Job overview

Applications are invited for a hybrid Consultant post with a 60:40 split between Acute and Community Paediatrics. The successful candidate will join a collaborative team of Acute Consultant Paediatricians and Community Paediatricians across North West Wales.

This new post has been created as part of a service restructure following a colleague’s move to flexible working arrangements and another colleague’s retirement. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our supportive team. The successful candidate will bring a specialist interest in allergy, along with a willingness to take on a lead role in palliative care within acute children’s services.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants who are successful at shortlisting will be invited to attend a Stakeholder Interview on 24th  September 2026 and an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Interview on 25th  September 2026.

Main duties of the job

Management and Clinical Governance
The successful applicant will: 
•    Be responsible for the management, appraisal, and supervision of Doctors under their supervision. 
•    Maintain personal and professional development. The post holder will register with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for the purpose of Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and to fulfil the requirements of that registration. 
•    Provide expert advice, when required, to the Executive Team, Board, General Practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders on the planning and delivery of clinical services at local, regional, and national levels. This will be carried out in accordance with confidentiality agreements related to Health Board business.
•    Co-operate in the present agreed framework of management arrangements in the Health Board.
•    Actively engage in the Health Board’s clinical governance processes, including participation in clinical audits and research where appropriate. 
•    Collaborate with colleagues and the Health Board to pursue agreed objectives, and fully support the implementation of outcomes to promote best practice.
•    Participate in consultant appraisal and job planning reviews. 
•    Ensure that all intellectual property rights of the Health Board are observed

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is Wales’s largest health organisation, with a budget of over £2.4 billion and a workforce of over 20,000 staff.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services for the population of North Wales, across 3 acute hospitals and a network of community hospitals, health centres, clinics, and mental health units. It also co-ordinates or provides the work of GP practices and NHS services provided by dentists, opticians, and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system that strives for excellent, compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public sector and other statutory and third sector organisations.