Consultant Paediatrician With An Interest In Epilepsy

Transformation Unit; Carshalton; Remote; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS job at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Epilepsy for Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, St Helier. Based at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, the role involves collaboration with acute paediatric teams and outpatient Epilepsy and General Paediatrics clinics.

Application includes on-call duties (1 in 8) and a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment with teaching opportunities and clinical governance responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• CCT/CESR in General Paediatrics.
• MRCPCH and eligibility for Specialist Register.
• MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of research.
• Level 3 child protection and APLS/NLS training.
• Commitment to GMC Good Medical Practice and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive clinical service to paediatric patients.
• Participate in GMC Good Medical Practice and mandatory training.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional accountability.
• Attend induction, CME/CPD and contribute to service governance.
• Collaborate on Epilepsy and general paediatrics outpatient activities.
• Support on-call rota with 1 in 8 frequency and team on-call duties.

Skills

Epilepsy expertise

Pediatric acute care

Teaching / supervision

On-call rota experience

Education

Full GMC registration with a licence to practise

CCT/CESR in General Paediatrics

MRCPCH

MD or equivalent higher degree

Level 3 child protection

APLS / NLS

On or within 6 months of GMC Specialist Register for General Paediatrics

Job description

Main area Paediatrics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Attending and On Call) Job ref 343-CON-296

Employer Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site St Helier Hospital Town Carshalton Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 22/01/2027

Consultant Paediatrician With An Interest In Epilepsy

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

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

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Principle Duties of the Post

The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.

1 To, at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.

2 To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.

3 To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.

4 To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.

5 On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).

6 To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.

7 To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in and out patients under your care.

Management & Governance

8 To maintain personal and professional development. The post holder will be expected to register with their respective Royal College for the purpose of CME/CPD and to fulfil the requirements of that registration.

9 To provide advice, as required to the Executive and Trust Board, General Practitioners and other interested parties, on the provision of planning of clinical services locally, regionally and nationally in keeping with confidentiality agreements relating to Trust business.

10 To co-operate in the present framework agreement of management arrangements.

11 To fully participate in Clinical Governance arrangements across the Trust including participation in clinical audit, research (where appropriate), pursuing an agreed agenda with colleagues and the Trust Board and fully co-operating in implementing the results in order to achieve best practice.

12 To participate, on at least an annual basis in appraisal and job planning reviews.

13 To comply with Trust policies and procedures where appropriate.

14 To ensure that all intellectual property rights of the Trust are observed.

To participate in the delivery of educational activities and training of juniors, and contribute to supervision ensuring a completed educational portfolio in line with GMC recommendations

Person specification

Qualifications

• 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


• MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research

skills

• 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


• Evidence of further training and experience in Childhood Epilepsy


• Evidence of interest in Neurodisability

Experience

• 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


• Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development


• Experience of supervising junior doctors


• Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups

Knowledge

• 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


• Ability to supervise postgraduate research


• Publications in peer review journals

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Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.