others’ workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
2. To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
3. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
4. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
5. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register.
6. The post holder will support the development of the ASD/ADHD service, working alongside the multidisciplinary specialist team. They will contribute towards assessment and relevant investigations and supervising MDT colleagues. They will produce reports to contribute to statutory work including EHC plans.
7. Leverage opportunities to develop the integrated multidisciplinary Neurodevelopmental service across BHR.
8. Provide a high quality, accessible, timely, efficient, effective, comprehensive and specialist Neurodevelopmental service for children and and young people, their carers/parents and families.
9. Provide and/or support the provision of evidence-based assessment and clinical management for service users. This will include providing highly specialist assessment and contributing to multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to the ASD service.
10. Responsible for assessment, treatment, and systemic outcome measurement in the specialist care pathway.
11. Contribute to coordination and service development within the Neurodevelopmental service
12. Managing waiting list within specialist care pathway and ensuring waiting lists are at clinically safe level. Prioritise resources in line with clinical needs.


This advert closes on Sunday 13 Jul 2025