Locum Consultant in Paediatrics

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Locum Consultant in Paediatrics

The closing date is 25 September 2025

Applications are invited for a 0.7WTE Locum Consultant Paediatrician to work within the Paediatric Outpatient Department at Mersey West Lancs Hospitals Trust in the St Helens and Whiston locality.

This is a part time fixed term post covering maternity leave to support outpatient activity with no on call or acute paediatric work. The person appointed will be supported by and work closely with consultant colleagues and department managers.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to provide 4.5 general Paediatric clinics per week (eg. alternate 4 clinics 1 week, 5 clinics the next week).

The post holder will be based at Lowe House Community Hub in St Helens or Whiston Hospital. The post hold

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Proposed Interview date: 16th October 2025

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
• MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification

Knowledge

• Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: o Good clinical care o Maintaining good medical practice o Good relationships and communication with patients o Good working relationships with colleagues o Good teaching and training o Professional behaviour and probity o Delivery of good acute clinical care.
• Clinical knowledge and expertise in General Paediatrics and Neonatology in order to manage/ supervise and/or offer expert clinical opinion on patients presenting to the Paediatric Department and Neonatal Unit. Must be actively involved in caring for neonates in a Level 2 Unit
• Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit/research within team structure within the last 3 years
• Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
• Evidence of relevant academic achievement e.g. degrees, awards in last 3 years
• Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 3 years

Skills

• Demonstrates skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues. Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
• Ability to provide complete details of employment history
• Skills acquired to safeguard children effectively
• Skills acquired in practical procedures appropriate to Paediatrics and Neonatology
• Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation, particularly when communicating with children
• Able to work effectively in multi-professional teams
• Evidence of clinically supervising a range of doctors in training with the ability to teach clinical and practical skills
• Basic IT skills

Other

• Demonstrate professional integrity: o Capacity to take responsibility for own actions. o Adheres to Duty of Candor requirement. o Demonstrates respect for all.

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year, pro rata