Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Clinical 

Allowing for flexibility according to the skills of the successful applicant, the responsibilities will be as follows:

 Clinical work will be particularly around: -

• Assessment and management of children and young people who are experiencing gender incongruence and who may benefit from clinical support
• Vulnerable children, children looked after
• Developmental delay
• Assessment and management of children with Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Behavioural problems, to assess whether there are underlying developmental aetiologies
• Joint working service to improve pathways for children and young people
• Development of pathways and protocols to improve care for children with complex needs

Key Responsibilities

·     Provide medical leadership and expertise working with the Service   lead and Service Manager to ensure the specialty achieves its         strategic objectives of person centred care

·       In conjunction with service management, ensure that performance       targets for the specialty are met and reported on.

·       Support the standardization of practice by contributing to clinical         guidelines / protocols across the service; setting up common sets of   clinical standards and outcome measures.

·       Ensure seamless provision of high-quality integrated care to patients     along established care pathways.

·       To contribute to the services quality improvement strategy.

·       To support the Clinical Director in ensuring the service has systems for monitoring the quality of clinical care in the service.

·       To collaborate with the Service Lead in the management of any risks.

·  Actively promote effective multi-disciplinary working within the specialty and collaborative working with other stakeholders.

·       Collaborate with Community & Mental Health Clinical Directors to        ensure that all medical Colleagues have effective job plans to ensure clinical objectives are met.

·       Along with the senior management team lead the planning and                development of services, offering a medical perspective to discussions.

·       Deputise for the Clinical Director as required.

Teaching & Academic role

Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates.

Offer training in child development to health personnel and staff in partner agencies.

Develop research interests in their area of interest and expertise.

Managerial responsibilities

Supervise junior staff.

Participate in departmental and Local Authority meetings related to strategic planning.

Take an active role in service review and development 

CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance

Participate in CPD activity for which financial support is available

Initiate and undertake appropriate audits as required within the department.

Take part in the clinical governance programme

Proposed job plan 

This post attracts 10 programmed activities per week. There may be the opportunity to discuss and review this with the Clinical Director.

The job plan for the first three months will be based on a provisional/indicative timetable. A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director within three months of the commencement date of the appointee.

The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an

illustrative guide only and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidate.

The basic template for new consultants is 1.5 SPA.  Any additional SPA time in the Job Plan is linked to defined roles with clear objectives.

Ø  1.0 SPA for:

o   Personal revalidation, appraisal/job planning/quality      improvement /clinical governance/statutory & mandatory training/CPD.

o      Engagement in Quality Improvement, including:

§      Attending Quality Improvement meetings

§     Contributing data; and

§  Implementing agreed Quality Improvement          recommendations in own practice.

Ø  0.5 SPA for departmental & Trust meetings and teaching (UG, departmental, Trust).

Ø  Indicative 0.25 SPA for a formal Postgraduate Medical Educational Supervisor role.

Ø  Additional SPA(s) for defined roles or activities in research, departmental leadership     or wider governance, and audit, as agreed through the job planning process

The Job plan entails:

Regular job planning meetings will be undertaken with the post holder to ensure that the appointee is remunerated for any additional activities undertaken and that the job plan accurately reflects the overall workload undertaken by the post holder.

Provision of Services

A proposed job plan is outlined below. The sessions may able to be adapted following discussion and ‘changes made by mutual agreement between the Trust and the successful candidate if the service need changes.  

Clinics will be booked according to locally agreed templates that are responsive to the needs of children and young people.