220279 Consultant Paediatrician in General & Acute Paediatrics

NHS National Services Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland is seeking a Consultant Paediatrician for a permanent position at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. The role includes responsibilities in the Acute Receiving Unit with opportunities for special interests, ensuring comprehensive care in paediatrics, with various shifts planned annually.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration and a license to practise.
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register.
• Demonstrate equivalent training if trained outside the UK.

Responsibilities

• Augment consultant cover for Acute Receiving Unit.
• Participate in non-resident paediatrics on-call consultant rota.
• Accommodate special interests within paediatrics as job plan allows.

Skills

GMC Registration

Specialist training

Paediatrics

Education

Higher specialist training leading to CCT

Job description

NHS Lothian

Consultant Paediatrician in General & Acute Paediatrics

2 Posts – 10PA’s, 8PA’s

Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time/part time (40 and 32 hours per week) post based in Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

This post is a replacement post due to retirement and will augment consultant cover for the Acute Receiving Unit (ARU) at RHCYP. Out of hours commitments will be at RHCYP as part of the non-resident general paediatrics on call consultant rota and will include resident consultant evening shifts in RHCYP. These will be job planned on an annualised basis with one quarter of shifts to be delivered every three months.

Special interests within paediatrics will be accommodated whenever possible provided the job plan allows this.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

Informal enquiries and visits are welcome and should initially be made to:

Dr Laura Fraser, Clinical Director of General Paediatrics, NHS Lothian,

[e-mail] or 0131 312 0748.

Dr Mairi MacInnes Clinical lead for PARU

[e-mail]

If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.

We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

Interview Date: 22^nd August 2025