Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a part time registrar to join our team at Colchester Hospital in the Community Paediatrics team from 1st January 2026.



This post provides an excellent opportunity to join our enthusiastic and committed team, providing high quality health care to the local child population.



The post in an exciting opportunity to contribute to service development and improvement as we seek to provide the best possible care to our patients.

The new doctor will join 5 community paediatric consultants and 4 associate specialists, already working in the department as well as a team of specialist allied health professionals, including our Neurodevelopmental Nurses, ADHD nurses, specialist speech therapists, nursery nurses and health visitor.

Community Paediatrics also undertake outlier clinics in Special Schools within our catchment, and in Halstead, Clacton and Harwich.



The post-holder will undertake both neurodevelopmental and Neurobehavioural work with the aim of creating a balanced timetable.



Full GMC registration is required and Candidates are required to have at least 4 years post graduate training ideally with up to 12 months experience in community paediatrics.



Any candidates wishing to discuss the post should contact Dr Christina Doughty (Lead - Community Paediatrics) christina.doughty@esneft.nhs.uk TEL: 07767336840.

The post-holder will:

Undertake regular clinics in social communication disorders (ASD & ADHD)

Participate in the administrative duties associated with patient care and the running of the department

Child development assessments for ASD and ADHD referrals

No On call Duties

This is a 24hr post to work Mondays and Tuesdays, either at our Colchester, Harwich, Clacton, Halstead or Ipswich sites.



We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.



We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.



We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.



Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.



Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.



We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.



If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.



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The post-holder will:

Work with the existing Community Paediatric team and alongside the team leaders. Working within the community paediatric team to support and further develop our community based services

Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues in other departments and organisations and primary care Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within their area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated

To collaborate with medical colleagues to maintain the service in the absence of departmental colleagues in cases of annual leave, study leave and short-term sickness