Locum Consultant, Community Paediatrics

This 0.6 WTE locum consultant community paediatric post has arisen in response to staffing changes pending substantive appointment. The post is for a fixed term of 12 months with no renewal or extension.

It offers the opportunity to join a welcoming team of community paediatric doctors offering a wide variety of activities and clinics to meet the medical needs of children with a range of vulnerabilities and long-term additional needs.

The post supports the current work of the team as well as potential opportunities for exciting service development. We are actively developing co-working opportunities with the local CEW (complications of excess weight) clinic currently hosted by Frimley Health.

The successful candidate will work together with the other consultant community paediatricians as well as non-consultant career grade and resident doctor colleagues to provide community paediatric care for children within Berkshire East.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Consultant job description together with the person specification for this role.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Consultant job description together with the person specification for this role.

Person Specification Experience

• Has achieved the competencies relating to General Paediatric Training, usually after 2 years of General Professional Training in Paediatrics
• Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher Specialist Paediatric Training including usually 3 years in Community Child Health (usually after 5 years of Higher Specialist Training in total).
• Experience in other areas relevant to Community Child Health e.g. General Practice, Child Mental Health, Public Health, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Neurodisability
• Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of Community Child Health practice to take a lead role in that area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata per annum