Senior Clinical Fellowship in Community Paediatrics

at  Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• The post holder will be based at the Hackney Ark and will carry out clinical work in the Hackney Ark, which provides assessment and intervention for children with a wide range of special needs and disabilities.

Activity / Workload

• The post holder will participate in consultant led neuro-developmental multi-disciplinary clinics. He/she may also participate in a range of other secondary level clinics (for example neonatal follow-up, enuresis, audiology, child protection) in other locations (community health centres, children’s centres, schools) depending on experience & training.
• He/she may also have responsibility for a special school and a secondary level community based clinic.
• Clinical work will be matched to the experience and training needs of the post holder as much as possible.

Clinical work and responsibilities

• Recognition and management of children with suspected and confirmed physical and emotional abuse and neglect, participating in a daytime child protection on-call rota with senior paediatric and consultant supervision.
• Identification, multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with a range of disabilities and special needs.
• Diagnosis and management of medical and developmental problems in a range of secondary community based clinics.
• Provision of medical services for a special school including advice for teachers and for Local Education Authority, particularly for children with long term problems, disabilities and special educational needs.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment and follow up of pre-term infants.

The department of community paediatrics is based at the Hackney Ark (multi-agency child development centre) and provides services for children across the London Borough of Hackney, a deprived and culturally diverse district in London’s East End, as well as the City of London. We have a purpose built multi agency child development centre (the Hackney Ark) and other clinics are conducted in local health centres & schools. We work closely with local paediatric acute units at the Homerton & the Royal London, and with child mental health services provided both within and outside the trust. The department provides a full range of services in community paediatrics including neurodisability, social paediatrics and child public health.
Sample Timetable
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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School aged clinic
Admin
Neurodevelopmental Clinic

• Recognition and management of children with suspected and confirmed physical and emotional abuse and neglect, participating in a daytime child protection on-call rota with senior paediatric and consultant supervision.
• Identification, multidisciplinary assessment and management of children with a range of disabilities and special needs.
• Diagnosis and management of medical and developmental problems in a range of secondary community based clinics.
• Provision of medical services for a special school including advice for teachers and for Local Education Authority, particularly for children with long term problems, disabilities and special educational needs.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment and follow up of pre-term infants