Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Job summary
Pending Royal College Approval
AAC Interview Date: 22nd January 2027 AM
We are currently looking to recruit a Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Epilepsy to Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, St Helier Hospital, to help deliver our service in the boroughs of Merton and Sutton.
This post is a replacement post and will be based at St Helier hospital.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the acute General Paediatric team during working hours to provide routine day to day acute paediatric services.
We currently offer our patients a wide range of acute paediatric and community services including Epilepsy which this post is expected to contribute to.
The post holder would contribute to Epilepsy, including Complex Epilepsy and General Paediatrics outpatient activity.
The post holder will be attending Consultant on a 1 in 5 week basis and on the General Paediatric ward and join the on call team with a 1 in 8 on call frequency.
As an organisation we are committed to develop our services in a collaborative manner with the local authorities, in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will play a crucial role in ensuring the team continue to deliver a high quality service and will be involved in strategic planning of services with our local partners. The post holder will join a team of 13 Acute Paediatric Consultants and 2 Associate Specialists. There are also 14 middle grade and 16 junior doctors on the acute paediatric and neonatal rotas, in addition to Clinical Nurse Specialist for Epilepsy, Asthma, Allergy, Diabetes and Neurodisability.
Routine educational activities include weekly junior doctor teaching programme in addition to Quality meetings, Child Protection Peer review and Mortality & Morbidity meetings run as part of the monthly programme. There will be opportunities to build and further teaching and training ambitions, as we have middle grade trainees within the department
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC (General Medical Council) registration with a licence to practise.
- On or within 6 months of the GMC Specialist Register for General Paediatrics.
- Holder of a CCT/CESR in General Paediatrics.
- Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child (MRCPCH)
- Level 3 child protection
- APLS / NLS
Desirable
- MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
skills
Essential
- High standard of Training, clinical skills and expertise in the Acute General Paediatrics and Special interest in Epilepsy
- Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for the specialty
Desirable
- Evidence of further training and experience in Childhood Epilepsy
- Evidence of interest in Neurodisability
Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
- Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT
- Supervision of post graduate trainees
- Ability to teach clinical skills
Desirable
- Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development
- Experience of supervising junior doctors
- Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to organise patient waiting lists
- Ability to contribute to change management
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research
Desirable
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Publications in peer review journals
Closing Date: 19 November 2026
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