Job overview

As part of an expansion of the service, we wish to appoint a Consultant Paediatrician in Community Child Health.  Wye Valley NHS Trust is committed providing first class care to the children and families of Herefordshire.

The post is based at the Child Development Centre in the City of Hereford, there may be some peripheral clinics in county's special schools.

A good general Community Child Health background is essential; we are particularly looking to recruit a paediatrician with an interest and experience in autism/neurodevelopment.

Other special interests to complement the team, for example, neurodisability, ADHD, safeguarding, are welcomed and the opportunity exists for on-the-job development of special interests.  For the successful applicant there is scope for leadership roles. 

Applicants wishing to work less than full time are welcome to apply. Other flexible working options such as condensed working hours, e.g. working 40 hours over 4 day, and/or some remote working will be considered. 

There is no on-call commitment with this post.

AAC Date - 15th December 2025 - Subject to Royal College sign off.

Main duties of the job

•        Clinical responsibilities will be adjusted to meet expertise and may include:

-  Provision of clinics for Statutory Health Assessments for Children in Care

- Provision of neurodevelopmental clinics/ completion of ASD assessments

- Provision of clinics in one of the county’s special needs schools

- Provision of general clinics

- Provision of clinics to provide medical advice to education

•      Equal admin to clinical time is allocated, e.g. a four hour clinic will have four hours of admin timetabled
•       SPA allocation of 1.5 PA per week with possibility of additional time, up to 2.5 PA for specific responsibilities
•        1 PA of DCC to be agreed within the job plan per week to cover activities as required e.g.:

- Multi-agency meetings (Team around the Child; child protection conferences, etc.)

- Nursery and school visits

- Multidisciplinary meetings for children with complex needs

- Any clinical admin undertaken as a result of delivering any of the above clinical activities

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.