Job overview

This post will be accountable to the Associate Medical Director for Children’s Physical health services, Dr Anita Morgan through the Medical Lead, Dr Hannah Fallon. Supervision of the post will sit with the Medical Lead as line manager.

The Post-holder will provide senior clinical leadership to the wider multi-disciplinary team and work closely with the ward manager and leads to enhance effective service delivery.

The Trust expects consultants to take a leadership role and be involved with management within their clinical teams and that they should work with other senior clinical team members

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the role will be:

•    The role includes general community paediatrics outpatient clinics, child developmental assessment including assessment for neurodevelopmental conditions and health promotion.
•    The post holder will contribute to specialist clinics for children in care.
•    This role includes the assessment for children in care, writing of pre-adoption medical reports and contribute to medical advice for adoption.
•    This role has the scope to develop a special interest further in improving health outcomes for this vulnerable population. 
•    The post holder is responsible for Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness which includes the liaison with statutory authorities regarding SEND, CIC, child protection and child death in accordance with holistic care and best practice. 
•    There is an in hours on-call rota for child protection physical abuse medical assessments and contribution to formulating risk with the multiagency team for Coventry and Rugby. 
•    The post holder will join the consultant team in the leadership of the directorate in the delivery of clinical care of children, and be an active part in the ongoing service transformation which will includer the development of new integrated clinical pathways.
•    The post holder will have a role within the team for assessment of referrals, with attendance at triage meetings and or individual triage.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
•    generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
•     excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
•    salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
•    discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
•    wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
•    staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.