Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Paediatrics
The closing date is 25 November 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Consultant Paediatricians (1.7 WTE - 1x full time 10PA post and 1x 7PA post) to join the Paediatric Services at North Manchester General Hospital, which is part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
Main duties of the job
North Manchester Children's services are managed within Acute & General Paediatrics at RMCH. RMCH is the largest and busiest children's hospital in the UK with 371 paediatric beds. A further 60 neonatal cots also operate, within the same building, in the tertiary neonatal unit of Saint Mary's Hospital. Our specialised (tertiary), and highly specialist (quaternary), services provide care for children and young people across the Northwest, across the UK and internationally.
The secondary paediatric service at North Manchester has become a part of RMCH managed clinical services (MCS) and provides general paediatric care for children and young people living in North Manchester and Bury as well as some areas of Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton and Salford.
The governance and guidelines across both sites have been aligned and this enables our teams to collaborate closely with the many international experts working across the site, to deliver both excellent healthcare and a vibrant, world class research programme.
We are working towards establishing an integrated general paediatric service for the City of Manchester, so that children receive the same levels of excellent care regardless of whether they live in North, Central and South Manchester.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
Paediatric services at North Manchester are recognised as a provider of choice by the local population and the Trust is keen to recruit keen enthusiastic staff to provide the best care for its local population. There is full support of allied services including 24-hour diagnostics, including laboratory services, on site EEG and radiology, with facilities for MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine and Fluoroscopy.
The North Manchester site has 21 inpatient beds a mixture of cubicles and bays, including 1 HDU stabilization bed, 6-day surgical beds, and a 6 bedded Paediatric Observation and Assessment Unit (KOALA).
The Emergency Department in North Manchester is a fully operational Level 1 Emergency Department and has a dedicated PED with PED consultants and ANNPs. One colleague works in both PED and with us in paediatrics.
All major trauma goes directly to PED at Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital (Oxford Road) as it is an accredited Major Trauma Centre for Children working as part of a network to cover the whole of the Northwest.
The neonatal unit is a Local Neonatal Unit with 19 cots of which 2 are designated Intensive care, 2 HDU and 15 Special Care.
We have 2 LTFT paediatric radiologists based with us providing cover Monday Friday and also access to support from the team at RMCH when needed. There are regular USS lists including the neonatal unit, nuclear medicine on site and a sedated MR scan list. There are regular radiology meetings each week.
In the paediatric outpatient department, clinics are held by the paediatricians and surgeons along with several visiting specialists to provide a full range of clinics including cardiology, epilepsy, diabetes, allergy, infectious diseases, orthopaedics, ENT, dentistry and audiology. There is a nurse led phlebotomy service enabling same day investigation. ECG and allergy testing also take place.
We also provide outpatient services for CYP in Bury and provide a local outpatient care based in the paediatric outpatient department of hospital. Travel time is included within your PA if you are assigned a clinic at this location.
Person Specification
Criteria
* MBChB or equivalent
* Completion of general professional training (paediatric medicine)
* Completion of higher specialist training in paediatric medicine. Must be on the specialist register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT or equivalent at the time of interview.
* Have considerable experience in assessing and examining children and young people where there are safeguarding concerns
* Experience of teaching medical students
* Experience of Audit
* Organisation, Communication and Leadership Skills
* MD, PhD or other higher degree
* Publications in peer reviewed journals or demonstrable commitment to developing research in the Trust
* Research interests relating to paediatrics
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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