Locum Consultant in General/Ambulatory Paediatrics

Transformation Unit; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant in General/Ambulatory Paediatrics. The role covers acute and ambulatory paediatrics across sites, with out-of-hours duties at Horton General Hospital.

It involves clinical leadership, teaching, and service development within a busy paediatric unit. The post is a 12‑month fixed-term appointment ending 1 January 2028, and includes responsibility for inpatient and outpatient care, MDT collaboration, and clinical

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise.
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPCH by examination or equivalent.
• On the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT at time of scheduled interview).
• Note: CESR/Portfolio Pathway applicants: must be on Specialist Register at point of application.
• Valid safeguarding children training to Level 3 (in date).

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide immediate care for acutely admitted children.
• Care for children in outpatient clinics.
• Perform clinical and administrative tasks for own patients.
• Lead and support multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement.
• Care for children in ambulatory and general paediatrics settings.

Skills

Independent clinical decisions

Lead multi-disciplinary teams

Organisational skills

Service development

Work under pressure

Critical appraisal

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCPCH by examination

GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT)

GMC registration with licence to practise

Safeguarding training Level 3

Job description

Main area Paediatrics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed term until 1st January 2028) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (to work flexibly across sites and may be required to provide cover, including out-of-hours duties at Horton General Hospital) Job ref 321-NOTSSCaN-8330140-LCP

Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/11/2026 23:59

Locum Consultant in General/Ambulatory Paediatrics

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

Job Title: LocumConsultantin General/Ambulatory Paediatrics

Grade: Consultant

Department: Paediatrics

Accountable to: MrAlexLee,ClinicalDirector - Children’s Services

Please note this vacancy is Fixed term until 1st January 2028

Clinical

The candidate will be responsible for the assessment and immediate care of children admitted acutelytohospital,the careof children in outpatient clinics, andallrelevant clinicaladministrative workforhis/herownpatients. Candidateswithanon-clinicalspecialinterest suchaseducation or governance are also welcomed.

Main duties of the job

The John Radcliffe has a busy Paediatric Ambulatory Unit which sees over 500 patients a month. The postholderwillbeexpectedtoworkclosely withthe inpatient ward-basedConsultant allowing for an effective Consultant led service in accordance with RCPCH guidance.Thepostwillincludeaweeklylateshift(4-10pm)and weekend shifts.

Thecandidatewillalsosupporttheprovisionofthefollowingstrategieswhichaimtosupport management of patients in their own homes/

• Consultantadviceandreferralline09:00–13:00pm(24/7servicemannedoutofhoursby SPR)
• DirectadviceandreferralsfromtheSouth-CentralAmbulanceServicetoreducePED attendances.
• Children’s Hospital at Home service. This is a service delivered jointly with Oxford Health Foundation Trust providing care for children with acute illnesses in their own home. Clinical responsibilityfor thesepatients sitswiththe acutepaediatric consultant andtheir roleis to support thesafemanagementof thesepatientsthroughdailyMDTvirtualwardrounds,videoconsultations and face to face review when required.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Activity

PAperpersonperweek inclusive of internal

cover

AmbulatoryUnit Cover

4.0

AmbulatoryUnitCover with PED support

1.22

JR General Paediatrics/Rapidaccess clinics

1.5

1.375

0.4

SPA

1.5

TOTAL

10

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
• On the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT at time of scheduled interview)
• Note: CESR/Portfolio Pathway applicants: must be on Specialist Register at point of application
• Valid safeguarding children training to Level 3 (in date)

Experience

• Should have completed a formal training programme for specialist registration in Paediatrics.
• Child protection experience
• Experience of working in acute paediatric assessment/ambulatory care settings and general paediatrics.
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrates ability to make independent clinical decisions at consultant level
• Proven ability to lead and support multi-disciplinary clinical teams
• Effective organisational, prioritisation, and time management skills
• Evidence of participation in service development or improvement activities
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and manage competing clinical demands
• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence, to improve clinical outcomes

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.