Specialty Doctor in Paediatrics (Community Child Health)

at  Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be an enthusiastic paediatrician with appropriate training in Community Child Health or able to demonstrate a strong interest. They will contribute to the Community Child Health (CCH) Team with regular CCH clinics and participating in multi-disciplinary team working. There will also be opportunities for teaching, training for Educational Supervision and the development of leadership roles. There are also opportunities to contribute to safeguarding clinics, providing assessments of physical safeguarding concerns.
This work is well supported by supervision and peer review. There is SPA of 1.5 PA with this role. The post holders clinical interests and responsibilities will complement those of other members in the department. Our Consultants and Associate Specialists have generic community child health responsibilities, with a geographical patch each.
They also have special interests in a broad range of clinical areas including epilepsy, neurodisability, audiology, feeding, autism, ADHD, neurology and neuromuscular medicine. Tertiary neurology (epilepsy) services are provided by Bristol Childrens Hospital. The CCH team remains based at Musgrove Park Hospital with Taunton clinics provided at our new Community Families Hub in the centre of Taunton and peripheral clinics across the county. This post will largely be based in Taunton, but there will be opportunities for reviewing geographical patches when in post.
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