Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Consultant

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant at a leading NHS Trust in London. The role involves leading clinics and multidisciplinary teams in managing children's infectious diseases and immunodeficiency conditions at a prestigious teaching hospital.

Qualifications

• Significant and ongoing experience in paediatric infectious diseases.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience in teaching medical students.

Responsibilities

• Lead outpatient clinics in paediatric immunology and vaccinology.
• Conduct daily ward rounds and manage complex cases.
• Participate in immunoglobulin services and SCID screening.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Commitment to excellence

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Full registration with the General Medical Council

CCT in Paediatrics (infection/immunity/allergy)

Higher degree (PhD/MD)

Job description

Go back St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology Consultant

The closing date is 01 August 2025

CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Applications are invited for a 5 PA consultant post in the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit based at St. George's Hospital. The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit provides a regional PID service to the old South West Thames region. The work of the PIDU includes care of PID inpatient children as well as an outpatient service for children with immunodeficiency and infectious diseases conditions. Specialist services are provided for HIV, primary immunodeficiencies, congenital infections and TB and include regular multidisciplinary meetings.

St. George's is a large teaching hospital affiliated with St. George's University of London Medical School. It is a major centre for clinical care, teaching and research. Children's services provide local and tertiary Paediatric services and the PID team work closely with specialist Paediatric services including surgery, PICU, neurology, genetics, respiratory, ophthalmology, ENT, plastic surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, radiology, metabolic diseases and Newborn Services.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Main duties of the job

• Lead outpatient clinics in paediatric immunology (including PID, autoinflammatory, and immune dysregulation disorders) and vaccinology
• Engage in joint multidisciplinary clinics (e.g. respiratory).
• Participate in the immunoglobulin home therapy and SCID programme
• Act as a clinical lead for vaccination advice and post-exposure prophylaxis in complex patients
• Participate in the fortnightly immunology MDT and weekly complex infection MDT.

Out of hours work and on call

The out of hours Paediatric Infectious Diseases service is a 24 hour/7 day a week responsibility while acting as the attending Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant.

Management responsibility

The postholder is expected to be involved with teaching junior paediatric staff in the morning tutorials, case presentations and the Paediatric Grand Round.

About us

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. In addition to acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's Healthcare serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopytraining centre.

Job responsibilities

This is a Clinical substantive post; 5 programmed activities will be designated for clinical work.

The post holder will provide 8 weeks of consultant service for the Paediatric infectious diseases ward per year. During these attending weeks, they will do daily ward rounds, daily board rounds and review all newly admitted patients under the Paediatric Infectious Diseases team or under shared care with other teams each day. Furthermore, patients attending the ward either for review within POPAT (paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Therapy) or as emergency review for POSCU (Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Unit), HIV, congenital infections or TB etc will be assessed. During the attending week, the consultant is on call 24/7 and can be contacted via the switchboard.

The postholder will contribute to the inpatient and outpatient management of children with suspected or confirmed immunodeficiencies, working as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes immunology nurses, microbiologists, pharmacists, and other specialist healthcare professionals. There will be an expectation to participate in the delivery of immunoglobulin services, SCID screening (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency), vaccination advice, and the development and accreditation of immunology services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent
• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• CCT in Paediatrics (infection/immunity/allergy) or within 6 months of attaining it
• Higher degree (PhD/MD) awarded

Personal Attributes

• Flexible
• Committed to embedding practices which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity
• Commitment to excellence in clinical care
• Committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Research Experience

• Experience of and track record in research
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Clinical experience

• Demonstrable, significant and ongoing experience in paediatric infectious diseases
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience medical student teaching

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata