Candidate Information Pack

Including Job Description & Person Specification

Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and
health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial
Hospital.

CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department
and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the Crocus home
birthing team.

Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including
diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside
an onsite GP surgery.

Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after for
people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term
conditions without them having to come to hospital.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where every one of our 3600 members of staff is
valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.

Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud.

 Our values

We will always be professional, compassionate, respectful and safe.

Professional

• Set ourselves very high standards and share best practice

• Keep our uniforms smart, and be professional and consistent in our approach

• Work in partnership to best support our community’s needs

• Use resources wisely without compromising quality or safety

Compassionate

• Treat everyone as we would want to be treated ourselves

• Demonstrate kindness, dignity, empathy and compassion

• Make time for the people we are caring for, to understand their needs and wants

• Organise our services to give people the best possible experience of care

Respectful

• Be courteous and welcoming, and introduce ourselves

• Value the diversity and needs of everyone

• Always involve people in decisions about their care, listening to and respecting their wishes

• Appreciate the contribution that staff from all backgrounds bring to our services

Safe

• Be open and honest in everything we do, sharing what we do well and admitting our mistakes, to
constantly improve our care

• Protect the confidentiality of those in our care and show sensitivity to people around us

• Feel free to raise concerns so we are always learning• Make time for training and development and
support research so people always receive the highest standards of care.

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 JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability

DIRECTORATE Integrated Women’s, Children’s & Sexual Health

DEPARTMENT Paediatrics

BAND Consultant

RESPONSIBLE TO Joint Clinical Lead Dr Julia Simpson, Designated Dr Children

Looked After, Consultant Community Paediatrician

ACCOUNTABLE TO Dr David Rose, Clinical Director

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 DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

1. INTRODUCTION

The post has arisen due a vacancy in Community Paediatrics. The appointee to the post of Consultant
Community Neurodisability Lead Paediatrician will add to a current team of five Consultant Community
Paediatricians. The service is integrated with acute Paediatrics which has seventeen Consultants.
Together, both teams take on the co-ordination and delivery of a high quality Paediatric Service in
Croydon.

2. SPECIFIC AREAS

The post holder will be employed by Croydon Health Services and will work in a multi-agency team within
Croydon.
The appointee will work closely with special school nursing, therapies, social services, public health and
voluntary agencies to improve the health and outcomes for children with complex health needs in
Croydon. The post holder will be expected to work with hospital colleagues and develop links across South
West London.

The post is full time but flexible or part-time working requests will be considered.

The post holder is expected to contribute and support the CMS (Community Medical Service) staff and
participate in multidisciplinary and multi-agency work, including children safeguarding duties in order to
meet the needs of Croydon children and young people. The post holder is also expected to contribute to
Continuing Care Panel.

The post holder is based at Lennard Road, the community services base and St. Giles School. They would
be provided with IT support, as well as the new Patient Pathway coordinator, our revised secretarial
support, utilizing pooled typing resources and pathway coordinators.

3. CLINICAL ORGANISATION

General profile of Croydon

Croydon is a large London borough with a resident population of approximately 390,500. Croydon has a
relatively young population with about 26% aged less than 19 years, a slightly higher proportion than the
national average. Croydon is ethnically diverse. In the 2006 Census, 40% of the population comprised black
and minority ethnic groups. Overall the population enjoys better health than ever before.

The annual report of the Director of Public Health Medicine in Croydon 2011 identified some areas of
special concern and health care priorities. In 2014 approximately 4500 babies were born to women
resident in the borough of Croydon. Croydon has a high risk maternal population with a high fertility rate
and a high proportion of babies born with low birth weight.

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Croydon Local Authority had at the end of October 2023 506 Children Looked After. The rate of Children
Looked After (CLA) per 100,000 under 18 population was 56.1. In addition, there are a number of children
who are looked after by other Boroughs but are resident in Croydon.
There are established policies and guideline for staff dealing with LAC and safeguarding issues. There is a
good multi-agency support for LAC via Local Authority virtual schools team, and integrated working with
the immunisation and specialist nursing teams for safeguarding and looked after children.

Croydon has about 2,220 children with Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP).

The Community Paediatric doctors provide the medical support and advice to local schools and children
centres. Access to hospital and inpatient facilities is available at Croydon University Hospital for
investigations and acute care.

There are many infant, junior, secondary and independent schools in Croydon. There are no routine
mainstream school entry medicals however; outreach support is available at mainstream and special
schools for the Team around the Child Meetings. Selective school medicals are undertaken by the medical
staff at special schools.

There is also a wide range of special schools and units to provide facilities for children with special
educational needs:

Red Gates School & For children and young people with severe learning difficulties
Priory School and Priory
post-16 centre

St Nicholas School & For children with moderate learning difficulties,

Bensham Manor School communication and EBD

St Giles School For children with profound and complex and physical
disabilities
Beckmead School For children with emotional and behavioral problems

Rutherford School A special school run by SCOPE for children with multiple
disabilities from age 4-19 years.

Addington Valley Academy Addington Valley Academy is a co-educational special school specialising
in autism and complex needs and addresses the social communication, cognitive, sensory and social,
emotional, and behavioural needs of pupils aged 2 – 19.

Special units including:

o Units for children with autism at St Nicholas school and Castle Hill School.
o A Unit for children with visual impairment at Oval school.
o A Unit for children with hearing impairment at Kingsley school.
o Language Unit at Applegarth School

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 o Communication Unit at Winterbourne and several SEN new units

Other special units and provisions for children with behavior social communication and learning needs
are children centres, nurseries and for Key stage 1 and 2.
Croydon has expanding schools at mainstream and special provisions, to meet the changing population
needs. There is input for children with physical disabilities and medical needs at various schools in the
borough.

Services for children with special needs are provided by the local authority day care centres. The local
authority has a policy of positive integration into mainstream school. There are active portage and early
intervention teams who support the families of children with special needs. There is a continuing care
panel and support services for physical/medical needs.

The Early Years team works closely with Community Paediatricians to ensure that the Children Act
principles are upheld. There is also the early notification of children who are likely to have special
educational via the Children’s Coordinating Team (CCT).

Services for children with Special Needs

There are a number of children’s centres and nurseries, some of which offer specialist input for children
with physical disabilities and medical needs.

The referrals are received from various services including GPs, therapists, schools and hospital
Paediatricians. Specialist clinics in social communication disorders, motor disorders, neurodisability,
epilepsy, enuresis and behavioral concerns are run. There are second level referral clinics in the
community staffed by the community speciality doctors and paediatric trainees for initial assessment,
planning and monitoring of children who may have special needs and developmental difficulties.

Additional services

Croydon Health Service employs a nurse specialist for children with special needs and there is a Children’s’
Hospital At Home team. There is also a well-staffed specialist school nursing team at St Giles School and
at the Croydon Opportunity play group.

There is a Centre for Children’s Services (Malling Close in the community near Woodside). A multi-
disciplinary team work from this centre, carrying out developmental assessment of children with
developmental problems.

Laboratory and X-Ray facilities are available at Croydon University Hospital (CUH) for those children who
need them.

The children’s safeguarding in the Croydon Health Service is Consultant led. Children with suspected non-
accidental injuries or who are vulnerable are seen for assessment/medical examination in the community
by the medical team. Referrals are taken from Social services.
There is a purpose built facility, the Saffron Suite on the CUH site, for medical examinations of children
with suspected physical abuse.

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Liaison between Services

There are close working arrangements with colleagues in CUH and members of the multidisciplinary team,
health visiting, school nursing, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physiotherapy.

Multi-agency working with CAMHS, Local Education Authority, Social Services Public Health and other
frontline children’s services is actively promoted.

The Child Health Team support the patient records and archiving system. They also enter all the Croydon
New Births, Immunisation, Newborn Screening results electronically and they work closely with
community Paediatricians to maintain the electronic Special Needs Register.

4. TEACHING AND TRAINING

Paediatric Trainee Teaching

All consultants are expected to be committed to teaching and to play their part in the delivery of the
paediatric trainee RCPCH curriculum. These activities would include the planning and review of teaching,
and the assessment of Paediatric Trainees via RCPCP Portfolio. This includes out-patient clinic
observations.

The need for flexibility is acknowledged by the Trust and, for example, within a service department it is
possible that the overall teaching commitment to be unevenly allocated between staff to achieve optimal
teaching and service quality.

The appointed physician will participate in teaching post-graduate doctors and other groups at Croydon
Health Services. In the community paediatric service this can involve teaching to Health visiting, specialist
nurses and therapists.

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5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Involvement in high quality research & development is strongly encouraged at Croydon Health Services
NHS Trust, as this supports both the delivery of high quality clinical care.

Research at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

An important aspect of NHS care is research into human subjects to help develop innovative approaches
that would benefit both the patients as well as the wider NHS agenda. Towards this end, there is an
expectation that clinicians would be willing to take on clinical research, supported by the R&D
department. We would expect all divisions to have a balanced portfolio of research activity, including
CLRN studies, commercial studies and health service research. MDT involvement in research is strongly
encouraged.

Research and Job Planning

The undertaking of research within a job plan should be discussed during appraisal and as part of job
planning activities. All staff should be aware of the research being undertaken within their Division and in
the Trust, and actively support recruitment into relevant open studies, whether or not they have a primary
research component to their Job Plan. All individuals undertaking research are expected to have a good
working knowledge of Research Governance standards, and are required to undertake GCP training.

6. DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING

The Children’s medical Service is consultant led. It comprises:

6 Consultant Community Neurodisability Lead – current vacancy 1.0wte

Paediatricians

Dr Julia Simpson- Designated Doctor

Children Looked After (CLA) / Joint Clinical 1.0wte
Lead Paediatrics

Dr Shade Alu - Designated Doctor

forSafeguarding Children; autism lead 1.0wte

Dr Joy Okpala - Medical Adviser Adoption

/Immunisation coordinator 1.0wte

Dr Gillian Brock, - Designated Doctor for 0.8 wte

Education (DMO)

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 Dr Anu Raykundalia , Locum Consultant 0.6wte
Community Paediatrician

Associate Specialist Vacant -- Named Doctor for Child 1.0wte

Protection

Specialty Doctors Dr Ian Johnston 1.0wte

Dr Chipo Githinji – Named doctor for CLA 1.0wte

1-2 Senior Clinical Fellows

2-4 Specialist Trainees in Paediatrics In rotation with Croydon University

Hospital

Acute Paediatric Consultants

The Acute Paediatric department consists of 17 WTE consultants; comprising general paediatric
consultants, Paediatric Emergency Department (PED)/ambulatory consultants, and neonatal consultants.

Dr. Soonie Patel General Paediatrics, Oncology, Inf Disease

Dr. Theo Fenton General Paediatrics, Nephrology (Audit)
Dr. Edward Holloway General Paediatrics, Diabetes, Asthma and Allergy
Dr. Priya Ramaswamy General Paediatrics, Endocrine, Diabetes (RCPCH Tutor)
Dr. Matt Whitaker General Paediatrics, Oncology (Clinical Lead)
Dr. Nazma Chowdhury General Paediatrics, Ambulatory, Haemoglobinopathy (CDRM)
Dr. Sereesha Veleshala General Paediatrics, Ambulatory, Allergy (Safeguarding)
Dr. Chisaraokwu Nwachukwu Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Dr. Charlotte Doyle Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Dr. Hazel Daish General Paediatrics, Ambulatory
Dr. Uma Srirambhatla Neonatology, General Paediatrics (Governance)
Dr. Joselyn Morris Neonatology, General Paediatrics, (Rota)
Dr. John Chang (LTFT) Neonatology, General Paediatrics (Research)
Dr. Fallaha General Paediatrics (Trainees)
Dr. Amy Douthwaite Neonatology (Lead), General Paediatrics
Dr. Adam Pope Neonatology, General Paediatrics
Dr. Shaumya Ariyaratnam General Paediatrics (Rota)
Dr. Afaf Tebbal Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Assessments

7. CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

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The postholder will be expected to contribute and participate in the Department’s ongoing clinical audit
programme, and will carry out all necessary administrative duties associated with the care of their
patients. The postholder holder also has a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of
work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or
clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

8. STUDY AND ANNUAL LEAVE

The postholder will be expected to comply with the CME requirements of the relevant Royal College.
Study leave may be requested in accordance with the Trust’s Policy for Continuing Medical Education.
Annual leave may be taken in accordance with the Trust’s Guidelines on Leave Arrangements for Medical
and Dental Staff. To ensure the smooth running of the service the postholder will ensure that, in
conjunction with colleagues, adequate arrangements are made to cover planned absences.

9. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The post is covered by the current Terms and Conditions - Consultants (England) 2003, the Terms and
Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff (England and Wales) and Trust Policies and
Procedures where relevant. Appointment is conditional upon a satisfactory medical assessment, which
may include an examination along with pre-employment clearances in line with NHS Employment
Standards Checks.

9. APPRAISAL AND REVALIDATION

Appraisal is an important aspect of your development as a doctor and forms a key part of your
assessment for revalidation by the GMC. Useful information with regards to appraisal and revalidation
can be found at the following link:
http://intranet.mayday.nhs.uk/Projects/revalidation/Pages/home.aspx

At the trust we currently utilise an electronic revalidation management system- SARD (Strengthened
Appraisal and Revalidation Database). This is relatively simple to navigate.

10. MENTORSHIP

CUH offers newly appointed Consultants 4 free coaching/mentoring sessions. This is in line with the GMC’s
recommendations for Good Medical Practice. The success of coaching and mentoring is aimed at
establishing effective relationships with mentors based upon mutual respect, honesty and understanding,
combined with structured questioning to enable the mentee to find their own solutions.

You can get all current information on Mentorship with in the trust is available on
http://intranet.mayday.nhs.uk/TeamCentre/Corporate/MentoringDoctors/Pages/home.aspx.

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 CONSULTANT Paediatric Neurodisability Lead

10 Programmed Activities
JOB DESCRIPTION AND OUTLINE JOB PLAN

GENERAL

This is a Replacement post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team
providing and further developing community medical service. In addition, the individual will be required
to play an active role in the general workload of the department while having a significant commitment
to teaching and training of junior staff.

PURPOSE OF JOB

The post holder will be based at Lennard Road, Croydon Health Services and other work locations
including off site working may be agreed in your Job Plan where appropriate. The proposed Job Plan is
attached. There will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities (PA) of Direct Clinical Care (DCC), with
the remainder 1.5 PAs being allocated for Supporting Professional (SPA) and/or other Activities.

Although this is a Community Paediatrics post, we also welcome applications from General/ Neurology
Paediatricians willing to provide leadership in the care of children with complex needs. Some outpatient
clinics can be modified to accommodate general and speciality interests, and consideration can be given
to acute paediatric work including covering the paediatric emergency department if desired.

Please note that job plans are subject to review by your Clinical Head of Service and Clinical Director.

As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical,
medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s
patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:-

 The provision of a first class clinical service

 Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
 Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with Croydon Health Services
 Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
 Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the
parameters of the Trust’s service plans
 Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the
specialty, the Care Group or the Trust
 Work collaboratively and effectively with Trust employees and other agencies.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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1. To provide community medical service and this includes all aspects of treatment and relevant
management duties for the proper functioning of the department.

2. Responsible for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.

3. Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and
contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.

5. Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by Croydon Health
Services

6. To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

7. To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Trusts Objectives. This
may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal
and external agencies.

8. To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for the Department.

9. To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and
developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post
qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

10. To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff
within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement
in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.

11. To undertake management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director and Head of Service.

12. To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand
hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates
in infection prevention and control.

13. To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of
responsibility.

14. To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner
that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.

15. You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues,
visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical
governance accountabilities associated with this post.

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16. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Croydon Health Services
together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

17. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to
patients and staff.

18. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development
and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

19. The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and
must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements
are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures
which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards
must be strictly complied with at all times.

20. All employees responsible for transferring Personal Identifiable Data (PID) must ensure that this is sent
from and to NHS.net email accounts. If the information is being sent to an organisation outside the
NHS (Social Services for example), it should be sent to the secured email account of that organisation.
Under no circumstances should PID be sent, using the normal Trust email account to an external email
address.

21. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be
definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this
description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holders.

THE ABOVE REPRESENTS AN OUTLINE OF THE DUTIES OF THE POST AND WILL, TOGETHER WITH THE JOB PLAN, BE REVIEWED ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUST’S PERFORMANCE REVIEW SCHEME FOR CONSULTANTS

SPECIFIC AREAS

The post holder will be expected to work throughout the area covered by Croydon Health Services.

Training and supervision

 Participate as appropriate in local postgraduate Paediatric training.

Clinical Duties

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(a) This post holder will primarily work with children in the assessment and management of children
with neurodevelopmental disorders and complex neurodisability and will be the named doctor for
St. Giles School for children with moderate to profound learning disabilities and complex health
needs. The post holder will also Lead in the Neonatal high risk children follow up clinics jointly with
Neonatal consultant, Croydon University Hospital and contribute to National Audit.
(b) Development of care pathways for conditions such as cerebral palsy and transition medicals for
children with complex needs.
(c) Supervision and training of staff and trainees in child developmental assessment / care planning for
children with SEN/ to continue the newly establish St Giles feeding clinic for children with GOR
and complex feeding problems.

(d) Medical assessment of children who have been referred for safeguarding reasons and child
protection advice from social services.

(c) Should be able to provide medical examination and written reports in connection with statutory
assessment of special educational needs (EHCP)

(d) The appointee will participate in the medical assessment and management of children with
neurodevelopmental problems / Autism Spectrum Disorder

(e) There will be opportunities for developing special interests in a chosen clinical area.

(f) Taking an active part in clinical governance, appraisal and service development

GENERAL

1. To work in accordance with the Trust’s Here For You standards to consistently demonstrate the
behaviours required to fulfil the promises we have made to the people of Croydon. These promises,
developed with our patients, carers and staff help us deliver the pledges in the NHS Constitution and
our own corporate objectives.

The postholder is required to carry out his/her role in accordance with the organisation values,
standards and behaviours, in a Professional, Compassionate, Respectful and Safe way.

2. To ensure that Croydon Health Services Trust’s policies and procedures are adhered to.

3. To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times
with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations and the Trust’s Health and Safety policies
and procedures.

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 4. To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the
course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the
Data Protection Act and its amendments.

5. To work in accordance with the Trust’s policies to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote
equality and diversity in the workplace. To positively promote at all times equality of opportunity in
service delivery and employment in accordance with Trust policies, regardless of age, disability, race,
nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, religion, belief, sexual orientation or domestic
circumstances.

6. To adhere to the Trust Infection Control Policy, procedures and guidelines, and in particular practice
strict hand hygiene at all times while carrying out clinical duties, in line with the responsibilities placed
on employees by the Health Act 2006: Code of Practice for the prevention and control of healthcare
associated infections (HCAIs). The prevention and control of HCAIs must be embedded into everyday
clinical practice and applied consistently.

7. All clinical staff holds responsibility for ensuring they have sound knowledge of standard infection
control precautions and that no omission on their part or within the sphere of their responsibility is
detrimental to the interests or safety of their patients, visitors and colleagues. Clinical staff must keep
their infection control knowledge and skills up to date by attending the Trust’s mandatory infection
control training, a record of which will be kept and information provided to line managers as required.

8. To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults policies, procedures and
protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote
the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
 Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and
protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
 Ensure you are familiar and comply with the Croydon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Pan London Procedures.
 Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
 Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
 Participate in required training and supervision.
 Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

NOTE:
 A child is someone under the age of 18 (this would include unborn children).

 A vulnerable adult is ‘someone who is or may be in need of community care services by reason of
mental or other disability, age or illness; and who is or may be unable to take care of him or
herself, or unable to protect him or herself against significant harm or exploitation’ (this includes
carers).

Copies of the Protocols and Procedures are available on the Trust Intranet under Child Protection. Staff
are advised on how to access the appropriate contact numbers and the Protocols and Procedures when
attending Safeguarding training. Updates and revisions are notified to all staff via ‘What’s New’.

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9. To work within the General Medical Council Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Professional
Practice.

10. Budget Holders are responsible for adherence to Standing Financial Instructions

11. Managers are responsible for adherence of maintaining expenditure within budget and addressing
deviations from budget

12. To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with
the responsibilities of the post.

You are the difference –Staff Pledges

All staff are expected to demonstrate a considerate and respectful attitude.

I will always introduce myself to patients and other staff “Hello my name is”

If I see that someone looks like they need help, assistance or they look lost – I will always – Can I help
you?

If I can’t help you I will always ensure that I refer you to someone who can

If I see behaviour that is inappropriate I will feel empowered and supported to always challenge it

This job description is not an exhaustive document, but is a reflection of the current position. The job
holder may from time to time be asked to undertake other reasonable duties. Any change will be made
in discussion with the job holder in light of service needs.

Job Description Agreement

This job description can be updated annually as part of the personal development plan.

This job description has been updated and agreed by:

Date: …………………..
Line Manager: Dr Julia Simpson, Joint Clinical Lead Paediatrics…………..

Date …………………...

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 PERSON SPECIFICATION

ATTRIBUTES ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

1. Qualifications MB BS or equivalent Higher degree (Msc, DCH,

Level 3 Child Safeguarding training DCCH, MBA, MD, PhD or
equivalent).
Post-graduate qualification in
2. Higher Qualifications Paediatric Neurodisability.
Membership of the Royal College
of Paediatrics & Child Health
(MRCPCH) or equivalent

3. Registration Inclusion in the specialist register

for paediatrics or within 6 months
of CCT at time of interview. ( Dual
accreditation in Neurodisability
and General Paediatrics or
Community Paediatrics with
experience in Neurodisability)
Name on Specialist Register on
date of taking appointment
Full registration with the GMC

4. Training and Clinical experience in Paediatric Specialist interest in child

Experience Neurodisability. protection and
Neurodisability
Ability to take full and Experience in other areas
independent responsibility and relevant to child health e.g
clinical management for clinical General Practice, Child Mental
care of complex patients with Health, Public Health
Paediatric Neurodisability.

At least 2 years substantive

previous NHS experience at SpR
level (or equivalent).

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5. Administration Experience in day to day Experience in the
organisation of services development of clinical
guidelines

6. Management and Able to demonstrate leadership Management course and/or

Leadership capability within multi-disciplinary qualification
teams
Budget Holders are
Ability to organise and manage responsible for adherence to
work Standing Financial
Understanding of the principles of Instructions
clinical governance
Managers are responsible for
adherence of maintaining
expenditure within budget
and addressing deviations
from budget
7. Audit Thorough understanding of
principles of medical audit. Must
Relevant research experience
have undertaken and completed
in one or more aspects of
audit projects.
specialty specific topic
8. Research and
Publications
Publication of relevant review
articles or case reports.

Evidence of original work as

demonstrated by publications in
peer review journals
9. Personal Skills Effective communicator, able to
work in a multidisciplinary team
and co-operate with all medical
and paramedical staff

Flexible, able to cover colleagues’

absence
10. Personal attributes
Professional attitude towards
work, reliability, good record of
attendance and tidy personal
appearance
11. Croydon Health
Services Values Able to demonstrate an
understanding of Croydon Health
Services Values

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 Commitment to uphold Croydon
Health Services Values
12. Teaching Experience of undergraduate and Teaching skills
post-graduate teaching and exam course/qualification
preparation.

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 CONSULTANT JOB PLAN

NAME: Consultant in Paediatric

SPECIALTY: Community Paediatrics
Neurodisability YEAR: 2024
COMMENCEMENT DATE OF JOB PLAN: TBC REVIEW DATE: TBC

WEEKLY TIMETABLE OF COMMITMENTS

Day Time Type of Work Classific Average No. of

(From – To) ation of Duration PAs
Activity (hours)

Monday am 09:00-13:00 Doctors meeting/ audit/journal club/ SPA 4 1

Appraisal
Monday pm 13:00-15:00 CPD SPA 2 0.5
15:00-17:00 Admin DCC 2 0.5

Tuesday am 09:00-13:00 Neurodisability Clinic/ St. Giles school DCC 4 1

Tuesday pm 13:00-17:00 Admin DCC 4 1

Wednesday am 09:00-13:00 Safeguarding DCC 4 1

Wednesday pm 13:00-17:00 Safeguarding/ strategy discussions DCC 4 1

Thursday am 09:00-13:00 Neurodisability Clinic/MPAC DCC 4 1

Thursday pm 13:00-17:00 Admin DCC 4 1

Friday am 09:00-13:00 Neurodevelopmental clinic/ASD/ DCC 4 1

Friday pm 13:00-17:00 Admin DCC 4 1

TOTAL PAs 10.0

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ACTIVITY SUMMARY

ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION JOB PLAN

PAs x 4 = HRS
No. of PAs No. of Hours

DIRECT CLINICAL CARE 8.5 34

(including unpredictable On- Call)
SUB-TOTAL: 1.5 6
OTHER NHS RESPONSIBILITIES

EXTERNAL DUTIES 0

TOTALS 10.0

ON-CALL AVAILABILITY SUPPLEMENT

N/A
Agreed On-Call Rota (eg. 1 in 5):

N/A
Agreed Category (indicate A or B):

On-Call Supplement % N/A

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