Consultant - Community Paediatrics

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking an enthusiastic consultant paediatrician with expertise in community child health. You'll join a dynamic team delivering essential services for children, focusing on assessments, multi-disciplinary teamwork, and direct involvement in the community health setup. The role involves engaging with a range of stakeholders and maintaining high quality care standards within a supportive environment. This is a part-time, permanent position with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Experience working in NHS.
• Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
• Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training.

Responsibilities

• Provide paediatric service to children including assessment of developmental issues.
• Work as part of an MDT for Social Communication Pathway.
• Prepare statutory reports and attend review meetings.

Skills

Experience of working with children with developmental delay and disability

Good communication skills

Good organisational skills

Caring attitude to children and families

Education

MRCPCH or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic consultant paediatrician with expertise in community child health to help deliver a highly-regarded service for children in Manchester. The post is working 7 PAs. The successful candidate will join a dynamic, forward-looking and well-established team of Consultant Community Paediatricians providing citywide community paediatric services across Manchester. The service works closely with other community health services including community children's nursing, health visiting, school nursing, and physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy. It provides services in partnership with acute hospital services, the local authority, voluntary organisations and other agencies that provide health and social care to meet the health needs of local communities. The Community Paediatric Service is part of the Division of Manchester Children's Community Health in the Manchester Local Care Organisation, which is part of Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Community Paediatric Service provides a citywide community paediatric service from an office base near Manchester city centre. The post holder will be clinically and managerially responsible to the Clinical Director, who reports to the Clinical Head of Division for CCHS for the community aspects of the work.

Eligibility Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration. MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies.

Details

• Date posted: 13 January 2026
• Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
• Grade: Consultant
• Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 349-LCO-7695993-RL4

• Job locations:
  • Universal Square
  • Devonshire Street North
  • Manchester
  • M12 6JH

Job responsibilities

The post holder will provide a paediatric service to children living in Manchester including: assessment of children with developmental delay and disability; working as part of an MDT for the Social Communication Pathway; responsibility for Adoption clinics; assessment of looked after children and children protection. Also, preparation of statutory reports for Social Services and Special Educational Needs and Disability; and attendance at review and planning meetings as required.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Supporting information

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we encourage staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, guidance is available on the NHS England website about how to access vaccination.

Diversity matters: MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating discrimination across our workforce. All individuals are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to help with your application, email resourcing at [e-mail].

Person specification

• Clinical experience
  • Experience of working with children with developmental delay and disability
  • Experience working in NHS
  • Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
• Desirable
  • Experience of adoption and fostering
  • Experience of child protection medicals
  • Experience of initial health assessments for looked after children
  • Experience of social communication pathway/autism
• Qualifications and Training
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • Full and specialist registration with the GMC (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
  • UK-trained applicants must have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within six months of award; non-UK trained must show equivalence to UK CCT
  • Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training
• Desirable
  • MD, PhD or other higher degree
• Academic/Management
  • Teach/train all grades of professional staff
  • Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence and decision making
  • Understanding of management issues including medical management, clinical governance and clinical risk
  • Experience of electronic record keeping/ management and IT systems
• Knowledge/professional skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to manage time effectively / under pressure
  • Caring attitude to children and young people and families/carers

Other required information

• Disclosure and Barring Service check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a DBS submission will be required.
• Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship will be considered. For details, refer to the UK Visas and Immigration guidance.
• UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

• Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: Universal Square, Devonshire Street North, Manchester, M12 6JH