Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Community Paediatrics in the East Integrated Health Centre (IHC), to assist in providing comprehensive and specialist Child Health Services across this area of North Wales. The post will be based at the Children’s Centre in Flintshire, Mancot, but cross-county work may be required at times according to the service need. The post holder will be supported to undertake a lead role in Adoption and Fostering work.

The appointee will be part of a busy and cheerful department, with a clear emphasis on delivering high quality, community-based care to our local children and young people. There is close joint working between Community Paediatricians and the Specialist Paediatric Nursing Team including, the Preschool Developmental Nursing Team, School Age Learning Disability Team, Health Visitors, and School Nurses, and Diana Nursing Team, as well as Therapy Services. We have excellent working relationships with our acute colleagues and with tertiary centre specialist services at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool. 

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work with other Community Paediatricians to develop integrated Child Health Services within the Health Board to provide a comprehensive service. The post is mainly clinical and includes a teaching/supervision component.  Proposed areas of clinical responsibility for the team are outlined below and are subject to discussion with the successful candidate depending on expertise. The post holder will share the duties listed below with the existing Consultants and their teams, each leading on agreed aspects of the work.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for Community Paediatric Services within Wrexham. Cross-county work to Flintshire may be required, with prior agreement with the appointee in the job plan. The new post holder will work with a team of Community Paediatricians to provide this population-based Paediatric Service.
The successful applicant will be expected to:

• Be actively involved in the clinical governance programme of the Department, providing support to undergraduate and postgraduate students as necessary.
• Ensure the maintenance of relevant skills through continuing professional development, with an annual appraisal.
• Provide clinical supervision for other Community Paediatricians and clinical and educational supervision for Specialist Paediatric Trainees.
• Participate in the relevant children’s management meetings for the Service.

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is Wales’s largest health organisation, with a budget of over £2.4 billion and a workforce of over 20,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals and a network of community hospitals, health centres, clinics, and mental health units. It also co-ordinates or provides the work of GP practices and NHS services provided by dentists, opticians, and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system that strives for excellent, compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public sector and other statutory and third sector organisations.