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Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Wide experience in Community Paediatrics Specialist Training including Social communication assessments, neurodisability and child protection.
- Experience
Level 3 Safeguarding Training
- Experience
Experience of teaching to meet the requirements of junior doctors and nurses
- Experience
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience
Able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
- Experience
Valid BLS Training
- Experience
Autism Diagnostic interview or 3DI qualification and experience
- Personal Qualities
Commitment to teaching and educational supervision
- Personal Qualities
Attendance and punctuality
- Personal Qualities
Ability to change and adapt to changing circumstances
- Personal Qualities
Able to cope with stress, pressure or setbacks
- Personal Qualities
Ability to empathise with patients and families and demonstrate active listening
- Personal Qualities
Meets health requirements of the job
- Education and Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent
- Education and Qualifications
MRCPCH or equivalent
- Education and Qualifications
On GMC’s specialist Register in paediatrics, CCT/CCST in Community Paediatric medicine or a UK specialist trainee within 6 months of CCT/CCST on interview date
- Education and Qualifications
Full GMC registration with license to practice
- Education and Qualifications
ortfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application.
- Education and Qualifications
Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice
- Education and Qualifications
Ability to teach clinical skills to meet the requirements of undergraduate students, doctors in training and nursing staff. Experience of training in different sessions.
- Communication and Management Skills
Good understanding of the structure and processes of the NHS
- Communication and Management Skills
Organisation, time management, forward planning attention to detail
- Communication and Management Skills
Knowledge of best practice in management
- Communication and Management Skills
Good written and spoken communication and presentation skills in English
- Communication and Management Skills
Ability to build rapport and good negotiation skills
- Communication and Management Skills
Ability to work well with colleagues within and across departments and hospitals and share the load and introduce change collaboratively
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Skills and training in a sub specialty which could benefit the department e.g. Griffiths developmental assessment qualification and experience
- Experience
Wider experience, research, and training, in providing subspecialty service (if applicable)
- Experience
Valid APLS and NLS
- Education and Qualifications
Completion or evidence of working towards a higher academic degree (MD/PhD).
- Education and Qualifications
CCT or equivalent in subspeciality of Community Child Health. DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas
- Education and Qualifications
Formal teaching qualification
- Communication and Management Skills
Knowledge of business planning and budgets
- Communication and Management Skills
Evidence of leadership skills
Job overview
We are seeking a Community Child Health and Child Neurodevelopmental paediatric consultant to join our dynamic and friendly department at the Cheyne child development service.
This post is for a Community paediatrician especially with interest in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Social Communication Disorders and Social Paediatrics. The successful applicant will join our team in providing excellent care to our local children and their families.
This post is for 7 PA, to start as soon as possible.
Candidates are expected to be on the GMC specialist Register in paediatrics with CCT/CCST in Community Paediatrics, or to be UK specialist trainees within 6 months of CCT/CCST/CESR at date of interview.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a paediatrician trained to consultant level in all aspects of community paediatrics. The post holder:
- Will provide consultant paediatric input for social communication assessments in the preschool social communication pathway and the school age social communication pathway
- Will provide consultant paediatric input for neurodevelopmental clinics within a multidisciplinary team
- Will provide consultant paediatric input for ADHD clinics both in terms and assessment and in terms of management.
- Will contribute to and support the clinical governance programme of the Trust
- Will contribute to the undergraduate medical teaching programme
- Individual posts will also include specified roles from the Departmental job plan, to be discussed at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and responsibilities.
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.
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This advert is for Consultant in Community Paediatrics with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Paediatrics role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum (pro rata for LTFT) + London Weighting. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 24 Sep 2026.
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