Consultant Community Paediatrician

Job overview

This is a substantive full time post, to be based at the Burnley General Hospital site. The General Neurodevelopmental and specialist clinics are undertaken in dedicated outpatient clinics. Clinical activities will be delivered from sites across the East Lancashire Hospital Trust footprint which cover Royal Blackburn, Burnley General, Clitheroe Community Hospital, Rossendale, Blackburn with Darwen Children’s Centres (Shadsworth and Livesey) and The Acorn Centre in Accrington, and Special School Settings.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake outpatient clinics to undertake medical assessment and medical management of a range of problems including:

• Developmental problems diagnostic assessment for pre-school children
• Neurodisability (Including Cerebral Palsy, Tone Management and Epilepsy)
• Learning Disability (Aetiological investigation of moderate – severe Learning Disability)
• Dyspraxia
• Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD)
• Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
• Medical management of complex neurological or genetic conditions (in association with other specialist services)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics

The Directorate provides a comprehensive Community Child Health Paediatric service for children under 16 and also to some Young People 16-18 in specific situations.

The service is delivered via an Integrated Clinical Team, Multidisciplinary Model with Medical Consultants, Allied Health Professionals (Clinical Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy) and Specialist Practitioners.