Consultant-Developmental Paeds & Doctor for Children Looked After: Sponsorship Available

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a permanent consultant to join a well-established neurodevelopmental and neurodisability team in South West London and meet rising demand in most of our specialist teams within Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and the Children Looked After (CLA) Services. The successful candidate will work across and deliver care for the CLA, Developmental Paediatrics, ADHD and ASD sub-specialties. This post also includes the Named Doctor for CLA, an active role in delivering and improving the service for CLA. The Named Doctor will be working alongside the Named Nurse for CLA and the rest of the wider team, who all contribute to delivering the clinical aspect of the CLA service. The post holder will ensure a high standard of care is achieved and maintained within their organisation demonstrating effective leadership skills and working within a team. This will include providing clinical supervision, (including checking reports) of all doctors that carry out CLA clinics and management of the trainee doctors. The Named Doctor will also be responsible for providing an annual quality assurance report for CLA in conjunction with Named Nurse and management team.

Main duties of the job

Children Looked After

The Children Looked After‘s Health Team works in close partnership with the Local Authority, London Borough of Wandsworth (LBW). Effective joint working arrangements between the LBW and SGH are in place to ensure that the health and well-being of children in care are promoted and that all children receive timely Initial Health Assessments (IHAs), Review Health Assessments (RHAs) and dental checks that are in line with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

The Local Authority is responsible for around 320 looked after children. There are approximately 200 new accommodations each year.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in relevant Paediatric specialty: Community Child Health, Neurodisability, Child Mental Health or General Paediatrics (candidates within 6 months of CCT are eligible to apply)
  • Full registration and licence to practise with General Medical Council or eligible if currently working overseas
  • MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
  • Level 3 Child Safeguarding training

Desirable

  • Level 4 Child Safeguarding training
  • Level 4 LAC competences
  • Other LAC specific training

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in Community Paediatrics, Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics and Neurodevelopmental assessment
  • Experience in Children Looked After (CLA) Medical services appropriate to meet the responsibilities of the Named Doctor role described above
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of complex patients
  • Audit: evidence of understanding of audit principles and having taken a lead role in completing at least 2 audit projects in clinical areas relevant to this application

Desirable

  • Publications in peer reviewed journals, presentations at national or international level

Skills

Essential

  • Effective communicator and team worker
  • Ability to conduct a comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessment of children with suspected developmental problems with understanding of relevant psychosocial factors
  • Ability to compile a comprehensive report within defined timescales
  • Ability to liaise effectively with other professionals and agencies to ensure appropriate treatment and support
  • Ability to review a child and write a SEND/EHCP report
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a multiagency team

Desirable

  • Ability to diagnose and manage a child with ASD and/or ADHD.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of recognised tools for the assessment of developmental disorders e.g. Griffiths Mental Developmental Scales, SOGS etc.
  • Understand multiagency working in the context of safeguarding

Desirable

  • Familiarity with recognised tools for the assessment of suspected ADHD and ASD

Other

Essential

  • Active involvement in Continuing Professional Development
  • Ability to be flexible, adaptable, thorough and resilient
  • An understanding of equality and diversity within the workforce and how can it impact on this post
  • Ability to share knowledge and difficulties with colleagues
  • Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post

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).

Closing Date: 6 October 2026

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