Job Description

We are excited to invite a new colleague to join our Community Paediatric team in Bexley, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This role will assist in delivering comprehensive and specialist child health services across the Bexley area.



This position will primarily be based at Acorns Child development Centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. The role has been newly created as part of a our Community Paediatrics team.



The role is for a full-time position, fixed term for one year. The position will involve covering various community paediatric clinics, predominantly Neuro- development and other aspects of community paediatrics. The job plan will be reviewed annually as part of the job planning process.



We encourage applicants to visit us. Dr Thomas Jacob, the Lead Consultant Community Paediatrician and Borough Clinical Lead for Bexley, based at Acorns, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, thomasjacob@nhs.net - is happy to speak with any prospective candidates. Meetings can be arranged to discuss the position further.



1. The post holder may be required to work at any of the Trust's sites in line with service needs including the provision of cover where necessary.



2. The post holder must at all times carry out her/his responsibilities with due regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunity Policy.



3. The post holder will be expected to be capable of assessing children referred to our service and seen in secondary clinics with appropriate training and support.

4. Job Limitations:

at no time should the post holder work at a level outside their level of competence. Any concerns should be discussed immediately with the line manager. All staff have a responsibility to inform those supervising their duties, it they are not competent to perform a duty.



5. This is an outline job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Priorities may change in line with service needs and new duties introduced after consultation with the post holder.



Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.



We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.



Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:



We're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care



1. To undertake developmental assessments of preschool children as required and prepare reports.



2. To carry out other medical and neurodevelopmental assessments on primary and secondary school children where appropriate, including initial medicals for ADHD and ASD prior to referring to the ADHD and ASD Teams. To acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct assessments for ASD and ADHD, as well as to manage ADHD and melatonin medication effectively.



3. To contribute to the reviews of children with complex needs, including transition arrangements, and to assist in the early identification of needs with liaison with appropriate agencies.



4. To participate in multidisciplinary and multiagency discussion and planning meetings. To participate in the multidisciplinary team and carry out multidisciplinary assessments as indicated.