Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant in General Paediatrics with an interest in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine and become part of one of the UK’s most innovative, research‑active and forward‑thinking children’s hospitals. This new substantive post offers the chance to shape expanding General Paediatric and Metabolic services within a world‑class tertiary centre serving Liverpool and the wider North West. You’ll work alongside expert multidisciplinary teams, contribute to a vibrant teaching and research environment, support a rapidly developing Metabolic Medicine service through a collaborative hub‑and‑spoke model with Manchester, and participate in a dynamic general paediatric rota including our newly developed Paediatric Assessment Unit. With opportunities for specialist training, leadership, education, research, and innovation, this role offers an exceptional career pathway for a motivated paediatrician committed to delivering outstanding care and driving service development for children and young people.

For candidates without experience in Metabolic Medicine but willing to develop and learn, training and support will be provided.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

Outpatient and inpatient care of General Paediatric and Metabolic Medicine patients.

Support the metabolic clinic run at Alder hey by Manchester Consultants

Review of emergency attendances as required.

Participation in the General Paediatric on call rotas providing appropriate advice as required.

Support the newborn screening service, providing initial assessments of newly identified patients, organizing investigations in collaboration with the team and at the guidance of the metabolic team in Manchester

Liaising within all multidisciplinary professions involved in the care of patients.

Cross-cover and support for other colleagues as required.

Adherence to all Trust policies and guidance.

Adherence to all access standards.

This outlines the full main clinical duties of the job, please see job description and personal specification for all expectations of duties including non clinical. 

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.