# Consultant Community Paediatrician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-community-paediatrician/6f2c3474-593b-4161-a9c0-0547eb205e27 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-community-paediatrician/6f2c3474-593b-4161-a9c0-0547eb205e27.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Moseley Hall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (FIXED TERM CONTRACT - 12 MONTHS) - **Employment type:** 40 hours per week (10 Programmed Activities - applications from Less Than Full Time candidates are welcome) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-26T14:40:53.633Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/MOSELEY/Birmingham_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Peadiatrics/Community_Peadiatrics-v8344085 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8344085?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview *** Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC) NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist healthcare services across the diverse and culturally rich City of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region. The Children and Families Division brings together all Universal and Specialist Community Services for children and provides a co-ordinated approach for child health care. We maintain good links with the Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Local Authority and voluntary agencies providing care for children. ### Main duties of the job These consultant posts will join a team of 21 Consultant Paediatricians leading the Community Child Health Services in Birmingham. The posts will be based, one in East of the city, one in South and one in West. The posts encompass work in the fields of neurodevelopment and neurodisability in locality based clinics and Special School clinics, children in care and child protection, with an on call out of hours commitment for the Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood service. A CCT in Community Paediatrics or Paediatric Neurodisability is essential and a higher qualification (MRCPCH or equivalent) is required. Applications from Less Than Full Time candidates are welcome. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics Working as part of an established multidisciplinary team, the post holder will undertake the specialist medical assessment, investigation and clinical management of the children with neurodevelopmental problems through designated clinics in the Child Development Centre and contribute to the multidisciplinary assessment process. - Child Protection All consultants take part in the daytime non CSA Child Protection rota, both directly and in a supervisory role. - Rapid Response To be part of the Rapid Response Team for Sudden Unexpected Deaths (SUDIC) providing the ‘home visit’ and subsequent medical input in this process. The on-call frequency is approximately 1:9. This provides a 24 hour service (including weekends and bank holidays). Training will be provided to those who do not have competencies to join 1st on call rota. - Lead Role Currently no lead role is attached to this post. - The post holder will provide Consultant input to special schools as required. - School based clinics are generally run fortnightly in term time which facilitates liaison with therapists based in school and educational colleagues. In school holidays the children are reviewed in neurodevelopmental clinics if needed. - The post holder will provide specialist community paediatric services within South/East/West of Birmingham, secondary referral clinics and provide a consultation service for the primary care teams and local schools according to agreed clusters. - Special Schools - Locality Provision - Special Educational Needs The post holder will provide medical advice to the Local Education Department relating to children with special educational needs under the Children and Families Act 2014. - The post holder will be required to provide supervision and guidance for junior colleagues and medical students, and provide support to Health Visitors, School Nurses, and other Agency staff if deemed appropriate - Teaching - Management Together with the existing Consultant Community Paediatricians provide clinical leadership to the community paediatric team. Work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, Heads of Service and Directorate Managers in planning services both locally and Trust wide. Attend policy review meetings to discuss changes required to improve child health services for the local community. - On Call commitment outside normal daytime working hours The on call requirement for SUDIC is described above. There is no acute paediatric on call commitment. - Other duties may be required as delegated by the Divisional Medical Director by agreement with the post holder. ### 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 ### Academic **Essential** - Participation in research or clinical audit - Participation in departmental teaching **Desirable** - Formal research training; demonstrated ability to design a research or audit project - Formal training in teaching methods; demonstrated ability in teaching / training. ### Experience **Essential** - Usually at least 2 years General Professional Training in Paediatrics - Usually 5 years Higher Specialist Training, including 3 years in Community Paediatrics. Training is now competency based, but a certain level of experience is still expected: see ‘Subspecialty training requirements’ document here: http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/training-examinations-professional-development/paediatric-careers-and-recruitment/paediatric-recru-0 - Experience in Child Protection/Safeguarding to at least Level 3 competencies **Desirable** - Experience in other areas relevant to child health e.g. general practice, child mental health, obstetrics, public health - Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of practice to take a lead role in that area - Previous experience in CSA and SUDIC Rapid Response ### Management **Essential** - Understanding of management issues including medical discipline; clinical governance, service planning **Desirable** - Demonstrated ability to manage e.g. project work; mentoring junior staff ### Qualifications **Essential** - MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent - Full GMC registration - On the GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT. While the law does not require a CCT in CCH, the CSAC recommends that all Consultant posts should require it, as this shows the applicant is fully trained for independent practice in CCH. If they do not have a CCT in CCH, the applicant must be able to show how they have acquired the Level 3 competences **Desirable** - Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree - Completed fellowship programme - DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas ### Skills/Knowledge **Essential** - Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions - Good written and oral communication skills - Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team - BLS skills appropriate for a Community Paediatrician **Desirable** - Demonstrated ability to work unsupervised and make decisions - Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team - Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively e.g. report writing; thesis ## Documents - [person specification (pdf, 111.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10719244) - [job description consultant (pdf, 178.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10719243) ## 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.