Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (7.5 PAs per week)
- Job ref
- 343-CON-274
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/03/2026
Employer heading
Consultant Community / Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician
Consultant
"At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values"
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
AAC Interview Date: 20th March 2026 - AM
Pending Royal College Approval
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Substantive Consultant Community / Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician (7.5 PAs), based primarily at Epsom General Hospital. This post is a direct replacement for a retiring consultant and forms part of an integrated paediatric service delivering both acute and community paediatrics.
The post holder will provide high-quality community paediatric care, with a particular focus on neurodevelopmental and neurodisability services, including multidisciplinary clinics for children with cerebral palsy. The role involves close working with multidisciplinary teams, education services, and partner agencies to support children with complex developmental needs.
The successful applicant will join a well-established team of paediatric consultants and trainees and will contribute to service development, clinical governance, teaching, and quality improvement across community paediatrics.
Main duties of the job
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Deliver community paediatric outpatient clinics, including neurodevelopmental and neurodisability clinics.
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Undertake assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing management of children with developmental delay, ASD, ADHD, DCD, and neurodisability including cerebral palsy.
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Participate in multidisciplinary clinics and joint working with therapy services and education partners.
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Provide medical advice and reports to support Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) assessments.
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Ensure high standards of clinical care in line with GMC guidance and Trust policies.
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Contribute to clinical governance activities, including audit, peer review, and service improvement.
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Support teaching and supervision of junior doctors, trainees, and medical students.
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Participate in appraisal, revalidation, and job planning processes.
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Work collaboratively with colleagues across paediatrics and partner organisations to support integrated service delivery.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
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Provide a comprehensive community paediatric service, including neurodevelopmental and neurodisability clinics.
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Undertake developmental assessments and manage children with ASD, ADHD, DCD, and global developmental delay.
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Deliver multidisciplinary neurodisability clinics for children with cerebral palsy.
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Prepare high-quality medical advice and reports for EHCP processes and other statutory assessments.
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Maintain responsibility for the clinical management of patients under your care.
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Ensure patient confidentiality and compliance with information governance requirements at all times.
Teaching, Training and Education
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Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.
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Supervise and support paediatric trainees and junior doctors attached to the service.
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Contribute to departmental teaching, peer review, and continuing professional development activities.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
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Actively participate in Trust clinical governance arrangements.
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Undertake and support audit and service evaluation.
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Engage in research and quality improvement activity where appropriate.
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Maintain professional development in line with Royal College and GMC requirements.
Management and Leadership
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Contribute to service planning and development within community paediatrics.
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Work collaboratively with Clinical Leads, the Clinical Director, and multidisciplinary colleagues.
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Support effective use of Trust resources and participate in agreed management arrangements.
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Attend and contribute to departmental and Trust meetings as required.
Professional Responsibilities
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Comply with GMC guidance on Good Medical Practice.
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Participate in annual appraisal, job planning, and revalidation.
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Complete all statutory and mandatory training.
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Uphold Trust values, particularly respect, professionalism, and patient-centred care.
Person specification
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
- Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
- Work as one team – communicate, collaborate and share
- Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
- On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview.
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Level 3 child protection
Desirable criteria
- CCT or SPIN in community child health
- Post graduate diploma or MSc in Paediatrics and Child Health: Community Child Health
- Evidence of relevant research
- Trained in ADOS
- Relevant training in management of patients with cerebral palsy
- Relevant training in other areas of neurology / neurodisability / neurodevelopment
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in a broad range of paediatrics including developmental assessment and educational paediatrics
- Experience of neurodevelopmental assessment and management including ASD, ADHD, DCD
- Experience of managing children with neurodisability including cerebral palsy
Desirable criteria
- A willingness to develop a subspecialty interest
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Audit/Research
- Supervision of post graduate trainees
- Personal time management skills • Clinical Governance
- Ability to organise out-patient waiting lists
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity with issues of service organisation and development
- Has attended a recognised management training event
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
- Ability to teach clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/post graduates
- Experience of supervising junior doctors
- Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to contribute to change management
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer review journals
Language
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
- Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate with patients and relatives well
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels
- Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service
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
- Darren Ranasinghe
- Job title
- Consultant in Paediatric and Joint Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01372 735365
- Additional information
For further information or informal discussion about the post, please contact:
Dr Darren Ranasinghe, Joint Clinical Lead – Paediatrics
Dr Stephanie Kirk or Dr Amber Pinto, Joint Community Paediatric LeadsTelephone: 01372 735365 (Epsom General Hospital)
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