Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Locum Consultant to our Community Paediatric team in Newham for 2026

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team within a multidisciplinary Community Child Health service in East London.

Consultant Community Paediatrician (up to 10PA)- the post will have a focus in Social pediatrics, working closely with the named Dr for Children in Care and the named Dr for Child Protection. This post would suit a newly qualified consultant who is looking to gain experience in Social pediatric work at senior level.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive community paediatric service within Specialist Children & Young People’s Services and will include responsibilities in the following areas:

(i) Clinical activities: a. Consultant clinics and related administrative work b. Clinical triage of referrals c. Clinical supervision as “Consultant of the Day” including Child protection d. MDT clinical discussions or meetings e. Any clinical patient-related meetings

ii) working with the named drs to support development of the Children in care and child protection service.

(ii) Teaching: a. To contribute to departmental teaching b. To contribute to teaching of medical students particularly in relation to community child health services

(iii) Management and leadership: a. Clinical Supervision b. Clinical governance c. Management supervision d. Pathway leadership

(iv) Audit, Quality Improvement and Service Development

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • GMC registration

Desirable

  • BSC in medical subject
  • MSc in medical subject
  • pHD

Professional Training

Essential

  • CCT In general paediatrics or within 6 months of CCT
  • In process of applying for Specialist registration via portfolio pathway.

Desirable

  • CCT in community Child health

clinical knowledge and experience

Essential

  • Experience of carrying out and supervising Child protection medical assessments
  • Experience of carrying out and supervising Children in Care medical assessments
  • 4+ years general professional training in Pediatrics
  • up to date with Level 3 competancies in child protection
  • at least 1 years experience of UK community Paediatrics

Desirable

  • Competent in Austism assessment – ADOS or 3Di trarining
  • Trained in use of Griffiths or Bayley for developmental assesment
  • exeprince in assessing and managing complex children with neurological and developmenatl problem s

medical management and leadership

Essential

  • experience of supervision of resident/ SAS drs
  • experience of productive MDT working

Desirable

  • completed management course
  • experience of complaint handling

Quality Improvement

Essential

  • Completed QI project with proven benefit

Desirable

  • Quality improvement Training
  • Experience of co-production with service users

teaching

Essential

  • experience of undergraduate paediatric teaching
  • experience of postgraduate paediatric teaching

Desirable

  • Has undertaken training in education methods

Communication skills

Essential

  • Good verbal skills
  • Ability to emphaise with people from different backgrounds
  • Abilty to be able to communicate effectively with parents and children

Desirable

  • evince that they have championed diversity in the workplace.

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: 24 July 2026

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