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Role Overview
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). This is a Less Than Full Time (LTFT) consisting of 6 Programmed Activities (PAs) to commence March 2026 for a fixed term of 12 months to cover maternity leave.
Responsibilities
We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic colleague to join our Paediatric Department. The post will be based primarily in the paediatric ED department and paediatric outpatients. The post holder will job share with a colleague to cover the paediatric emergency department (PED) on a 1:5 week rotating basis which includes a rapid access clinic and telephone advice service for local GPs. Outpatient clinics will be part of the timetable during non‑PED attending weeks. There is opportunity to continue to develop expertise in an area of paediatric sub‑speciality interest if this fits within the departmental or regional need.
The post is built around a 6 programmed activity (PA) job plan.
Acute Paediatrics: A completely new Paediatric Integrated Unit (PIU) opened in May 2022. The paediatric ward, Rainbow Children’s Unit, incorporates a 4‑beded HDU, 2 paediatric oncology beds, 2 adolescent beds and a further 9 standard inpatient beds to the latest modern standards. The PIU includes an additional 10‑beded paediatric day unit and a 7‑beded paediatric short stay unit. The Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) area within CUH emergency department caters for approximately one third (approx. 25,000 children annually) of all attendances and due to the diverse population in the Croydon area we see a wide variety of acute pathology. A completely new Emergency Department (including PED) opened in December 2018. The new PED has state‑of‑the‑art facilities including two high specification paediatric resus cubicles and a paediatric HDU cubicle. Paediatric out‑patients is based in The Willows outpatient department, newly re‑opened in Dec 2023, where both general Paediatric, Neonatal and sub‑specialty Paediatric clinics are held.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Matthew Whitaker Job title: Consultant Paediatrician Email address: matthew.whitaker@nhs.net
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