Specialty Doctor in Community Paediatrics
Posted 5 days 3 hours ago by NHS
Permanent
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Healthcare & Medical Jobs
Yorkshire, Rotherham, United Kingdom, S60 1
Job Description
Specialty Doctor in Community Paediatrics The Rotherham Foundation Trust is committed to providing the highest quality care to the children and families of Rotherham and this is an exciting opportunity to join the trust as a valued member of the team providing senior medical input in the Community Paediatric team. We are pleased to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic, forward thinking speciality doctor with well-rounded training to join our existing community paediatric team.
The post will involve working in a range of community settings, although you will be based in Rotherham Hospital to ensure easy access to regular team meetings, supportive colleagues (including acute and community paediatricians) and good administrative support.
If you are passionate about working in the community and improving the health and life chances of children, particularly those with neurodevelopmental and long-term conditions and enjoy working in a holistic and multi-agency way, then this is the job for you.
Main duties of the job This role is offered as 0.8 FTE and is a permanent post. There is no on call associated with this post.
The successful candidate will have a job plan including 2 or more of the following:
Being the allocated doctor for one or more of Rotherhams special schools, providing assessment and monitoring, advice and well planned transition to adult services. You will work closely with the SEND nursing and therapy teams.
Delivering neurodevelopmental clinics within community clinics
Contributing to the assessment and review of children at the Child Development Centre, as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
Carrying out initial health assessments for children coming into care
There are opportunities for the post-holder to expand their research portfolio and personal interests and to take part and lead in ongoing service development. There will also be opportunities for offering teaching to medical students from Sheffield University in clinical and group settings.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit C&YPS for an informal tour and discussion.
About us The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.
As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work? and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.
But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.
All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.
Job responsibilities The Department
The Childrens and Young Peoples Hospital and Community Service has been integrated since April 2011. This unique situation affords many new opportunities.
In-Patients (Childrens Ward and Childrens Assessment Unit)
The Hospital Childrens Unit has a 12-bedded Childrens ward, a 10-bedded short stay Childrens Same Day Emergency Care (CSDEC). CSDEC is open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
The unit also accommodates childrens surgery (general surgery, urology, orthopaedics, accident & emergency medicine, oral surgery, day case ENT and Ophthalmology). The childrens ward has one CHDU bed, which can accommodate both medical and surgical patients. Children are admitted into the CHDU bed according to the guidelines and the CHDU admission and discharge criteria. CHDU accepts any child from 0-16 years from medical and surgical specialties. Specialities other than paediatrics will get shared care with paediatricians. The anaesthetic team is always informed of a childs admission to CHDU.
There is a 14 cot Neonatal Unit, which includes a two-bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. There are 3000 deliveries a year. Babies under 27 weeks gestation are transferred to the regional intensive care unit according to the latest network guidelines. Babies requiring neonatal surgery are transferred to Sheffield Childrens Hospital and cardiology cases are discussed with and transferred to LGI. We hold a weekly joint Consultant neonatal ward round and meet monthly with obstetric and midwifery colleagues in a regular programme of perinatal clinical audit / effectiveness.
Complex Health Needs Service
This community service is nurse-led and provides personalised care in the home, school or other community setting to 0-19 year olds suffering from a serious illness, significant disability, long-term condition, complex health need, palliative or end of life need. The service also incorporates a hospital from home model supported by the Paediatric Acute Rapid Response Outreach Team (PARROT), which aims to deliver care closer to home by admission avoidance and by expediting discharges. This sits alongside a Neonatal Outreach Team (NNOT), which supports families to allow early discharge from the unit.
Clinic and Ambulatory Services
This service area incorporates all hospital and community clinics. The Childrens Out-Patient Department offers facilities for a variety of clinics, day case assessments and investigations. These include General Paediatric Clinics as well as specialist clinics for Asthma, Epilepsy, Diabetes, Growth and Endocrine Problems and Enuresis. Regular visiting childrens tertiary speciality clinics are also held for Paediatric Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Clinical Genetics and Paediatric Surgery/Urology.
Community clinics are delivered in the Childrens Out-patient department or in a number of venues across the borough to support care closer to home. Clinics are provided for: pre-schoolers at the Child Development Centre; older children in Rotherham Community Health Centre and other community hubs; within school for children in special schools; medical input into adoption and fostering services; Looked after childrens health assessments; and medical input into the Educational Health Care Plan process, participation in safeguarding responsibilities on a multi-agency basis with partner agencies such as the Local Authority. Enuresis clinics are led by the Community team and operate within the Childrens Out-Patient Department.
Special Needs and Disability Services
This group of services includes Paediatric Therapy Services and the Child Development Centre, which is located at Kimberworth Place. The Child Development Centre provides facilities for the multi-disciplinary assessment of children with developmental disorders, including autism, and most of the Community Paediatricians have individual clinical sessions within the Centre.
Universal Services
Universal Services comprise of Health Visiting and School Nursing Services both of which regularly interface with Paediatricians with regard to children and young people on their caseloads.
Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People
These are a specific group of statutory and other services. Named Consultant Paediatricians have responsibility for the statutory services such as safeguarding, looked after children and child deaths. Other services for vulnerable C&YP include Child Sexual Exploitation; Youth Offending; Young Homeless; Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees; Young parents.
Rapid Access Clinics
An Emergency Referral Clinic (Rapid Access Clinic) runs each day of the week by a Consultant for children who need urgent assessment but who may not require admission.
Ward Based Consultant Practice
Acute Paediatric Consultants contribute to an on call service. This currently follows a 1:11 ward-based model. During this week, the Consultant will cancel all clinics and lead daily ward rounds on the childrens ward and Neonatal unit and support the resident staff to manage acutely ill children presenting to the wards and via the emergency department. The ward-based consultant also provides support for safeguarding clinics and triaging incoming referrals.
Paediatric Diabetes Services
The Rotherham Diabetes service consists of a multidisciplinary team, which sits within the Yorkshire and Humber Paediatric Diabetes network and currently provides care for approx. 130 patients. The MDT includes three Consultants, three Diabetes specialist nurses, two Dieticians and a Family Support Worker. All members of the team work to agreed team targets and standards. They aim to provide a highly personalised and supportive service to all patients and their families as set up by local, network and national standards. Patients aged 17-19 are seen in Transitional Diabetes clinics, which are run jointly by Paediatric and Adult teams.
Child, Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Tier 2 and Tier 3 CAMHS is provided by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Trust (RDASH). CAMHS occasionally utilise beds on the Childrens Ward on a shared care basis specifically for children with mental health problems such as eating disorders, self-harm, overdose and acute agitation.
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The post will involve working in a range of community settings, although you will be based in Rotherham Hospital to ensure easy access to regular team meetings, supportive colleagues (including acute and community paediatricians) and good administrative support.
If you are passionate about working in the community and improving the health and life chances of children, particularly those with neurodevelopmental and long-term conditions and enjoy working in a holistic and multi-agency way, then this is the job for you.
Main duties of the job This role is offered as 0.8 FTE and is a permanent post. There is no on call associated with this post.
The successful candidate will have a job plan including 2 or more of the following:
Being the allocated doctor for one or more of Rotherhams special schools, providing assessment and monitoring, advice and well planned transition to adult services. You will work closely with the SEND nursing and therapy teams.
Delivering neurodevelopmental clinics within community clinics
Contributing to the assessment and review of children at the Child Development Centre, as a member of the multi-disciplinary team
Carrying out initial health assessments for children coming into care
There are opportunities for the post-holder to expand their research portfolio and personal interests and to take part and lead in ongoing service development. There will also be opportunities for offering teaching to medical students from Sheffield University in clinical and group settings.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit C&YPS for an informal tour and discussion.
About us The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.
As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work? and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.
But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.
All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.
Job responsibilities The Department
The Childrens and Young Peoples Hospital and Community Service has been integrated since April 2011. This unique situation affords many new opportunities.
In-Patients (Childrens Ward and Childrens Assessment Unit)
The Hospital Childrens Unit has a 12-bedded Childrens ward, a 10-bedded short stay Childrens Same Day Emergency Care (CSDEC). CSDEC is open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
The unit also accommodates childrens surgery (general surgery, urology, orthopaedics, accident & emergency medicine, oral surgery, day case ENT and Ophthalmology). The childrens ward has one CHDU bed, which can accommodate both medical and surgical patients. Children are admitted into the CHDU bed according to the guidelines and the CHDU admission and discharge criteria. CHDU accepts any child from 0-16 years from medical and surgical specialties. Specialities other than paediatrics will get shared care with paediatricians. The anaesthetic team is always informed of a childs admission to CHDU.
There is a 14 cot Neonatal Unit, which includes a two-bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. There are 3000 deliveries a year. Babies under 27 weeks gestation are transferred to the regional intensive care unit according to the latest network guidelines. Babies requiring neonatal surgery are transferred to Sheffield Childrens Hospital and cardiology cases are discussed with and transferred to LGI. We hold a weekly joint Consultant neonatal ward round and meet monthly with obstetric and midwifery colleagues in a regular programme of perinatal clinical audit / effectiveness.
Complex Health Needs Service
This community service is nurse-led and provides personalised care in the home, school or other community setting to 0-19 year olds suffering from a serious illness, significant disability, long-term condition, complex health need, palliative or end of life need. The service also incorporates a hospital from home model supported by the Paediatric Acute Rapid Response Outreach Team (PARROT), which aims to deliver care closer to home by admission avoidance and by expediting discharges. This sits alongside a Neonatal Outreach Team (NNOT), which supports families to allow early discharge from the unit.
Clinic and Ambulatory Services
This service area incorporates all hospital and community clinics. The Childrens Out-Patient Department offers facilities for a variety of clinics, day case assessments and investigations. These include General Paediatric Clinics as well as specialist clinics for Asthma, Epilepsy, Diabetes, Growth and Endocrine Problems and Enuresis. Regular visiting childrens tertiary speciality clinics are also held for Paediatric Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Clinical Genetics and Paediatric Surgery/Urology.
Community clinics are delivered in the Childrens Out-patient department or in a number of venues across the borough to support care closer to home. Clinics are provided for: pre-schoolers at the Child Development Centre; older children in Rotherham Community Health Centre and other community hubs; within school for children in special schools; medical input into adoption and fostering services; Looked after childrens health assessments; and medical input into the Educational Health Care Plan process, participation in safeguarding responsibilities on a multi-agency basis with partner agencies such as the Local Authority. Enuresis clinics are led by the Community team and operate within the Childrens Out-Patient Department.
Special Needs and Disability Services
This group of services includes Paediatric Therapy Services and the Child Development Centre, which is located at Kimberworth Place. The Child Development Centre provides facilities for the multi-disciplinary assessment of children with developmental disorders, including autism, and most of the Community Paediatricians have individual clinical sessions within the Centre.
Universal Services
Universal Services comprise of Health Visiting and School Nursing Services both of which regularly interface with Paediatricians with regard to children and young people on their caseloads.
Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People
These are a specific group of statutory and other services. Named Consultant Paediatricians have responsibility for the statutory services such as safeguarding, looked after children and child deaths. Other services for vulnerable C&YP include Child Sexual Exploitation; Youth Offending; Young Homeless; Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees; Young parents.
Rapid Access Clinics
An Emergency Referral Clinic (Rapid Access Clinic) runs each day of the week by a Consultant for children who need urgent assessment but who may not require admission.
Ward Based Consultant Practice
Acute Paediatric Consultants contribute to an on call service. This currently follows a 1:11 ward-based model. During this week, the Consultant will cancel all clinics and lead daily ward rounds on the childrens ward and Neonatal unit and support the resident staff to manage acutely ill children presenting to the wards and via the emergency department. The ward-based consultant also provides support for safeguarding clinics and triaging incoming referrals.
Paediatric Diabetes Services
The Rotherham Diabetes service consists of a multidisciplinary team, which sits within the Yorkshire and Humber Paediatric Diabetes network and currently provides care for approx. 130 patients. The MDT includes three Consultants, three Diabetes specialist nurses, two Dieticians and a Family Support Worker. All members of the team work to agreed team targets and standards. They aim to provide a highly personalised and supportive service to all patients and their families as set up by local, network and national standards. Patients aged 17-19 are seen in Transitional Diabetes clinics, which are run jointly by Paediatric and Adult teams.
Child, Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Tier 2 and Tier 3 CAMHS is provided by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber Trust (RDASH). CAMHS occasionally utilise beds on the Childrens Ward on a shared care basis specifically for children with mental health problems such as eating disorders, self-harm, overdose and acute agitation.
The Post
. click apply for full job details