Locum Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LW allowance

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Locum Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology to join our Paediatric teams at Chelsea & Westminster and St Mark’s. The role includes attending weeks across sites, 60% time at St Mark's, with elective endoscopy and pediatric clinics, plus outreach and on-call duties as part of a strong multi-site service.

The successful candidate will contribute to inpatient and outpatient care, support nutrition and GI referrals, and

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient care for children with GI/nutrition disorders.
• Carry out elective and emergency endoscopies.
• Conduct paediatric gastroenterology outpatient clinics across multiple sites.
• Develop areas of special interest and contribute to West London outreach.
• Participate in on-call duties (1:4 or 1:5).
• Support clinical governance including audit and research.

Skills

Paediatric gastroenterology

Endoscopy

Outpatient clinics

Research & governance

Tools

Endoscopy equipment

Job description

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology

Company:

Company: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum plus LW allowance

A Vacancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking a full-time Locum Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist to join our dynamic Paediatric Gastroenterology teams across West London Children’s Healthcare at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and St Mark’s National Bowel Hospital.

The successful applicant will join our team providing excellent care to our local children and families across the Paediatric Gastroenterology sites in North West London. This 10PA post comprises attending weeks (1:5) at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and elective work across Chelsea and Westminster and St Mark’s hospitals.

When not attending Chelsea Westminster Hospital, the post-holder will be practising paediatric gastroenterology within St Mark's. This would include weekly endoscopy lists, either sedation for older teenagers, or under general anaesthetic, with support of the therapeutic endoscopists at St Mark's Endoscopy training environment, and supervision would be included.

Candidates for this post would be expected to deliver paediatric gastroenterology care in general paediatric gastroenterology, and supporting the inpatient unit at Northwick Park Hospital in relation to paediatric nutrition and gastroenterology referrals. There is no oncall commitment at St Marks.

The post-holder will share responsibility with the existing consultant staff to:

• Provide the highest possible standards of inpatient care in diagnosis and management of children with gastrointestinal / nutritional disorders.
• Carry out elective and emergency endoscopies.
• Conduct Gastroenterology out-patient clinics, both at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, St Mark’s Hospital, and any outreach as needed.
• Develop areas of special interest and service provision to complement the skills of the current Paediatric Gastroenterologists in post.
• Participate in outreach clinics at allied institutions and develop further outreach/shared care work in the West London sector.
• Provide out of hours advice for gastroenterology/nutrition cases, and out of hours endoscopy.
• Participate in on call duties (responsibility shared with the other Paediatric Gastroenterology consultants 1:5).

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

St Mark's Hospital is the National bowel Hospital for the UK (https://www.stmarkshospital.nhs.uk) and this post will enable the candidates to spend 60% of the time in this world famous institution. It is based cross site, at Northwick Park Hospital, but mainly at Park Royal location, Central Middlesex Hospital as part of London North West University hospitals NHS trust. The post will match and overlap with the current clinical medical lead in paediatric gastroenterology at St Mark’s, Dr Warren Hyer, and will sit in the Division of Paediatrics.

The post-holder will share responsibility with the existing consultant staff to:

• Provide the highest possible standards of inpatient care in diagnosis and management of children with gastrointestinal / nutritional disorders.
• Carry out elective and emergency endoscopies.
• Conduct Gastroenterology out-patient clinics.
• Develop areas of special interest and service provision to complement the skills of the current Paediatric Gastroenterologists in post (motility especially desirable).
• Participate in outreach clinics at allied institutions and develop further outreach/shared care work in the West London sector.
• Provide out of hours advice for gastroenterology/nutrition cases, and out of hours endoscopy.
• Participate in on call duties (responsibility shared with the other Paediatric Gastroenterology consultants 1:4).
• Contribute to post-graduate education of junior doctors.
• Actively contribute to clinical governance including audit.
• Support and carry out research in line with the departmental research strategy.
• Undertake specific management tasks and membership of hospital committees as proposed by the Lead Clinician and Directorate Policy Board.

Please see our attached job description for more details

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

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