Community Consultant Paediatrician

Applications are invited for a dynamic and motivated Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Community Paediatrics to join our friendly and supportive team at the James Paget University Hospital.

The post requires a Consultant with a special interest in Community Paediatrics, who will work as part of the multi-professional team supporting the children and young people within our area with complex health presentations.

The Community Paediatric Service also delivers the neurodevelopmental assessment service for Great Yarmouth and Waveney and we have recently significantly expanded this team to increase our assessment capacity to support the reduction in waiting times for our patients. The service has an innovative approach to service transformation, and has recently moved to a practitioner delivered assessment model.

The focus of the role is a Community Paediatrician with a specialist interest in Community Paediatrics to support the onward development of the Community Paediatric Service. However, we would also welcome applicants who would like to retain a degree of General Paediatric and Neonatal work and would be happy to discuss this as an option.

We would welcome an individual with the drive and ambition who will continue to support the development of the service, and a friendly, motivated and flexible team and we would expect our new colleague to have similar qualities., The postholder will work as a Community Paediatrician, though as stated above, applicants may wish to retain General Paediatric and Neonatal commitments including and want to share the workload with consultant colleagues, including out-of-hours responsibilities with a Consultant on-call rota. The team also supports mutual out of hours cover for annual, study and professional leave.

This position provides an excellent opportunity for a suitably qualified specialist to actively contribute to a modern Community Paediatric Service, along with Paediatric and Neonatal services within this highly regarded Trust. We have a wide range of acute and community services, and the post will afford high levels of professional visibility.

The hospital is situated in Gorleston, 200 metres from the beach and picturesque countryside, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border close to the towns of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and within commuting distance from several small villages with affordable housing and local amenities. Residents enjoy a good quality of life with easy access to the Norfolk Broads and unspoilt coastline with opportunities for wildlife, walking, cycling and sailing. The historic city of Norwich is only 20 miles with excellent schools, rail links to London and an international airport, for easy access to the Continent and beyond.