Community Paediatrics ConsultantNHS
Job summary
This post is based at Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke, which is part of the University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust.Based at the child development centre on the Royal Stoke site, the successful applicant will join a well-established community paediatric team to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service for Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire. This will include participation in the child protection rota 9-5 Monday to Friday, with availability at weekends for telephone consultation only. There is no requirement to participate in the West Midlands SARC service.
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess, diagnose and manage common community paediatric problems, including pre-school ASD. ADHD assessment is not required as this is provided by the local CAMHS service.
Job description
This post is for a paediatric consultant in Community Paediatrics. The successful candidate will become part of a team of 7 whole-time equivalent consultants delivering community paediatric services.
About us
Staffordshire Children's Hospital is part of UHNM which has two sites: Royal Stoke University Hospital, located in Stoke-on-Trent, and County Hospital, located in Stafford. The Staffordshire Children's Hospital is based at the Royal Stoke site, all inpatient services for children are there. Outpatient clinics run at both sites.
The Paediatric Department is one of the largest in the country with a number of sub speciality areas receiving tertiary care referrals. The Trust has a purpose built Children's Centre comprising of inpatient wards, Children's A&E and admissions unit and outpatients department adjacent to the Child Development Centre. The Child Health Directorate provides a wide range of services encompassing acute paediatrics, paediatric and neonatal intensive care, outpatients and community paediatrics. We also provide consultant support to the children's emergency centre and deliver a range of paediatric general and speciality clinics on the County Hospital site.
Flexible working requests will be considered.