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Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
The closing date is 02 April 2026
A full-time (10PA) Consultant Post in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (PGHAN) at Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
This post has been created by converting a locum consultant post to a substantive post.
The successful applicant will join 4 existing consultant colleagues in the PGHAN team (3 substantive and one locum).
Main duties of the job
The Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition service within the Nottingham Children’s Hospital at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust provides secondary and tertiary care for more than 2.3 million total population; 450,000 children and young people across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
Specialist clinics provided by our team are:
* General paediatric gastroenterology
* Inflammatory bowel disease
* Intestinal failure and nutritional support (including children and young people on home parenteral nutrition)
* Specialist liver clinics done jointly with visiting colleagues from Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Leeds Children’s Hospital
* Transition clinics with the adult gastroenterology team (on QMC and Nottingham City Hospital sites)
* Polyposis clinics (for CYP with genetic familial diagnoses)
* Coeliac disease
There is a specialist Nutritional Support Team embedded within the main PGHAN team to support CYP on parenteral nutrition across all areas of the Children’s Hospital.
We support colleagues with expertise in paediatric gastroenterology based in the District General Hospitals across the region as part of an informal network. Our plan once these two posts are appointed to is to formalise the network with regular virtual educational sessions and outreach clinics across the region.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for a full outline of the role and responsibilities, and proposed 10 PA job plan.
Person Specification
Professional registration
* Full GMC registration
* Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
* CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
* Higher professional degree
Clinical Skills/Experience
* Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
* Able to communicate effectively and appropriately
* Specific training in communication skills
* Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
Trust Values
* Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards
* Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
* Able to work in a team
* Higher management degree, qualification or training
* Experience of change management
Personal skills
* Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
* Able to use the Trust's IT support systems
Teaching, audit and research
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
* Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
* Original research publications
* Higher teaching degree, qualification, or training
Practical requirements
* Ability to travel between QMC and outreach hospitals
* Evidence of level 3 safeguarding children
* Full driving licence
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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