NHS Lanarkshire
Consultant Paediatrician (1 posts - 10 session) locum
This General Paediatric locum post is available for a period of 6 months commencing from October 2025. This post is an exciting opportunity working within Specialist Children’s Health Service Unit to support service transformation through delivery of a range of high impact changes with a specific focus on improving patient flow and patient journey and focusing on Hospital at Home (Paediatrics) across NHS Lanarkshire. The successful post holder will join the existing Hospital at Home team, and will be involved in implementation of the service alongside continuing to develop/review existing service provision and to manage these patients.
It is an opportunity to support the local service, manage the acute paediatric service and support families in their own environment whilst providing hospital level care. We see this as an opportunity to consolidate existing services and to continue to develop as a centre of excellence in secondary paediatric care. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team who would relish the opportunities and challenges of delivering high quality care across Lanarkshire in both acute and community settings.
The successful candidate will work in Acute Paediatric services working with the current acute consultants, to identify, prepare and support the patients for hospital at home on a daily basis Monday to Friday 9-5 and to work both on inpatient and triage wards. They will have 2 hot weeks for per 6 months. They will work once per month weekend 2-8pm Saturday and Sunday providing cover for hospital at home and triage service. A session will be allocated for own appraisal (1 SPA) and appropriate admin time/service development. Hospital at home patients may need consultant review and this will be done by the successful applicant.
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact us for an