Job summary
- Main area
- Medical and Dental
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 083-8044695-HO
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Longcross Children's Centre
- Town
- Long Cross Centre, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0LP
- Salary
- £104,401 - £115,341 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Doctor
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
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Job overview
Sirona delivers Children’s Services within Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The strength of our partnership is that together we have huge experience of providing large scale children’s services; working with families and communities to ensure a joined up approach, and working locally with strong connections and relationships with a wide range of commissioners and other provider organisations, which gives us a strong foundation on which to build further. We are proud of our achievements to provide seamless services to the people that we serve and are looking for someone to help us to build on this strength.
We are looking for an individual who will ensure our services are safe, effective and caring, who will bring leadership and a passion for excellence and who will respond to the needs of our service users, families and our local communities. You will be joining an energetic, ambitious organisation that is one of the first to achieve the Staff Wellbeing Charter; you can expect to be challenged and supported, and you will enjoy the benefits of attractive salary, terms of service, and NHS Pension
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a senior, experienced clinician who can work autonomously providing medical care for children with neurodevelopmental conditions and neuro-disability within the Community Paediatrics department in Sirona.
Clinical duties - As a specialist they will serve as ‘expert decision-makers’ responsible for the full range of patient care within community paediatrics, with the potential to work independently. They will be expected to manage a community paediatric caseload including responding to requests for education health and care plans.
The role will primarily focus on providing direct clinical care in out-patient clinics, meeting service delivery requirements.
Leadership and teaching - The role will be supported by suitable development opportunities including management roles and leadership responsibilities in teaching and service development.
Study & Research - Sirona is committed to ensuring that support is given for Continuing Professional Development. The postholder will be required to fulfil the requirements laid down by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and to fulfil the requirements for revalidation laid down by the General Medical Council.
Clinical Governance - The postholder will be required to take part in a Clinical Governance programme, to include audit and quality improvement, in line with revalidation requirements to provide evidence of service development.
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Please use your 'Supporting Information' to demonstrate and provide evidence in how you meet the Person Specification below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with evidence of annual appraisals
Essential & Desirable
Essential criteria
- A minimum of 12 years medical work since obtaining a primary medical qualification
- A minimum of 6 years working within Community Paediatrics within the UK including assessing and diagnosing children with neurodevelopmental conditions and those with neuro-disability.
- Experience of safeguarding working including involvement in multi-agency strategy discussions and carrying out child protection medicals.
- Strong verbal and written skills.
- Able to engage with and communicate clearly with a wide range people, notably children, young people and their families
- Willingness and enthusiasm to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates.
- Must be willing and able to meet the travel requirements of the post.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leading multi-disciplinary meetings
- Recent, relevant quality improvement work
- MRCPCH membership exam
- Up to date mandatory training
- ADOS training
- Evidence of leadership training.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Tamsin Woodbridge
- Job title
- Consultant Community Paediatrician
- Email address
- [email protected]
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