Specialty Doctor in Paediatrics (ST4+)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialty Doctor (ST4+) to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, focusing on neuro-disability and neurorehabilitation.

You will be a key member of the medical team which consists of Medical Director, Consultants in Paediatric Neurodisability, Consultant Paediatrician, Senior Specialty Doctors in Paediatric Neurodisability (ST4+ equivalent), other Specialty Doctors (FY2, ST1-2 equivalent), Medical Business Manager, Medical Secretaries and Medical Admin.

Staff benefits include, free shuttle bus, and more… Read more below.

Role Requirements 

The timetable and job planning will be carried out with the Medical Director, bearing in mind the requirements of the organisation. A formal job plan will be agreed between the post-holder and Medical Director, three months after commencing the post, and reviewed at least annually thereafter, as part of the appraisal process.

You may be required to work across our service areas, either in The Children’s Trust School or in Children and Family Services. Responsibilities may include:

• Contributing to the admission of all new patients and providing regular medical support in consultation with the child’s consultant.

• Day to day supervision of the children, attending regular unit meetings, arranging investigations, writing admission and discharge summaries.

• Managing clinical cases with the support, and under the direction, of the consultant.

• Medical Ward rounds, phlebotomy, tracheostomy and gastrostomy button changes, drug charts and reports.

• Attending clinics – Psychiatry, neurology, orthopaedic, audiology, ophthalmology, dental, splint/brace, feeding, and botulinum toxin injection.

• Devising emergency protocols.

• Serve as a Member of the Emergency Response Team.

• Undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.

• Support and participate at the weekly medical team meetings.

• Participate in arrangements, as required by the Medical Director, e.g. timely submission of annual leave requests, study leave, etc.

• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings, teaching sessions and journal clubs.

• Participate in service development, e.g. development of policies and protocols, digitalisation of services, e.g. medical charts.

• To participate fully in the investigation of complaints, clinical incidents and near misses in line with The Children’s Trust’s policies, using IRAR (online incident reporting system).

• To work within the operational policies, procedures and protocols relating to The Children’s Trust.

• To actively participate in annual appraisal, supervision, and the job plan review process.

• To maintain clinical CPD activity and participate in the Revalidation process.

• To participate in clinical governance activities.

• Interest in research activity will be encouraged, and protected time allocated for participation if required.

Interviews: To be confirmed.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr Vijay Palanivel, Medical Director & Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability: 01737 364388.

For more information and for a copy of the candidate briefing pack please click here.

Terms & Conditions

PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process. 

Strictly no agencies, please.

As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Staff Benefits

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check.  Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected.  The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.