Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician

This is a locum post to cover maternity leave, given the significant community waits for school age-neurodevelopmental assessments. We would be able to offer a minimum 12 month locum to cover the colleague's caseload/safeguarding on-call, and this post could be extended if the consultant colleague is off for longer or unable to return. This would be valuable experience for someone at consultant level or within 6 months of CCT looking to deliver community paediatrics, or a hybrid option with at least 3PA of community paediatrics. Candidates wishing to offer LTFT options would also be welcomed.

As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality care across seven days, this post may involve participation in an out-of-hours rota, including evenings, weekends, and/or bank holidays, in accordance with service needs. Any work undertaken outside standard hours/PA's will attract remuneration in line with the respective NHS Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions of Service.

Main duties of the job

• The post attracts 8 programmed activities.
• Undertake the assessment and ongoing management of school age children with suspected neurodevelopmental difficulties, particularly ADHD and ASD.
• Take on direct responsibility for the care of children with learning and physical disabilities at a local Special School.
• Participate in either the existing Safeguarding on-call rota (currently 1 in 7), including for children who are suspected victims of sexual abuse in‑hours (additional training is available if required) and child death, or the acute paediatric on-call. The individual contribution could be discussed in pre-interview discussions and would be negotiated at job-planning.
• There would be opportunities to participate in diagnostic MDT assessment and ongoing management for preschool children.