Locum Consultant in Metabolic Medicine

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Locum Consultant in Metabolic Medicine

The closing date is 10 December 2025

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine - Brain

12 month fixed term contract

9.5 PAs

This is a locum 9.5 PA consultant post (cover for career break) to support the clinical and research work of the Metabolic department. The post holder will be part of the Metabolic department, in the Brain Directorate. The on call commitment is 1 in 7 weekday attending basis and 1 in 7 weeknight on-call commitment (including weekends).

The Paediatric Metabolic Medicine Service is a tertiary referral unit providing emergency and elective management across the North Thames region in particular, but referrals are received from all over the South of England. In addition there are outreach clinics in Belfast and Royal Berkshire Hospital. The Service also provides a national and international resource for the management of rare or complex paediatric metabolic conditions. There are approximately 300 Inpatient, 700 Day cases and 4000 Outpatient events per annum. The Service is designated as a Highly Specialised Service provider by NHS England for the care of children with Lysosomal Storage disorders.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children is a renowned tertiary centre which provides world-class care to infants, children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions as well as acute, life threatening illness, many of which are treated on the largest critical intensive care units in the UK.

Main duties of the job

There will be a 1 in 7 weekday attending and 1 in 7 weeknight on-call commitment. This is a nonident post. The postholder will be responsible, in conjunction with the other consultants in Metabolic Medicine for the supervision of the day to day management of Metabolic Medicine in-patients. During their attending week the consultant will, with the Clinical Nurse Specialists and Dietetics Team, coordinate the management of new patients detected from newborn screening (e.g. PKU and MCADD), deal with emergency referrals and e-mail and telephone communication/consultation. The post holder will be expected to undertake up to two outpatient clinics per week and based on the needs of the department might need to cover the outreach clinics in Belfast. Also, will cover the MDT clinic for Inherited White Mateer Disorders. In addition, the post holder will be expected to support the multidisciplinary clinics in rotation with the other consultants. All consultants are expected to maintain their general metabolic skills, but they will be expected and supported to develop their own sub-speciality interest. Ward work will include overseeing inpatient care on the Metabolic ward and the clinical research facility.

A number of patients in the metabolic service (in particular the Lysosomal Storage Disease (LSD service require BMT.

About us

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.

Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we form the UK's only academic Biomedical Research Centre specialising in paediatrics.

Since its formation in 1852, the hospital has been dedicated to children's healthcare and to finding new and better ways to treat childhood illnesses.

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we'll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women's networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments.

Person Specification GOSH Culture and Values

• Always welcoming
• Always helpful
• Always one team
• Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• GMC specialist registration with a Licence to Practice (obtained by designated start date)
• MBBS or Equivalent
• MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
• Higher Degree
• Formal teaching qualification

Experience/Knowledge

• Extensive experience in Metabolic Medicine
• Knowledge of Metabolic Medicine Clinical Governance
• Experience in audit
• Experience of teaching students and multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of leading in Clinical Audit processes
• Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance through experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects.
• Published research in peer reviewed journals in relevant area
• Experience of recruiting patients to clinical research trials
• Experience in related sub-specialty highly advantageous.
• Experience of working in shared care clinics and clinical networks
• Experience of clinical leadership or management

Skills/Abilities

• High level written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work under pressure in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Understanding and proven ability to apply research findings in a clinical/organisational context
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Involvement in the Clinical Audit process
Ability to work on own initiative within an ever-changing environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative within an ever-changing environment.

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.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata per annum