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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
Fixed term: 2 months (None)
Hours
Part time - 8 sessions per week (None)
Job ref
391-RFL-7826075
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hampstead Site
Town
Hampstead
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 Per annum plus £2,162 London Weighting pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/03/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Locum Consultant in General and Neonatal Paediatrics

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

Locum Consultant

General and Neonatal Paediatrics

2 month fixed term

8 PA post

Based at Royal Free Hampstead site

Main duties of the job

We invite applications for a post in general paediatrics with a neonatal interest, to start as possible for a period of 2 month, to cover sickness leave.   The post holder will be part of the daytime general paediatric team, covering the Emergency Department and ambulatory service.  They will provide general paediatric outpatient clinics and paediatric subspeciality clinics, depending on their interests.  In addition to general paediatrics, this post supports our neonatal service.  The postholder will undertake attending weeks on the level 1 neonatal unit and will join a 1:8 neonatal consultant on-call-from-home rota at the Royal Free Hospital site. It is necessary for the post holder to have Level 2/3 Neonatal experience and to be confident in managing neonatal emergencies. There is a consultant resident on site 24 hours and the postholders will be on call from home for the neonatal unit. There is an additional general paediatric consultant on call from home to support the paediatric service.  There is currently no resident night component to this post.  

 

Working for our organisation

Working for your organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. 

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top. 

Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria
  • On the specialist register of the General Medical Council (GMC) for Paediatrics;
  • Registered with the GMC and within 6 months of being accepted for the specialist register for paediatrics
  • APLS/NLS provider
Desirable criteria
  • APLS/NLS provider

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Wide range of paediatric experience including neonatology in a level 2 or 3 centre at middle grade or above
  • Demonstrable knowledge of the environment in which the service needs to be delivered
  • Experience in Children’s safeguarding.
  • Competence in paediatric & Neonatal procedures
  • Quality Improvement initiative
Desirable criteria
  • Previous consultant level experience

Skills and aptitude

Essential criteria
  • Ability to support a multidisciplinary team

Personal Qualities & attributes, Others

Essential criteria
  • Calm under pressure
  • Self-contained with an ability to support team members.
  • Effective communication and organisational skills
  • Self awareness
  • Member of Medical Defence organisation
  • Participate in on call rota

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ellie Bond
Job title
Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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