Consultant Community Paediatrician

Consultant Community Paediatrician

The closing date is 23 February 2026

We are keen to attract a proactive and enthusiastic Community Paediatric consultant who will enjoy working within our team within a new post. This post has no out of hours commitment. Our current team includes Community Paediatricians, General Paediatricians who have developed a specialist interest, Specialty doctors and Specialist nurses who live locally or commute from around the region. We are also well supported by our administrative team.

We would welcome applications from either Community, Neurodisability or General Paediatricians, or those within 6 months of either completion of their CCT. We would offer training, and support where required.

The post includes delivery of general community paediatric clinics in the Mid Nottinghamshire area in the Mansfield/Ashfield/ Newark and Ollerton area dependent on clinical need plus autism assessment. Daytime (Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm) child protection on call is offered for social care requested medical assessments (section 47) for physical abuse on a rota basis. Special interests and skills of applicants will be considered and additional duties may include additional safeguarding, neuro-disability/SEND, appraisal/supervision and teaching.

Main duties of the job

The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

Key Tasks

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• To share knowledge with the Paediatrics Department.
• Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).
• Develop community paediatrics role and service development

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.

We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation. We are truly proud to be the HSJ Trust of the Year for 2020, and of our CQC ratings.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview. Note: CESR applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
• MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• While the law does not require a CCT in CCH (Community Child Health), the CSAC recommends that all consultant posts should require it, as this shows the applicant is fully trained for independent practice in CCH. If they do not have a CCT in CCH, the applicant must be able to show how they have acquired the Level 3 competencies and if the candidate has a CCT in General Paediatrics, proof of appropriate competencies and experience to fulfil the duties of the post.
• DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas

Experience

• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
• Able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training
• Broad experience of all clinical aspects of community child health including neuro-disability
• Experience of childhood behaviour problems recognition and assessment
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training - detailed knowledge of all aspects of Child Protection work, with awareness of National Policies and Guidance
• Looked After children - knowledge of national policy, strategy, and the legal framework relating to looked after children including the adoption process
• Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
• Attendance at Train the trainers Course in Paediatrics
• Experience working in NHS
• Wider experience, research, and training eg SPIN, in providing subspecialty service (if applicable)

Teaching

• Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role

Research

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Other

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice

Other

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, to improve clinical outcomes
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
• Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS
• Understanding of management issues including medical management, clinical governance, service planning, and quality improvement
• The potential to develop management and leadership skills
• Evidence of motivational skills

Experience

• Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees

Teaching

• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary staff

Research

• Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust