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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric Allergy
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 8 sessions per week
Job ref
411-MED-25-7369909
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
10/09/2025

Employer heading

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Paediatric Allergy Consultant

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

INTERVIEW WILL BE HELD ON THE 10th SEPTEMBER 2025

This opportunity is to join the Paediatric Allergy team at Alder Hey on a permanent basis for 8 sessions per week (8PA) at one of the largest children’s hospitals in Europe. The successful applicant will provide and support an outpatient service, day case and inpatient consulting services within the Trust, and will work with clinical and laboratory colleagues (NHS and academic) both within the Trust and outside.

 

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to all aspects of the allergy services but will be encouraged to develop an area or areas of expertise. He or she will advise on investigation and management of children presenting with allergic diseases in out-patients and will be expected to supervise nursing staff provide food and drug challenge services on the day ward. They will be actively involved in the organisation and provision of aeroallergen subcutaneous immunotherapy on the medical day unit, together with the allergy nurses. The appointee will respond to inpatient consultation requests from various specialties. He or she will have associated scheduled time to dictate letters and undertake clinic-related administrative tasks.

The new appointee would be expected to contribute to the development and provision of allergy services and help develop related regional services. In addition, the new post holder will be expected to contribute to clinical governance processes and the revision of departmental Trust guidelines.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, as well as expertise and clinical competence in the management of children and young people with allergies.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

 

 

 

Morning

Patient admin

1 DCC

 

Monthly Team MDT

Teaching

Food challenge meeting and peer review MDT

1 DCC

CPD/mandatory training /

 

1.0 SPA

 

OP Clinic

1 DCC

 

 

Afternoon

Day Care Service Provision

1 DCC

 

OPA

1 DCC

 

OP Clinic 

1 DCC

 

Service Development/CPD

0.5 SPA

Consultations, Triage, inpatient service 0.5DCC

 

Person specification

Registration on Specialist Register

Essential criteria
  • GMC specialist registration
  • Minimum of 5 years in recognised paediatric training posts
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Navajo - Merseyside and CheshireDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible Working

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lauren Cummings
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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