Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician/Neurodevelopment NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician – Neurodevelopment

10 Programmed Activities (PA) jobs-near-me.org 12-Month Fixed Term

Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital

About Us:

Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Consultant Community Paediatrician with a special interest in Neurodevelopment to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term locum basis. This role is based primarily at Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, St Helier site, providing vital community paediatric services across the London Boroughs of Merton and Sutton.

The Role:

This locum post offers 10 PA and focuses on delivering comprehensive clinical care in community paediatrics, with a particular emphasis on neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, global developmental delay, motor coordination disorder, and complex neurodisability. The role includes managing clinics for children with special educational needs and those looked after by the local authority.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team including consultants, associate specialists, specialist trainees, and clinical nurse specialists. There are no on-call commitments unless desired, and flexible working arrangements are welcome.

Main duties of the job

The Role:

This locum post offers 10 PA and focuses on delivering comprehensive clinical care in community paediatrics, with a particular emphasis on neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, global developmental delay, motor coordination disorder, and complex neurodisability. The role includes managing clinics for children with special educational needs and those looked after by the local authority.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team including consultants, associate specialists, specialist trainees, and clinical nurse specialists. There are no on-call commitments unless desired, and flexible working arrangements are welcome.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Person specification

Paediatric experience

Essential criteria

• Paediatric experience

Desirable criteria

• Paediatric experience in Secondary Care

Experience

Essential criteria

• Community Paediatric experience

Desirable criteria

• Community Paediatric experience in secondary care

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