# Consultant Community Paediatrician

**Company**: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
**Location**: Watford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Consultant Community Paediatrician to join our Autism Assessment team in West Hertfordshire. The successful candidate will be part of a team providing services to children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions, autism, ADHD, and neuro-disabilities.

The post holder will be responsible for:

- Assessments of children with neurodevelopmental conditions, autism, ADHD, and neuro-disabilities

- Safeguarding children, looked after children, and school health

- Special educational needs, teaching, and training

- Providing expert advice to GPs and other healthcare professionals on issues relating to neuro-disabilities, autism, and neurodevelopment

- Participating in multi-agency assessments and safeguarding strategy meetings

The post is a permanent, full-time position with a salary range of £113,565 to £150,569 per annum. The post holder will be based at one of our children's centres in West Hertfordshire, which have excellent facilities and host several disciplines.

We welcome informal visits to our friendly team in Watford, St Albans, and Hemel Hempstead.

## Skills

### Required
- GMC registration
- Specialist Register or within six months of CCT
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Competent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training or equivalent
- Valid basic life support training
- Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Time management and decision making skills
- Good communication skills

### Nice to have
- Higher Medical Degree MSc, PhD in Paediatrics
- Experience of working in NHS
- Experience in using specific assessment tools such as ADOS/ADI / DISCO for communication disorders
- Wider experience, research, and training in sub-specialty in community paediatrics
- Training the Trainers' certification

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