Job summary
- Main area
- Medical: Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 5 sessions per week (PAs)
- Job ref
- 150-CP2629-PC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Crawley & Horsham Child Development Centre Crawley Hospital
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Paediatrician and Medical Lead (Child Health/Neuro)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
Medical Lead & Consultant Paediatrician (Community Child Health and/or Paediatric Neurodisability)
2 PAs Medical Lead & 3 PAs Clinical
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to join our child development team based at the Crawley Child Development Centre (CDC) in West Sussex. The Centre provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary child development and disability services across the Crawley and Horsham areas. The successful applicant will become part of a multidisciplinary team offering high quality care for children with a wide range of developmental needs.
This post is suitable for either Community Paediatric or Neurodisability Paediatricians, the clinical role being largely focused on children with neurodisability or neurodevelopmental disorders. The Medical Lead will provide clinical leadership and form part of the CDC's medical leadership team, working closely with the Medical Head of Service.
Child Development Centres are part of SCFT's wider Child Development Services, with a 3 other CDCs. There are opportunities for joint working and professional development and networking with over 15 consultant paediatric colleagues across the Trust.
We offer a friendly, welcoming, supportive and experienced team environment. We are looking for candidates who are innovative and flexible, committed to multidisciplinary working and will actively lead developing new approaches to the delivery of high quality child health services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry a neurodevelopmental and neurodisability caseload, as well as undertaking work associated with the team's Medical Lead responsibilities. The post holder will be encouraged and supported to undertake further training when in post if needed. You will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team, to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service.
There are close links with CAMHS, University Hospitals Sussex, and with Education and Social Services within West Sussex. There is a requirement for the post holder to support the teaching of medical students from Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and in supervising paediatric trainees. They will participate in quality improvement, and peer review activities within the department.
The post offers regular SPA time and supports continued professional development.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
a) The Medical Lead will demonstrate strong professional medical leadership within the Child Development Centres providing professional line management to the medical team.
b) The post-holder will work in collaboration and support the Deputy Operational Head of Service to provide a holistic overview and delivery of services within the Child Development Centre.
c) Acting in support of the Medical Head of Service, the post holder will be a key member of the locality leadership team and work in a close relationship with the Deputy Operational Head of Services.
d) The post holder will support the Medical Head of Service and Divisional Medical Director to continually improve equitable patient care, experience, access and outcomes for their service through the development and assisting with the implementation of Trust initiatives.
e) The post holder will demonstrate highly visible clinical and professional
leadership behaviours, which are underpinned by the values of the Trust, and be a role model for leadership, training, coaching, and facilitating medical staff development at all levels.
f) Working with the Medical and Operational Head of Service, the post holder will take the lead in medical recruitment for the service.
g) The postholder will, working with Deputy Head of Service (CDCs) and Medical Head of Service be responsible for medical clinical governance including the identification, reporting, management and mitigation of risk and patient safety.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Person specification
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the job
Qualifications and/or Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Recognised Basic Medical Degree
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
- Certificate of Completion of Training in Paediatrics or equivalent and Inclusion on the Paediatric Specialist Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)
- Recognised Child Protection Training (higher level)
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Higher Degree (eg MSc in Community Child Health, MD, PhD)
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least two years of Higher Specialty Training in Community Child Health/ Paediatric Neurodisability/ Neurology or equivalent experience
- Experience in the field of safeguarding / child protection
- Experience of involvement in a research project and publication or published audit project
Desirable criteria
- Experience of carrying out an audit project
- Commitment to and experience of under graduate and postgraduate learning and teaching
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Effective clinical skills
- Demonstrable management, leadership and motivational skills
- Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work
- Ability to work successfully in a multi professional/disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries
- Ability to appraise own performance, demonstrate insight and act on feedback
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to deal effectively with pressure
- Thoroughness and attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Positive approach to the job planning and appraisal process
- Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a consultant
- Understanding of and commitment to Good Medical Practice
- Knowledge of risk management
- Understanding of the direction of the NHS as it relates to community child health services
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation relating to children and young people
- Evidence of commitment to Service Development
- Understanding of the role of governance in ensuring high quality care and safe practice
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
- Dr Griselda Wireko-Brobby
- Job title
- Community Paediatrician/ Medical Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01293 301010
- Additional information
01293 301010 extension 6789
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