# Consultant Paediatrician, Neurodevelopmental **Company**: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust **Location**: Romford, Essex **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: £113,565 to £150,569 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9395-26-0578?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_49ee1b8b-b8c ## Description We are seeking a Consultant Paediatrician to join our Neurodevelopmental service at the Acorn Centre in Romford. The successful applicant will be a GMC registered clinician responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver evidenced-based care. The post holder will support with clinical and operational leadership as part of a newly established Neurodevelopmental service for children and will support their peers and team leader whilst being an effective team member and working on their own initiative. They will supervise junior colleagues including provision of teaching and training. The post holder will contribute as the Consultant Paediatrician in Havering for the BHR Neurodevelopmental service and will work alongside the team of substantive Paediatric and CAMHS consultants. Responsibilities: - To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others' workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. - To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. - To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. - To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. - To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register. - The post holder will support the development of the Autism/ADHD service, working alongside the multidisciplinary specialist team. - They will contribute towards assessment and relevant investigations and supervising MDT colleagues. - They will produce reports to contribute to statutory work including EHC plans. - Leverage opportunities to develop the integrated multidisciplinary Neurodevelopmental service across BHR. - Provide a high-quality, accessible, timely, efficient, effective, comprehensive, and specialist Neurodevelopmental service for children and young people, their carers/parents, and families. - Provide and/or support the provision of evidence-based assessment and clinical management for service users. Clinical Skills: - To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. - The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC). - Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes. - To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients. - To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. Benefits: - Competitive salary: £113,565 to £150,569 per annum. - Flexible working available. ## Skills ### Required - GMC registration - MRCPCH - CCT/CCST or equivalent accreditation in Community Paediatrics - Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training - Valid BLS Training ### Nice to have - Higher degree, e.g. MSc, MD, PhD in Paediatrics - MSc in relevant area e.g. CCH / Neuro-disability - Experience working in NHS - Wider experience, research, and training, in providing community paediatric service - Valid APLS and NLS --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9395-26-0578?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)