Consultant Paediatrician with Interest in Neurology

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant Paediatrician with a Special Interest in Neurology to join our General Paediatrics team within the Children’s Directorate at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

This is a full-time, 10 programmed activity post working across Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital. The successful candidate will combine general paediatric and urgent care responsibilities with specialist paediatric neurology work, supporting children and young people with epilepsy and other neurological conditions.

The post offers an opportunity to join and further develop an established paediatric neurology service that works closely with Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal London Hospital. The local service includes first seizure, follow-up/headache and transitional epilepsy clinics, supported by neurophysiology, radiology and an epilepsy nurse specialist.

We are looking for an inclusive, compassionate and collaborative consultant with strong general paediatric experience, appropriate tertiary neurology experience and a commitment to high-quality clinical care, education, governance, audit, quality improvement and service development.

Main duties of the job

Consultant Paediatrician with Special Interest In Neurology

The successful candidate will provide consultant-led general paediatric and specialist neurology care across Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital. Key responsibilities will include:

• - Participating in the general paediatric consultant rota, including inpatient ward cover, urgent and ambulatory care, outpatient activity and out-of-hours/on-call responsibilities.
• -Providing consultant input to the Children’s Emergency Department, Children and Young People’s Assessment Unit, hot clinics and general paediatric wards.
• - Supporting effective patient flow, timely review and discharge, and the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions.
• - Assessing and managing children and young people with epilepsy, first seizures, headaches and other neurological conditions.
• -Contributing to first seizure, follow-up/headache and transitional epilepsy clinics.
• - Providing specialist advice for children admitted with epilepsy-related or other neurological presentations.
• - Working closely with the epilepsy nurse specialist, neurophysiology, radiology, adult neurology and tertiary paediatric neurology services.
• - Supporting children, young people and their families through clear clinical advice, education and ongoing care planning.

-Contributing to teaching, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, appraisal and service development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will join the General Paediatrics team and provide consultant-led care across Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital. The post combines general paediatrics, urgent and ambulatory care with a special interest in paediatric neurology.

The postholder will contribute to inpatient, emergency, assessment, outpatient and on-call services, while supporting the assessment and management of children and young people with epilepsy and other neurological conditions. They will work collaboratively with the epilepsy nurse specialist, local multidisciplinary teams and tertiary neurology services.

The role also includes participation in teaching, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the duties, responsibilities and requirements of the post.

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.