The community paediatric team provide specialist paediatric services for Cumbrian children, predominantly in the Child Development Centre, health centres and children's centres. Under very rare circumstances, this may also include schools and patient's homes. Referrals come from a wide range of sources including primary care, hospital and community health professionals and other agencies.

The post-holder will work within a Cumbria county-wide team of community paediatricians with close links with colleagues in the NCIC Community Children's Services, Primary Care and Cumbria County Council Children's Services. Secondary acute paediatric services in Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle and West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven are an integral part of the integrated paediatric team in NCIC. Close links are built between NCIC, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in relation to children with mental health problems and learning difficulties.

The post-holder will be co-located with other Community Children's Services, with responsibility to provide a community paediatrician service for children and young people in Cumbria. The base of the post will be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

The team provides services to children and young people -

Age 0 - 18 years (up to 19 may be appropriate for some young people)

Assessment and management of children with:

• Developmental difficulties and disability
• Includes assessment of children with a possible autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and leadership of Multi-Agency Assessment Team (MAAT)
• Neurodevelopmental conditions
• Emotional and behavioural problems
• Significant vision and hearing problems
• to consider possible link to a wider condition and developmental/educational needs
• Safeguarding concerns as they arise during consultations

Health assessment for

• • Children Looked After (in depth assessment of emotional and behavioural difficulties)
  • Children being adopted
  • Children being assessed for an Education, Health and Care Plan

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached to this advert full details within the Job Description.

We strongly encourage interested applicants to visit the Trust and meet prospective colleagues, and to view the area and all of its attractions.

You must be on the GMC Specialist Register to apply for this post.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB or equivalent
• MRPCH or equivalent
• Full registration with GMC

Desirable

• MSc in Paediatric Neuro-disability
• On the GMC specialist register for Community Child Health (CCH), or within 6 months of CCT for CCH, or specialist register for Paediatrics with demonstration of Level 3 CCH competencies obtained through CESR

Experience
Essential

• Experience of Paediatrics

Desirable

• Experience of Community Paediatrics
• Special Interest in Community Child Health

Skills
Essential

• Experience and clinical skills in child development and childhood disability
• Ability to assess children and young people for ASD
• Competent in health assessment of a child looked after and child being adopted
• Ability to assess health of children with special educational needs
• Ability to work well as team member
• Flexible approach to service delivery and commitment to service development
• Ability to communicate well with patients/families and colleagues
• Ability to lead and complete audit projects then implement change
• Effective teaching skills

Desirable

• Management training for doctors
• Assessment for Children with Behavioural Problems including ADHD

Personal Circumstances
Essential

• Commitment to personal professional development
• Ability to travel across the county.

Desirable

• Recent Publication/s

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