Consultant Community Paediatrician
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Catford, SE6 4JF
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
Join Us as a Consultant Community Paediatrician - Shape the Future of Children's Services Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is excited to invite applic...
This is a new post and would suit a consultant who is wishing to develop their role within a department that has a broad range of community paediatric experience. The post holder will work in all aspects of Community Paediatrics, suite to their experience, competencies and the priorities of service provision.
There is no overnight commitment. The postholders will contribute to the daytime child protection rota, but there is no expectation to contribute to Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) medicals.
The postholder will join a team of 9 Consultant Community Paediatricians, 2 community SAS doctors and one Speciality Doctor. Senior therapists and clinical nurse specialist also contribute to assessments and care for young
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will work in all aspects of Community Paediatrics, suited to their experience and competencies and the priorities of service provision.
The post holder will undertake assessment and management of children with neurodevelopmental concerns and safeguarding.
Undertake neurodevelopmental assessments including for Autism and Social Communication Disorders.
Participate in the consultant-led Child Protection rota.
Undertake health assessments for Looked After Children and provide written reports as appropriate.
Support and advice colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children and young people, whilst being clear about others personal clinical professional accountability.
Provision of supervision to trainees and specialist doctors and extended members of the clinical team including clinical nurse specialists and AHPs.
General responsibilities
To participate in clinical supervision and continuing professional development of both career and training grade medical staff
To work with Community Paediatric services and Childrens Community Services Directorate to meet service commitments and needs of children and families.
To develop care pathways across the acute and community services
To participate in the development of Specialist Child Health Services in collaboration with other members of the management team
To support the collection of relevant information on the work of the medical team, detailing the work of the service for stakeholders.
Medical Education & Teaching
To take part in clinical and educational supervision of post graduate trainees.
To participate in the medical student training programme.
To plan and deliver training for GP trainees and other post-graduate teaching.
Contribute to the delivery of training for health staff and inter-agency training.
To liaise with other agencies on clinical and operational matters relevant to the work of the service.
Provide advice and signposting to other professionals about legal processes, key research and policy documents.
Liaise with professional leads from other agencies, such as Education and Childrens Social care.
Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance
Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
Work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated.
Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
Continuing Professional Development
Attend relevant local, regional, and national continuing professional development activities to maintain competence.
Meet the organisations requirements for training attendance.
Receive regular clinical supervision and undertake reflective supervision
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
- Member or Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and child health or equivalent
- Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
- Applicants that are UK trained, must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
- Applicants that are non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT and be on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
Desirable
- Grid training in community paediatrics
- MSc /Diploma in community child health or relevant subject
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive Training and experience in community paediatrics
- Evidence of training and experience gained obtaining CCT in Community Child Health (CCH) or if CCT in General Paediatrics, must be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies required for CCT in CCH have been achieved
- At least 2 years' experience in Community Child Health including Neuro-developmental paediatrics, Safeguarding, Looked after children
- Training and experience in the identification and management of suspected child abuse
- Clinical experience in the field of safeguarding and substantial experience of the legislation relating to children and young people and the court process
- Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people and families and children in challenging situations.
- Valid BLS and NLS training
- Valid level 3 safeguarding training
Desirable
- Training and experience in assessment of ADHD Experience
- Experience of lead role in an area of child health
- Broad experience of working within the NHS
Clinical Audit
Essential
- Active audit interest demonstrated by at least one completed clinical audit in the last year.
- Understanding of NHS systems and audit processes
- Evidence of service improvement projects and audits
Desirable
- Publication of audit results.
- Experience in service development and quality improvement projects relating to Community Child Health
- Evidence of involvement and /or experience in risk processes such as Serious Incident reviews and patient safety systems
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Experience and interest in undergraduate teaching
- Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching for both under/ postgraduate students and nursing/midwifery staff
- Educational supervision accreditation
Desirable
- An understanding of current issues in medical education and training
- Previous experience in trainee Supervision
- Knowledge of current changes in paediatric training
- Higher teaching qualification
- Presentations at National or International meetings
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Understands the management structure of the NHS Evidence of risk management
IT Skills
Essential
- Ability to use Microsoft office packages, e.g. MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
- Ability to use patient information systems
Other Attributes
Essential
- Effective communicator - verbal and written
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates leadership and organisational skills
- Evidence of interest/training in management
- Will contribute to Departmental/ Trust management
- Will assist with Departmental/ Trust development
- Aware of equal opportunities issues
- Recent experience/familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices
- Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships
- Ability to inspire, motivate and develop staff
Desirable
- Has experience of committee work and prepared to undertake committee work
How to apply
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First seen
17 August 2026
Last checked
19 August 2026
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