Job overview

This is a substantive Consultant post in Community Paediatrics. It is a new position created as part of a service reconfiguration.

We are seeking to appoint a committed and motivated colleague to join our team of three established Consultants. The post holder will play an active role within our multidisciplinary team and in collaboration with fellow Consultants and the Clinical Director, the successful candidate will take on one of the lead roles required within the CCP.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable paediatrician and are very willing to discuss individual interests with potential applicants, with the aim of accommodating these wherever possible. Interests in Safeguarding, Neurodisability or Neurodevelopmental conditions Social Paediatrics(LAC/ Adoption ) would be welcomed.

Main duties of the job

Community Pediatric Team provides both secondary and specialist medical care for children in Bexley working closely with primary care teams, therapists, education, social services, voluntary sector and CAMHS to ensure that a fully comprehensive community pediatric service is provided to the population of Bexley. 

This includes the management and delivery of the following components of service: 

·       Neurodevelopment and Neurodisability

·       Autistic Spectrum Disorder Assessment and Diagnosis

·       ADHD assessment and Medication management

·       School Health Service

·       Safeguarding Children

·       Social Pediatrics- Services for Looked After Children and Medical Advisor for Adoption

·       Specialist Continence

The new Post holder will be a full member of the Joint Services for Children and Young People and will have the opportunity to fully participate in all aspects of the development and delivery of Child Health Services in Bexley.  The service works in a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency context and teamwork is a key element of the role. 

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England.  Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work.  It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts. 

“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family.  We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy.  Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.” 

Ify Okocha

Chief Executive