Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in London is looking for a Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics to join a supportive team. This full-time role requires expertise in autism assessment and safeguarding, along with full GMC registration. Candidates must be experienced and capable of assessing children with neurodevelopmental concerns. The role includes covering maternity leave for 9 months and will involve working across Lambeth and Southwark. Competitive salary and dynamic working environment offered.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the UK GMC and hold a License to Practice.
• Experience in clinical governance and audit.
• Ability to work with vulnerable families.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessment of children with neurodevelopmental concerns.
• Participate in safeguarding and child sexual abuse rota.
• Manage clinical duties across Lambeth and Southwark.

Skills

Clinical governance

Autism assessment

Safeguarding experience

Teaching and training skills

Education

MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent

Eligible for full UK GMC registration

Job description

Overview

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Community Paediatrics

The closing date is 21 September 2025

This is an excellent opportunity for a new or established consultants to join a thriving Community Paediatric department providing a wide range of community paediatric services

Applications are invited for the inner London post to join a dynamic and supportive team of community paediatricians for a full time or job share locum post to cover maternity leave for 9 months. The post holder will carry out community paediatric general work and a special interest will be welcomed and supported.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold License to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in all aspects of community paediatrics, suited to their experience and competencies and the priorities of service provision. The post holder will undertake assessment and management of children with neurodevelopmental concerns and safeguarding. They will participate in the safeguarding and child sexual abuse rota.

Posts holder will work across Lambeth and Southwark as part of the Evelina Community Paediatric team.

About us

Evelina London is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and we are responsible for providing services for women and children. With over 3,000 dedicated staff, and led by an Executive Team and Board, we have significant devolved autonomy to focus operationally and strategically upon the needs of our patients. We also benefit from being part of a large and successful NHS foundation trust, whose values we share. We have an ambitious strategic development programme, with backing from Guy's and St Thomas'.

Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and in the community, continues to grow. We provide comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children, young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.

Job responsibilities

Please see the appended job description for further details of the job description and main responsibilities for the role.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

• Eligible for full UK GMC/GDC registration and a Licence to Practise.
• MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT in Community Paediatrics or Paediatric Neurodisability.

Clinical Experience

• oEvidence of the training and experience gained obtaining the CCT in Community Child Health and/or Neurodisability
• oExperience in autism and related disorders with training in using standardised tools in Autism assessment
• oExtensive clinical experience in the field of safeguarding
• oBe clinically active or have held an active clinical position in the previous two years
• oExperience of working with vulnerable and families and children in challenging situations, such as the need to challenge parental behaviours or beliefs.
• oExperience of working with adolescents and understanding of their special needs

Audit & Clinical Governance

• oTrack record of clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.
• oAble to develop, implement, review, evaluate and update local guidance and policy in light of research findings, guidance and legislation.

Research, Teaching skill & experience

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff in a variety settings
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• Have proven negotiation and leadership skills.
• Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries
• oAbility to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust