Consultant in Paediatric High Dependency Care

NHS Scotland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh is inviting applications for a consultant post in Paediatric High Dependency Care. The role is based at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People with responsibilities includingPaediatric High Dependency Care and service involvement for PARU.

Applicants must have GMC registration and UK specialist training evidence (or CESR/Portfolio Pathway) and be within 6 months of entry if UK-trained. Closing date: 09/10/2026.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have GMC Registration, a licence to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register.
• UK-trained doctors should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of entry.
• Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Responsibilities

• Permanent, full-time post (40 hours per week) in Paediatric High Dependency Care at Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.
• Post includes weeks of service in Acute Paediatrics for the PARU.

Education

GMC Registration

License to practise

Specialist Register eligibility (UK) / CCT

Job description

Royal Hospital for Children & Young People, Edinburgh

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

Paediatric Critical Care

Royal Hospital for Children & Young People, Edinburgh

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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 (40 hours per week) post based in Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

This is a consultant post in Paediatric High Dependency Care, based at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

The post will be available from October 1, 2026

The post also includes weeks of service in acute paediatrics for the Paediatric Acute Receiving Unit (PARU).

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

Closing Date 09/10/2026

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

• Dr Jillian McFadzean, Clinical Director for Paediatric Critical Care, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ


• Telephone [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]


• Dr David Armstrong, Clinical Lead for Paediatric High Dependency Care and Outreach, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ


• Telephone [phone]; email [e-mail]


• Dr Laura Fraser, Clinical Director for Acute Paediatrics, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ


• Telephone [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]

Interview Date: 30/10/2026