# Consultant Community Paediatrician with a focus on safe guarding > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-community-paediatrician-with-a-focus-on-safe-guarding/6971dc7c-777e-4594-afb8-6eddeac849c6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-community-paediatrician-with-a-focus-on-safe-guarding/6971dc7c-777e-4594-afb8-6eddeac849c6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Ham Lane Health Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T07:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T12:10:42.787Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Paediatrics/Community_Paediatrics-v8253215 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8253215?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit a Consultant to our Community Paediatric team in Newham for 2025 This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team within a multidisciplinary Community Child Health service in East London: Consultant Community Paediatrician (up to 10PA)- The post will have a safe guarding focus working closely with the named drs for safeguarding and Children in care to support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities for looked after children and young people Closing date: 20th of September 2026 AAC panel interview: 27th of October 2026 ### Main duties of the job - i) Clinical activities: a. Consultant clinics including Children in Care clinics and related administrative work b. Triage and supervision as Consultant of the Day c. clinical discussions or meetings d. Support and advise colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children and young people. ii) Teaching/ Training: a. To take a lead role for new trainees and doctors (not consultants) joining the department overseeing education supervision and organizing induction. b. To contribute to departmental teaching c. To contribute to teaching of medical students d. Work with specialist and designated looked after children professionals locally to agree and promote training needs and priorities iii) Management and leadership: a. Audit, quality improvement and service development b. Clinical governance c. Management supervision iv) Children in Care (Looked after children) and Safeguarding Role a. Working closely with Named Drs to support all activities necessary to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities for looked after children and young people b. Advise local police, children’s social care and other statutory and voluntary agencies on health matters with regard to looked after children and safeguarding children. c. Liaise closely with other specialist services within ELFT . d. Support and advise the board of the healthcare organisation about safeguarding children and looked after children and young people. e. Contribute to the planning and strategic organisation of provider services for looked after children and child protection. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Further details about the posts are detailed in the Job Descriptions and person specification attached. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Medical **Essential** - - has acted as clinical supervisor for trainees and/or specialty drs **Desirable** - - Experience in clinical leadership of a multidisciplinary team - - experince as Educational supervisor - - Completed a recognised medical management course - - Has the ability and experience to undertake medical appraisals - Has experience in: - NHS complaint handling - Critical incident reporting - Staff appraisal - Risk management - experince of working in Published research project ### Patient Safety **Essential** - - Has a record of completed audit projects, service development work - - Has record of involvemnet in Quality Improvement projects **Desirable** - - Has experience in co-production and collaboration with service users - - Has undertaken Quality Improvement training ### Qualifications **Essential** - - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification - - Current full UK GMC registration and Licence to Practise - MRCPCH or equivalent **Desirable** - - Postgraduate degree in related child health or medical speciality, e.g. MSc, MD, PhD - - DCH, MBA or other diploma or higher degree in a relevant field ### Clinical Knowledge **Essential** - - Extensive experience of working in a multidisciplinary Child Development Team - - Competent in management of common general paediatric problems – acute and chronic - - Up to date with Level 3 competences in Safeguarding Children - - Competent in supervision of Child Protection Medical Assessments - - Experience working in partnership with Education, Social Care and other stakeholders - - Ability to conduct and supervise assessments for Children in Care including IHAs and RHAs - - Valid BLS Training **Desirable** - - Specialist experience in Paediatric Neurology or other areas of related Community Child Health practice - - Experience in other areas relevant to child health, eg. child mental health, obstetrics, public health, general practice - Experince in tone mangement in cerebral Palsy - Competent use of Griffiths III or other similar developmental assessment tool - Experience in managing children with complex neurological and developmental problems - Training in Autism diagnostic assessment ### Professional training **Essential** - - Entry on GMC specialist register - At least 2 years Higher Specialist Training or equivalent clinical experience in Community Paediatrics - At least 2 years General Professional Training in Paediatrics - In process of applying for specialist registration via portfolio pathway **Desirable** - - SPIN or Diploma in Paediatric Neurodisability ### Personal or other skills **Essential** - - application shows , breadth of thinking and initiative - - application show Enthusiastic and motivated ### Communication and interpersonal skill **Essential** - - Good written communication on application form **Desirable** - evidenc of work to champion diversity, equity and inclusion at work ## Documents - [job spec (pdf, 480.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10565911) - [job description (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10565910) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.