Consultant Community Paediatrician | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 September 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7394075/214-WC25-7394075 |
Summary
We are keen to attract a proactive and enthusiastic Community Paediatric consultant who will enjoy working within our team within a new post. This post hasnoout of hours commitment.The Trust is committed to offer new employees a range of recruitment incentives which may include aGolden Hello. Our current team includes Community Paediatricians, General Paediatricians who have developed a specialist interest, Specialty doctors and Specialist nurses who live locally or commute from around the region. We are also well supported by our administrative team.
We would welcome applications from either Community, Neurodisability or General Paediatricians, or those within 6 months of either completion of their CCT or CESR. We would offer training, and support where required.
The post includes delivery of general community paediatric clinics in the Mid Nottinghamshire area in the Mansfield/Ashfield/ Newark and Ollerton area dependent on clinical need plus autism assessment.Daytime (Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm) child protection on call is offered for social care requested medical assessments (section 47) for physical abuse on a rota basis.Special interests and skills of applicants will be considered and additional duties may include additional safeguarding, neuro-disability/SEND, appraisal/supervision and teaching.
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
KeyTasks
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share knowledge with the Paediatrics Department.
• Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).
• Develop community paediatrics role and service development
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation. We are truly proud to be the HSJ Trust of the Year for 2020, and of our CQC ratings.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of duties and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025
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