Community Paediatric Consultant

This is an exciting new Consultant opportunity to join the Community Paediatric team in Great Western Hospital as a Community Paediatrician with a special interest in Safeguarding. We are looking for an enthusiastic doctor who will be a proactive addition to our workforce, and who is interested in taking the service forward, with our close links with social care and police services as well as the acute paediatric services. We need a Consultant Community Paediatrician who can work collaboratively within GWH and multi-disciplinary partners across Swindon and Wiltshire. We are looking for an enthusiastic doctor who will be a proactive addition to our workforce, and who is interested in taking the service forward, with our close links with our hospital colleague's and tertiary centres in Bristol and Oxford. We need a Consultant Community Paediatrician who can work collaboratively within GWH and multi-disciplinary partners across Swindon and Wiltshire., Community Paediatrics is part of an integrated Paediatric Service. The team currently consists of 4 Consultants, 3 speciality doctors and 3 specialist nurse prescribers. We have a dedicated administrative team who provide excellent support for all aspects of the services we provide. This includes:

• Medical services to children looked after (CLA) and those going through adoption
• Medical support for children with Special Education Needs
• Assessment and support for children with neurodevelopmental needs and neurodisability.
• Supporting child protection assessment services
We work collaboratively with therapy and education partners from triage to joint planning for care. We undertake robust neurobehavioural assessment in a holistic manner, using tools such as QB tests and E-Conners as well as multidisciplinary social communication assessments. We run regular multisdisciplinary complex movement clinics as well as manage and review children with complex neurodisability and end of life care. For this purpose we work closely with acute epilepsy and respiratory services both in secondary and tertiary centres. We are an early adopter of paperless technologies to increase admin efficiency and reduce paperwork. We would support involvement in formal Quality Improvement projects to support and evidence improvements and as a department continually strive to enhance our service.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.