About this role
Job summary
The Community Paediatrician plays a key role in delivering specialist medical care to children and young people with complex health, developmental, and safeguarding needs within community settings.
You will provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing management for children with neurodevelopmental conditions, disabilities, and social vulnerability, working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
The role includes responsibility for statutory and safeguarding duties, including child protection medical assessments, looked after children health assessments, and contribution to multi-agency planning. The Community Paediatrician will support delivery of neurodevelopmental pathways (e.g. ASD/ADHD), contribute to reducing waiting times, and ensure high-quality, patient-centred care.
In addition to clinical work, the post holder will provide leadership within the service, supporting service development, quality improvement, and workforce supervision. They will work collaboratively with health, education, and social care partners to ensure integrated care and improved outcomes for children and families.
The role is essential to maintaining safe service provision, meeting statutory requirements, and delivering local and national priorities for children's services.
Main duties of the job
A Community Paediatric Consultant provides specialist care for children with complex physical, developmental, and safeguarding needs. The role includes assessing, diagnosing, and managing conditions such as autism, ADHD, learning disability, cerebral palsy, and other neurodevelopmental or chronic health conditions through outpatient and community-based clinics.
The consultant works as part of a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with therapists, psychologists, specialist nurses, education, and social care to deliver coordinated, holistic care. A key responsibility includes contributing to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) by providing detailed medical advice and reports.
Safeguarding is a core aspect of the role, including participation in strategy discussions, case conferences, and the preparation of medico-legal reports where required.
The post also involves clinical leadership, supporting service development and pathway improvements to meet increasing demand. Consultants contribute to teaching and supervision of junior doctors, medical students, and wider staff, ensuring high standards of practice are maintained.
In addition, the role includes participation in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement activities, ensuring safe, effective, and compliant service delivery across community paediatric services.
About us Join Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR), a forward-thinking and high-performing organisation committed to delivering safe, high-quality, and patient-centred care. We pride ourselves on strong multidisciplinary working, innovation, and continuous improvement to meet the evolving needs of our population. Our Community Paediatric services play a key role in supporting children and families across the region, with a particular focus on improving access, reducing waiting times, and enhancing neurodevelopmental pathways. This post is mainly based at Broadoaks CDC. The post holder will have full-time secretarial support and access to IT including the Internet. All senior doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and are supported with the revalidation process.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Health Essential
Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice
Qualifications Essential
Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice MBBS or equivalent MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent Must be on GMC's Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receiving it at the time of interview.
Desirable
Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree
Experience and Skills Essential
Ability to independently undertake specialist medical assessments, investigations and clinical management of patients with Neurodevelopmental / Neurodisability related problems Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the Highest Specialist Paediatric Training Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training Valid BLS Training
Desirable
Experience in other areas relevant to Community Child Health e.g. General Practice, Child Mental Health, Public Health, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Neurodisability Specialist experience in one or more particular areas of Community Child Health practice to take on a lead role
Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge Essential
Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression
Leadership and Team Working Essential
Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others
Desirable
Completion of leadership courses Evidence of effective leadership
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Essential
Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Essential
Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and taking action
Education and Training Essential
Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services
Desirable
Evidence of teaching and training of medical students or trainees or allied health professionals
Research and Scholarship Essential
Keeps up-to-date with current research and best practice in the individual's specific area of practice, through appropriate continuing professional development activities and their own independent study and reflection
Desirable
Participation in research training courses or recruitment for NIHR research studies Presentation/publication of conference abstract
Personal Essential
Effective communication skills Good organisation skills Works well within a multidisciplinary environment. Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
Desirable
Demonstrated ability to work unsupervised and make decisions Demonstrated ability to lead a multidisciplinary team Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively e.g. report writing; thesis
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Ashton Health Centre
67-69 Pedders Lane
Preston
PR2 1HR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)