Locum Paediatric Consultant with special interest in PEM
The closing date is 31 March 2026
Applications are invited for a 1-year fixed-term Locum Consultant post in Paediatrics with a special interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) at Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. This is a hybrid role combining Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Acute General Paediatrics, suitable for an acute paediatrician with a strong interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate relevant experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and a clear commitment to PEM practice within an acute care setting. The post offers the opportunity to consolidate and further develop PEM skills alongside a substantive role in Acute General Paediatrics.
The post holder may also develop or continue an additional post-CCT special interest alongside their PEM and acute paediatric commitments, in line with service needs and departmental strengths.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated paediatrician to join a friendly and supportive paediatric team. The successful applicant will undertake Paediatric Emergency Medicine shifts and Acute General Paediatric duties, including outpatient clinics, within an agreed job plan.
Main duties of the job
The consultant will have clinical accountability for the day-to-day management of the CED within the Trust in line with national, RCPCH and RCEM clinical standards and be present on the shop floor. Having an overarching view of the department, seeing and reviewing children, they will play a pivotal role in training our EM trainees and nurses to a high standard within paediatric emergency care.
Managerial responsibility to quality improvement, innovation within paediatric emergency medicine and establishing audit and research activities within this subspecialty both in the department and nationally – an area that is currently lacking. They will be supported by Lead PEM consultant in ED.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Qualifications
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
* Fellowship of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health or qualification of an equivalent level
* Level 3 (or equivalent) training in safeguarding and experience of safeguarding work
* APLS/EPALS/NLS instructor
* Postgraduate academic degree (or equivalent)
Experience
* Broad range of experience in Paediatrics
* Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
* Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
* Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role
* Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
* Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
* Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
* Demonstrable experience and participation in research
Skills
* Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
* Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
* Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
* Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
* Ability to critically appraise published evidence.
Knowledge
* Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
* Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice
Other requirements
* Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
* Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
* Role model our Trust values every day
* Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
* Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs.
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.
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
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