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Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist
The closing date is 12 September 2025
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team as a paediatric endocrine consultant. This is a substantive post that will commence as soon as possible in 2025.
This is a new 10 PA post in Paediatric Endocrinology that reflects a workload of increasing volume and complexity. The need for more manpower has been recognised for some time and endorsed following recent BSPED peer review.
There will be scope to tailor clinical responsibilities to the successful candidate's interests. There will be an out of hours 'telephone' on-call commitment (approximately one week in 6 or 7) to the diabetes and endocrinology on call rota.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
The Paediatric Endocrine Department provides a comprehensive tertiary service for a population of approximately 3.1 million across the North East and North Cumbria as well as supporting the secondary health care services in Newcastle (a population of around 500,000). Most services are delivered in Newcastle upon Tyne but there are regional clinics held in Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and Middlesbrough (James Cook University Hospital). There are strong links with regional district general hospitals, and most are staffed by a consultant team that includes one or more experienced paediatrician/s with a major interest in paediatric endocrinology.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Claire Wood, Senior lecturer and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist (claire.wood5@nhs.net), Amanda Peacock, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist (Amanda.Peacock@nhs.net) Prof Tim Cheetham, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, 0191 2829562 (tim.cheetham@nhs.net) ; Dr Jason Gane, Clinical Director, Great North Children's Hospital 0191 2826295 (nuth.PAtoClinicalDirectorsGNCH@nhs.net)
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
* To provide an expert opinion regarding patients with a wide range of suspected or established acute and longstanding paediatric endocrine problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
* To support the regional delivery of paediatric endocrinology services both in and out of hours, providing clinical advice and support to paediatric colleagues.
* To work closely with nursing and other staff to create or further develop systems of care dedicated to the management of children with specific disorders, in keeping with the general philosophy of the department.
* To provide daytime consultant-based advice for primary / secondary care paediatric endocrine queries
* To undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
* To undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 43 week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays.
Administrative:
* To undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Childrens Services Directorate in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Directorate Manager and Clinical Director. The appointee is entitled to become a member of the Hospital Medical Staff Committee.
* To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
* To become involved with the financial management of the paediatric departmental budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.
Audit and Research:
* Audit is a key component of practice and ensuring that services adhere to recognised standards is an important part of clinical care.
* The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio
Teaching:
* To participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in all parts of the course but specifically in stage 3 and 5 during their attachments in Child Health. Application will be made for the appointee to be granted the title of Honorary Clinical Lecturer in the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
* Active involvement in the clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor.
* The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the teaching of all levels of paediatric postgraduate trainees.
* To participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate an ongoing and active contribution to the education of nurse practitioners on the admissions wards is an essential component of this job.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
* Primary Medical Qualification
* Full GMC Registration
* MRCPCH or equivalent
* Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register as a Paediatric Endocrinologist (or be within 6 months from the date of the AAC) or evidence of equivalent experience
* Higher Degree
* Special skills training in the specialty
Clinical Experience
* Evidence of experience in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
* Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
* Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
* Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
* Recognised ability to coordinate the care of complex patients with other sub specialty paediatric teams
Management and Administration Experience
* Must work well as a member of a team
* Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
* Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
* An understanding of Clinical Governance.
* Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
* Evidence of leadership / project management
* Evidence of having implemented change
* Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff
* Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
* Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
* Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
* Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Research
* Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
* Research/critical review of literature
* Publications in the last five years
Audit
* Evidence of participation in audit
* Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
* Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
* Alignment with the Trust's values
* Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
* Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
* A commitment to personal / unit CPD
* Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
* Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work
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.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Paediatric Endocrinology Specialty - RVI
£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
317-CON-25-224
Job locations
Paediatric Endocrinology Specialty - RVI
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