Overview
Locum Consultant. 10 PA's per week. Fixed term for 12 months. We are looking for a locum Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in diabetes to join our exceptional Bolton NHS Foundation Trust team to cover maternity leave. It is anticipated that the post would be for 12 months.
Responsibilities
* Delivering unscheduled care in the Children and Young Person’s unit, comprising an admission and observation unit and inpatient ward.
* Carrying out child protection medical assessments requested by social care under section 47 of the Children’s Act.
* Providing rapid access and outpatient clinics.
* Supervision and training of resident doctors and advanced nurse practitioners.
* Non-resident on-call duties will be included.
Qualifications
* Broad training in paediatrics and must hold full and specialist registration with a licence to practise with General Medical Council.
* Must be holder of Certificate of Completion of Training or be within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by the date of interview.
* Special interest in paediatric diabetes as well as a broad training in general paediatric medicine.
* Participation in hot week, on-call and safeguarding rotas, and undertake resident evening shifts.
* Expected to undertake clinics at Royal Bolton Hospital following the planned move back to site from the current city centre location.
Trust & Division
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provides services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from community services in Bolton to hospital services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have been given a CQC rating of Good for services for children and young people in October 2023. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they do not need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The Families & Diagnostics Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, gynaecology, diagnostic services and a range of acute children’s services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women’s and Children’s services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.
This advert closes on Friday 5 Dec 2025
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