Locum Consultant in General Paediatrics

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Locum Consultant in General Paediatrics to undertake key responsibilities including in-patient ward cover, outpatient clinics, and more. The ideal candidate must have completed approved training in General Paediatrics and hold relevant qualifications such as MBChB and MRCPCH. This role also requires a commitment to safeguarding and teamwork, ensuring high-quality care for patients as part of a dedicated pediatric team.

Qualifications

• Evidence of completing a period of approved training in General Paediatrics or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.
• Training in delivery of educational programmes.

Responsibilities

• In‑patient ward cover including on call, weekend and evening shifts.
• Acute child protection medicals.
• Out patient clinics.

Skills

Ability to perform the requirements of the post

Excellent organisational skills

Commitment to working cooperatively

Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams

Experience of developing services through research, audit or literature review

APLS instructor

Research experience

Formal training in developmental assessment

Education

MBChB or equivalent

MRCPCH (UK) or equivalent

Job description

Locum Consultant in General Paediatrics

The closing date is 02 January 2026

This is an exciting post which will involve the successful candidate undertaking a locum consultant post in general paediatric work and joining our existing paediatric consultants.

General Paediatric duties include 8 ward weeks/year with double Consultant of The Week cover for the Paediatric Wards.

All children seen in CCDA and admitted to the Ward during the week will be officially under the care of the Ward Consultant unless already under the care of another Consultant.

The Paediatric team have recently adopted a working pattern to provide resident evening cover of the wards until 21:30 throughout the week Monday to Friday and second consultant ward round support at the weekend 08:45‑14:00.

Duties will also include participation in the on‑call rota and a contribution to delivering the safeguarding service for non‑sexual abuse assessments. (There are separate arrangements for assessing safeguarding sexual abuse which are not part of this post).

The post holder will be expected to undertake acute child protection medicals as required during general paediatric acute duties and contribute to cover of a rota for planned medicals. They will be supported by the two named doctors within the department and be expected to keep level 3 safeguarding training up to date.

Main duties of the job

• In‑patient ward cover including on call, weekend and evening shifts
• Acute child protection medicals
• Out patient clinics

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Person Specification

Experience

• Evidence of completing a period of approved training in General Paediatrics or equivalent experience

Skills

• Ability to perform the requirements of the post
• Excellent organisational skills
• Commitment to working cooperatively and collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations
• Ability to work effectively in multi‑professional teams
• Experience of developing services through research, audit or literature review
• APLS instructor
• Research experience, leading to presentations of findings at learned societies or publication in peer reviewed journals
• Formal training and experience in developmental assessment

Knowledge

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
• Training in delivery of educational programmes

Qualifications

• MBChB or equivalent. MRCPCH (UK) or equivalent.

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.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust