Consultant in General Paediatrics with interest in Palliative Care: Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

Barts HEALTH NHS Trust

The Royal London Hospital

Consultant in General Paediatrics with palliative care nterest

FULL TIME (10pAs)

We are delighted to invite applications for a substantive consultant post General Paediatrics with a special interest in Paediatric palliative care. Applications are particularly welcomed from candidates that hold a SPIN in palliative care.

This is a new post for department following a successful pilot which has demonstrated positive outcomes for the children’s hospital.

The successful candidates will join a highly motivated, consultant-led team delivering high quality Paediatric care to Tower Hamlets & East London.

The general paediatric department is based at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. The Children’s Hospital Division of the Royal London Hospital manages over 20,000 inpatient spells a year and sees over 22,000 new patients and over 47,000 follow up patients per year in clinic.

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric department is welcoming and friendly. Our multidisciplinary clinical team includes nurses, play specialists, clinical practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and allied health professionals working alongside doctors in training, clinical fellows, associate specialists & consultants. All of our team are dedicated to the highest standards in clinical care and patient safety.

The general paediatric duties of the post include; participation in the short stay attending week rotas &/or inpatient attending week rotas, the on-call rota (which includes on-site duties until 22:00 on week nights) and both general paediatric & rapid access clinics.

The paediatric palliative care duties of the post include providing palliative care expertise to the wider children’s hospital including NICU and PCCU with a focus on symptom management, advance care planning and supporting MDTs in ethical decision making. Professional development for this part of the role will be provided by the Great Ormond Street Hospital palliative care team.

This is a 10PA post, but applications are welcome from candidates hoping to work less than whole time or who wish to job share.

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent degree
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • On GMC Specialist Register in Paediatrics or within 6 months of CCT

Desirable

  • Other postgraduate degree (Note: Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application)

Experience

Essential

  • Broad range of clinical experience in Acute General Paediatrics
  • Higher specialist training in Paediatric Medicine
  • Up to date APLS/PALS
  • Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
  • Higher specialist training in paediatric palliative care (minimum of 6 months in a specialist paediatric palliative care centre)
  • Paediatric palliative medicine SPIN (or equivalent

Desirable

  • At least six months of PICU at middle grade level

Skills and knowledge

Desirable

  • Knowledge of business planning and budgets
  • Experience in Medical Management roles
  • Experience of dealing with governance and risk
  • Experience of research projects (including PI)

Personal and people development

Essential

  • Have positive ambitions for self and department
  • Commitment to continuing CPD, teaching, and education
  • Attendance and punctuality
  • Ability to work well with colleagues within and across departments and hospitals, share the load and introduce change collaboratively
  • Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical issues

Communication and interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Able to empathise with people from different social, cultural and religious backgrounds.
  • Able to communicate with parents and children effectively.
  • Resilience when dealing with complex and challenging safeguarding scenarios.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.

Education and teaching

Essential

  • Up to date with annual appraisals and revalidation requirements.
  • Ethos of lifelong learning and a desire to continually gain and improve knowledge and skills

Desirable

  • Experience in undergraduate education

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: 23 August 2026

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