Consultant Community Paediatrician Neurodevelopment and Epilepsy

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in the UK is seeking a Consultant Community Paediatrician to join their dynamic team. You will be actively involved in both community and acute paediatric services, focusing on patients with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental needs. The role includes supervising junior staff and contributing to various medical advisory panels. Suitable candidates should have full GMC registration and a strong background in paediatrics. This is a full-time position located in Kingston upon Hull.

Qualifications

• Competency equivalent to higher specialist paediatric training in paediatrics.
• Experience of conducting health assessments for children looked after.
• Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Acute Paediatric on-call commitments.
• Provide holistic support for children with Neurodevelopmental needs.
• Supervise junior medical staff and undertake formal teaching.

Skills

Ability to manage and lead medical teams

Demonstrate experience in assessment and management of children with Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders

Excellent communication with patients and professionals

Commitment to teaching and training

Education

Full Registration with the GMC

GMC Specialist Registration

Valid APLS certificate

Completion of Epilepsy SPIN module

Job description

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant Community Paediatrician Neurodevelopment and Epilepsy

The closing date is 23 September 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric service hosted by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and be part of the dynamic team providing the service to meet rising demand across the specialist teams within Epilepsy, Community Paediatrics including Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics. The successful candidate will be clinically active in both Community Paediatric service and Acute Paediatric services. The post holder will be the fourth clinician joining the Paediatric epilepsy service. There are four Epilepsy specialist nurses in the team. The Paediatric Neurology team at Leeds provide the tertiary neurology support.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will also be clinically active in the Community Paediatric service and contribute to 50% of Acute Paediatric on call commitments and Consultant of the Week responsibility.

The successful candidate will work across Children Looked After service and Neurodevelopment. The post holder will clinically competent in meeting the health needs of Children Looked After, including those undergoing adoption as appropriate to role. The post holder will also be expected to be part of the clinical team who contribute as Medical advisor to the Adoption Panel

The post holder should be competent in providing holistic support to children with Neurodevelopmental needs including linking multidisciplinary team.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For Further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Full Registration with the GMC
• GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months) Note - CESR applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application

Qualifications and Training

• Valid APLS certificate
• Valid level3 safeguarding training
• Completion of Epilepsy SPIN module

Clinical Experience

• Is able to demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to the higher specialist paediatric training in paediatrics
• Demonstrate experience in assessment and management of children with Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders
• Able to undertake statutory children Looked After/adoption health assessments, including those with complex healthcare needs and provide written report
• Be able to provide advice to local authority adoption and fostering panels
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Management and Administration Experience

• Ability to manage and lead medical teams
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
• Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
• Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. , APLS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
• Original peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
• Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust