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This post is for a Community Neurodevelopmental Consultant delivering care across Chorley South Ribble and Greater Preston.
The Consultant Community Paediatrician will provide expertise in Community Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and is expected to manage the full range of presentations in this area of practice alongside various colleagues. This is a replacement post in view of a recent retirement.
You will work closely within a team of 8 consultants and one speciality doctor to provide input to children and young people with a range of Neurodevelopmental conditions, e.g. autism, Special Educational Needs or Neurodisability and contribute to Initial Health Care Assessments of children / young people who are being Looked After (Children in care).
Some Of The Duties Will Be To
- Manage own case load and undertake the specialist medical assessment, investigation and clinical management of children and young people presenting with Neurodevelopmental / Neurodisability related problems.
- Participate in the multi-agency assessment and management of children with social communication and interaction difficulties.
- Work closely with the learning disability team and with CAMHS services in management of disabled children with challenging behaviour.
- Carry out health assessments for Looked After children in Chorley/ South Ribble and Greater Preston at either Chorley or Preston.
- Provide medical advice for Education Health and Care Plans for children under our care
- Attend weekly Multi-disciplinary team meetings for Autism and ADHD panels. You will be expected to follow the trust policies and local guidelines for diagnosing Autism and ADHD.
- As we are a teaching hospital, willingness to participate in OSCE sessions and student teaching is required
As a teaching hospital, we encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities and can facilitate meeting any training needs for these roles.
There is one higher specialist paediatric training post within the department that is accredited for grid training in Community Child Health, Paediatric Neurodisability and Paediatric Neurology.
The department contributes to undergraduate teaching with placements for year 4 and 5 medical students and contributing to quality improvements projects and communication skills training. Students find the placements very rewarding.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Sharmista Gupta Job title: Clinical Director for Community Paediatrics Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07577980294
