Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology to join the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The role requires comprehensive experience in managing various paediatric urology cases, including advanced laparoscopy and on-call commitments. Ideal candidates will hold relevant qualifications and experience from the UK. The position offers an annual salary between £109,725 and £145,478, commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• FRCS(Paed) or equivalent qualifications are essential.
• Experience of supervising Registrar's and equivalent is required.
• Evidence of membership in specialist organisations is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive service in Paediatric Urology.
• Manage on-call responsibilities independently.
• Supervise and train other medical staff.

Skills

Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Urological cases

Advanced laparoscopy experience

Ability to complete busy surgical on-call commitments

Consultant experience within the UK

Good team member

Education

FRCS(Paed) or equivalent

Recognised Post CCT Fellowship in Paediatric Urology

MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent

Job description

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology

The closing date is 05 January 2026.

Applications are invited for a Consultant Paediatric Urologist to join the team in the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This is a locum post initially, but will be a substantive post in the future.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is part of Birmingham Women & Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital covers a population of over 5 million and provides secondary, tertiary and quaternary services. It is a designated Paediatric Major Trauma centre.

Paediatric Urology service covers paediatric urology and general paediatric surgery: this includes minimally invasive paediatric urology, reconstructive urology, management of neuropathic bladder, endourology including stone management and the DSD MDT. It is one of the busiest Paediatric urology units in the UK.

Main duties of the job

The Department of Paediatric Surgery & Urology is made up of 13 Consultant Surgeons, 13 Tier 2 clinicians, 3 Clinical Nurses Specialist teams and 3 Physician Associates.

The Paediatric Urologists provide a service which encompasses all areas of Paediatric Urology practice except for Bladder Exstrophy / Epispadias. The Paediatric Urologists provide a separate Paediatric Urology on-call service to the Paediatric surgeons.

This is initially a locum post in paediatric urology, with a plan to make this substantive. The successful candidate will be expected to have passed CCT level and have completed at least 1 year in a recognised post CCT fellowship in Paediatric Urology.

This is a 10 PA job, including both elective and on-call commitments. This post does not include the provision of any Specialist Paediatric Surgery.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single‑site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• FRCS(Paed) or equivalent (e.g. FRCS (Urol) or overseas equivalent).


• Recognised Post CCT Fellowship in Paediatric Urology.


• MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent.

Special Knowledge/ Abilities or Experience

• Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Urological cases.


• Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.


• Able to operate independently.


• Advanced laparoscopy experience.


• Logbook to be available.


• Portfolio to be available.


• Ability to complete busy surgical on‑call commitments.


• Experience of resident doctor supervision.


• Consultant experience within the UK.


• Consultant Paediatric Urology on‑call experience within the UK.


• Current APLS or equivalent.


• Definitive Trauma surgical skills course or equivalent.


• Evidence of membership of specialist organisations/groups e.g. IPSO, SIOP‑RTSG, ChUGS.

Personal Qualities /Disposition

• Co‑operative.


• Good at shared care.


• Good team member.


• Have leadership qualities.


• Pleasant and cheerful.

Teaching

• Experience of supervising Registrar's and equivalent.


• Ability to teach operative and clinical skills.


• Ability to supervise & take part in research / audit.


• Train the trainer qualification.

Audit and research

• Has undertaken audit and completed an audit cycle.


• Evidence of research activity and presentations.


• Clinical Trials experience as associate PI/sub-PI/PI/CI.


• Evidence of achieving grant funding.

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.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year – Dependent on experience