Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics - Named Doctor Safeguarding Role

at  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking an enthusiastic locum consultant paediatrician with expertise in community child health to help deliver a highly-regarded service for children in Trafford.
We can be flexible with the PAs for the role and would be keen to discuss the role of the Named Doctor for safeguarding with potential candidates.
You will join a team of experienced and supportive medical professionals who are constantly seeking to improve the quality of the service to children and their families. The department works closely with other community health services including community children’s nursing, health visiting, school nursing, physiotherapy, OT, speech and language therapy, CAMHS and primary care. We provide services in partnership with the local authority, voluntary organisations and other agencies that provide health and social care to meet the health needs of local communities as well as with hospital trusts providing acute health services.
Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies.
The post holder will provide a locality based service to children in the area including assessment of children with developmental delay and disability, children with neurodevelopmental conditions, assessment of looked after children and children suffering suspected abuse, preparation of statutory reports for Social Services and Special Educational Needs, and attendance at review and planning meetings as required. The post holder is expected to deliver a high quality service for the looked after children to meet their medical needs. As part of the role, the post holder will be expected to supervise trainees.
Applicant must be fully registered medical practitioners and must possess a CCT in paediatrics. Two years’ experience in community paediatrics is desirable.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘ Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you

Please refer the Job description for details