Consultant Paediatrician

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated Consultant Paediatrician with an Epilepsy interest to join our friendly and enthusiastic team. We welcome applications from candidates with experience in Paediatric Epilepsy who are passionate about service improvement and multidisciplinary collaboration. They should also have excellent communication and teaching skills and be committed to clinical governance, innovation, quality improvements and high-quality care. Our Paediatric ward was refurbished in 2021 and we have a newly modernised Childrens Assessment Unit (CAU) located next to our Emergency Department. The Paediatric ward currently has 8 beds and CAU 9 beds. We have a level 2 Neonatal unit with 14 cots comprising of 2 ITU, 3 HDU and 9 Special care. This is a permanent post and comprises of the following: 1:10 hot ward weeks, 1:10 Neonates ward cover, 1:10 weekend on call, 1:10 on call (Monday to Thursday) resident until 22:00 hrs and then non-resident and 2 outpatient clinics a week outside of hot weeks. Paediatrics is currently supported by 11 Consultants, 1 Specialty Doctor, 2 LEDs and 10 Tier 2 doctors. The post is ideally required to commence within the next 3 months. We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming a dedicated, enthusiastic colleague to our team. Interviews will be held on Thursday 14th May 2026 Main duties of the job

• To provide, with consultant colleagues, general Paediatric and Neonatal services within Barnsley Trust for the prevention, diagnosis and management of illness and the proper functioning of the department.
• To perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances
• Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients (including activity data as required) in line with Trust Policy.
• Participating in the General Paediatric and Neonatal consultant on call rotas.
• To undertake Epilepsy Paediatric Outpatient Clinics as appropriate to the skills/interests of the post holder as agreed at Job Planning.
• Developing and expanding epilepsy pathways, improving multidisciplinary working, and strengthening patient experience.
• Leading and contributing to audit, guideline development, governance, and epilepsy-specific quality improvement activity.
• Providing teaching, supervision, and support to trainees., The job description and person specification for this post can be found under the supporting documents section. Job description, The job description and person specification for this post can be found under the supporting documents section.
  
  Sufficient skills in managing time, paper and people to enable efficient organisation of consultant practice.
• Understanding of and commitment to a clinical network.
• Flexible approach to working practices.
• Willingness to share administrative duties in the Hospital.
• Experience and enthusiasm to work in and with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.
• Motivated to advance and develop paediatrics.Experience of service development and guideline writing and updating.
Desirable
• Experience of service development and guideline writing and updating.
Experience Essential
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a wide range of problems within acute paediatric and neonatal medicine. Range of general paediatric experience.
• Expertise and experience of safeguarding at Specialist Registrar or Consultant level.
• Commitment to the development and maintenance of safeguarding skills.
• Trained to level three in safeguarding
• Experience of formal and on the job clinical teaching.
• Commitment to under- and post-graduate and multidisciplinary teaching and training.
• Enthusiasm to teach clinical skills
• Able to deliver high quality paediatric care.
• Knowledge and experience of clinical audit.
• Logical, analytical and self-critical approach to clinical practice.
• Understanding of research techniques and design.
• Ability and commitment to practice evidence based medicine.
Desirable
• Specialist experience that would complement and support the current workforce.
• Experience of report writing and giving evidence in court
• Experience of organising teaching programs or specific teaching events.
• Expertise in innovative teaching or training methods.
• Postgraduate course in teaching/training (T5 or similar).
• Expertise in Risk Management.
• Knowledge of Every Child Matters and implications of Health and Social Care Act.
• Published research.
• Commitment to continuing research. Published papers in area of special interest.
Qualifications Essential
• Completed CCT
• MRCPCH or equivalent.
Desirable
• Higher degree such as MD or MSc.
• Evidence of organisational and change management skills.
  
  Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work
We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction We reserve the right to close positions early