Job summary
- Main area
- Community Paediatrics
- Grade
- YM72
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 8 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 220-034-AAC-CYP
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Health
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata (for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/12/2025
Employer heading

Consultant Community Paediatrician
YM72
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Job overview
Whittington Health NHS Trust is seeking an 8 PA Consultant in Community Paediatrics to take the role of Named Doctor for Children Looked After.
We are looking for a developmental paediatrician to join our Islington Community Paediatrics Team at the Northern Health Centre, Upper Holloway, London. This post covers the Named Dr for Children Looked After Service as well as a wide variety of community paediatrics; doing regular developmental paediatrics including an MDT clinic for severe physical disabilities, contributing to the diagnosis of a variety of developmental disorders and participating on the Child Protection rota with the Camden community consultant team.
Islington has a team of experienced Community Paediatricians, and the Named Doctor for Children Looked After will be working closely and co-located with Social Care at their Highbury office on Elwood Street.
There is some flexibility to accommodate special interests and opportunities exist for developing clinical interests.
Interview date: 17 December 2025
Main duties of the job
Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties of the post
Job Plan:
Summary outline:
· Named Dr for Children Looked After (2 PA). This includes regular clinics for Initial Health Assessments
· Other CLA work (2 PA) participation in team meeting and all other related to this role multidisciplinary work
· SPA (1.5 PA) this includes departmental meetings, CP peer review, mandatory training and own appraisal
· Neurodevelopmental clinics: (1 PA) uni - and multi-disciplinary (the latter for children with conditions significantly affecting their posture and movement who are not in special needs schools.
· ASD diagnostic clinic (0.5PA) - be part of the Social Communication Team and participate in the MDT diagnostic process.
· CP second on call (0.25 PA) 2 hours per on-call, the CP on call is fortnightly
· Educational supervision (0.25 PA) - for one doctor in training per 6 months
· Epilepsy clinic (0.5PA)- together with current doctor, to be decided if this will be on site for special schools or in the hospital’s outpatient department
There are no out of hours duties. The specific time allocation to be determined but must include Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Occasional flexibility with possibility to cover CP on calls on Fridays at minimum 6 weeks’ notice would be desirable.
Named Doctor for Children Looked After (4 PAs)
There are around 300 children in care at any one time in Islington and around 8-15 children become Looked after per month.
The post holder will take an active role, together with relevant colleagues, in assessing and promoting the health and well-being of Children Looked After. This includes, but is not limited to:
· Initial and review health assessments for Children Looked After and ensure the provision of a written health report on each child becoming looked after
· Supervising trainees in the above health assessments.
· Advise on health matters that arise in connection with Children Looked After and the permanence process.
· Where there are identified concerns, as part of the multiagency team, cases are discussed with the social worker and attendance at professional meetings is expected if required.
· Attendance at monthly North Central London Named and Designated Doctors’ peer supervision.
· Provide a written report on the health of prospective carers, which will include interpretation of health and lifestyle information provided by the applicant and their GP.
· Ensure that the department complies with all policies and procedures in line with legislation and national guidance; and keeps these updated in a timely manner.
· Contribute to departmental and interagency training of staff.
Please see the attached job description for full details and sample timetable.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Full GMC registration MB BS or equivalent MRCP/MRCPCH or equivalent
- CCT (or equivalent), or within 6 months of CT date, or entry on the Specialist Register of GMC for Paediatrics
- Portfolio pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist register at the point of application
Desirable criteria
- BSc in medical subject
- PhD, Md, MSc, DCH
- CCT in Paediatric Neurodisability
Clinical Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to undertake statutory Looked After Children assessments, including those with complex healthcare needs
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary Child Development team and ability to carry out comprehensive developmental assessments
- Experience of managing children with complex neurological and developmental problems
- Level 3 Safeguarding training
- Competence in providing assessment of children and young people with safeguarding concerns
- Competence in management of common general paediatric problems – acute and chronic
- Valid BLS training
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and implication for clinical service provision for LAC children
- Experience as a clinician in paediatric neurodisability, manging epilepsy, and children with complex health needs
- Valid APLS and NLS
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching
Desirable criteria
- Additional teaching qualifications
Team working
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team, seeking advice from, sharing experience with, and offering support to other team members
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an interagency team
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to interpret and communicate on a broad range of health information in a social and education context
- Strong leadership qualities including ability to build effective relationships, influence, and negotiate with others, political astuteness and sensitivity, ability to manage conflict of interest
Desirable criteria
- Able to analyse holistic health chronologies and provide a written comprehensive report detailing the implications of the information for the care experienced child’s current and future health and wellbeing
Management ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake administrative tasks
- Ability to prioritise tasks
- Ability to supervise junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Completed recognised leadership course
Participation in Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Record of completed audit and service improvement project
- An understanding of clinical governance and its application to the role of Named Doctor for LAC
Desirable criteria
- Experience in NHS complaint handling
- Experience in Clinical incident reporting
- Experience in Training in and experience of appraisal
- Experience in Risk management training
Personal Skills
Desirable criteria
- Training in communication skills, counselling, educational supervision
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rebecca Evanson
- Job title
- Named Dr for Children Looked After
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 7527 8810
- Additional information
Dr Katarina Harris, Community Paediatric Consultant via email on [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
- Telephone
- 020 7288 5286
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