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Location

Colchester, Essex | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

An opportunity has arisen to join our team in NE Essex Community Paediatrics – in a fixed term role for 12 months (Ending 31st March 2025) which is an innovative role that combines clinical work with research in neurodevelopment.

We are inviting applications for a full time Clinical Fellow/Speciality doctor with an interest in Community Paediatrics and research at The Synapse Centre for Neurodevelopment and Colchester Hospital. It can be a hybrid post with PA time for both clinical and research roles.

The minimum requirement would be 4 years post graduate experience.

We are equally open for applicants to apply if they are either an Associate Specialist/Specialist Grade level or a Speciality Doctor or Registrar level who might not want to pursue a research interest.

The post-holder will undertake both neurodevelopmental and Neurobehavioural work with the aim of creating a balanced job plan including time for SPA.

Key elements of the post:
• 10PA full-time contract
• Mixed Neurobehavioural and neurodevelopmental caseload
• Child development assessments
• Participation in safeguarding clinic rota
• Clinical / educational supervision of Paediatric SpRs (core / higher trainees)

This post provides an excellent opportunity to join our enthusiastic and committed team of community and acute paediatricians, providing high quality health care to the local child population. The post in an exciting opportunity to contribute to service development and improvement as we seek to provide the best possible care to our patients.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

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Whilst the post-holder’s duties will be primarily community based, safeguarding clinics and some community paediatric clinics are held within the Children’s Outpatients Unit at Colchester Hospital. There is also the potential to hold other specialist clinics here, depending on the applicant’s area of expertise.

The department actively supports continuing professional development of its staff – including any additional training needed to help achieve personal and professional goals.

Full GMC registration is required and Candidates are required to be up to date with Level 3 Safeguarding with at least 4 years post graduate training ideally with up to 12 months experience in community paediatrics.

This advert closes on Thursday 28 Mar 2024

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