Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover - From December 2025 (9-12 Months))
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-WANDC-18
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Paediatrician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
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Job overview
This is a full time (10 PA) locum post. It will be based at across sites with clinics at both Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospitals. Job share would be considered, 5 PAs per candidate
The Paediatric department has been successful in getting approval to expand their consultant presence by new consultants to meet the future workload to deliver safe high quality care to all children in Buckinghamshire with a particular focus on our trust care values.
We are seeking a keen, dynamic general paediatrician with a special interest that will compliment the current team
The post holder will carry out both general paediatric and neonatal duties and will participate in the overnight on-call consultant rota . There will also be weekend evening “ twilight” shifts in the Paediatric ED to support the middle grades and help protect capacity.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking at general paediatrician to play a key role in continuing to deliver our acute paediatric and neonatal service while the current post holder is on maternity leave.
The current post holder is helping with our HDU and emergency department liaison and development but is not an essential requirement for applying for this role.
Working for our organisation
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will join a team of consultants to undertake inpatient and outpatient work in Neonates and General Paediatrics including inpatient ward attending weeks, observation ward attending and on call activities on a pro-rata basis.
Outpatient
· There will be 2 General Paediatric clinics every week across Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospitals ensuring local access for patients.
· The post holder will also deliver 9 Rapid Access Clinics (RAC) per year on the days when not twilight on call.
On call
· The role will involve Paediatrician of the week (POW) and Neonatologist of the week (NOW) totalling 7 a year.
· There will also be attending weeks for the Children’s Observation Unit (COU) within the Children’s Emergency Department (CED)1.5 weeks / year. During these days s/he will have no other clinical commitment.
· The post holder will have resident duties on a fixed weekday evening working “Twilight” shifts from 16:00-22:00 hours within the Children’s Emergency Department. There will be a weekend twilight shift to cover the Friday to Sunday evenings for 3 weekends a year to ensure that college standards for Facing the Future are fully met.
Person specification
Qualifications/Registration
Essential criteria
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Full registration with the General Medical Council. Licence to practice MB, ChB or equivalent
- On GMC specialist register or within 6 months of receipt of CCT in Paediatrics at time of interview
Desirable criteria
- Higher Post graduate degree
- Formal Qualification in Medical Education
Experience/Training
Essential criteria
- MB, ChB or equivalent
- Registration on RCPCH CPD programme
- Level 3 Child protection training.
- Current APLS and NLS provider status (2 for each)
- Have clinical experience of assessing and examining children and young people as appropriate to the role to include safeguarding
- Extensive knowledge of neonatal and general paediatrics
Desirable criteria
- APLS / NLS Instructor (1 for each)
Clinical and Technical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to diagnose and manage wide variety of illness in children.
- Ability to make good medical notes
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving clinical practice.
- Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of risk management
Leading and Managing
Essential criteria
- Drives up standards
- Will follow as well as lead
- Is clear and explicit about standards expected
- Is Visible
- Shows humility
- Delegates appropriately
- Adapts leadership style to situation
- Clear about direction of travel
- Encourages others to question and challenge
- keeps others on board
- Deals with performance issues fairly but clearly
Communication & Influencing
Essential criteria
- Listens and acts on what s/he hears
- Influences and negotiates effectively
- Accepts others views
- Confident without being arrogant
- Uses power appropriately
Team Working
Essential criteria
- Helps team learn from others
- Develops others
- Shows loyalty to the team
- Is inclusive
- Supports and cares about the team
- Co-operates with other teams
Values
Essential criteria
- Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
- Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
- Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued
- Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
Desirable criteria
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Ability, Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understands patients
- Shows concern for individuals
- Recognises work life balance
- Willing to apologise
- Approachable
Desirable criteria
- Proven undergraduate teaching skills
Transport
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide own transport between sites
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Michelle Russell-Taylor
- Job title
- SDU Lead and Consultant Paediatrician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01494 425501
- Additional information
For further information about this post and to make arrangements to visit the department please contact:
Dr Russell-Taylor, Consultant Paediatrician on 01494 425501 or email [email protected]
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