Consultant Paediatrician - Interest in Neurology and Neuro-disability

Consultant Paediatrician - Interest in Neurology and Neuro-disability

Company: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust

Location: Grimsby, DN33 2BA

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Job type: Permanent

Working pattern: Not specified

Posting date: 25 Jun 2026

Closing date: 14 Aug 2026

Summary

A Vacancy at Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides maternity and neonatal services across its two main acute sites: Scunthorpe General Hospital (SGH) and the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (DPOW), Grimsby. Together, the Trust supports a combined birth activity of approximately 4,800 births per year, comprising around 2,100 births at SGH and 2,700 births at DPOW.

Both hospitals provide 24/7 maternity and obstetric services.

DPOW also hosts a Local Neonatal Unit (LNU / Level 2) with 3 intensive care cots and 1 high dependency cot, 8 special care cots and 4 transitional care cots.

Both Paediatric wards (Disney ward at SGH and Rainforest ward at DPOW) have 2 High Observation beds and 10 paediatric beds. The Paediatric Assessment and Observation unit at both sites have 8 beds. Both sites are supported by a robust Community Nursing team and Hospital @ home team. Specialist Community Nursing team support the consultants in subspecialities which includes Respiratory, Epilepsy, Endocrine, and Oncology. A team of Paediatric Diabetic Nurses support Consultant with special interest in Diabetes. The Diabetes team have ensured the lowest HbA1C results in the network for 4 consecutive years.

As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's Patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:

• To ensure the provision of a high standard clinical service.
• To provide effective leadership to the junior doctors and medical students
• To undertake all work in accordance to the Trust's procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's operational group service plans.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

General Paediatric Responsibilities

• Participation in consultant-of-the-week rota (approx. 1:10), providing senior decision-making, acute assessment and ward leadership covering neonates and paediatrics.
• Non-resident on-call rota (approx. 1:10) providing acute paediatric, neonatal and safeguarding Level 3 support.
• Outpatient responsibilities including general paediatrics, rapid-access clinics,
• Supervision and teaching of junior doctors, ANNPs, nurses and allied health professionals.

Neurology and Neuro-disability

• Outpatient responsibilities include Neurology and neuro-disability clinics
• Establishing relationship with tertiary neurology/neuro-disability units to improve local services
• Joint clinics with Tertiary Neurology team

This advert closes on Sunday 19 Jul 2026

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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides maternity and neonatal services across its two main acute sites: Scunthorpe General Hospital (SGH) and the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (DPOW), Grimsby. Together, the Trust supports a combined birth activity of approximately 4,800 births per year, comprising around 2,100 births at SGH and 2,700 births at DPOW.

Both hospitals provide 24/7 maternity and obstetric services.

DPOW also hosts a Local Neonatal Unit (LNU / Level 2) with 3 intensive care cots and 1 high dependency cot,8 special care cots and 4 transitional care cots.

Both Paediatric wards (Disney ward at SGH and Rainforest ward at DPOW) have 2 High Observation beds and 10 paediatric beds. The Paediatric Assessment and Observation unit at both sites have 8 beds. Both sites are supported by a robust Community Nursing team and Hospital @ home team. Specialist Community Nursing team support the consultants in subspecialities which includes Respiratory, Epilepsy. Endocrine, and Oncology. A team of Paediatric Diabetic Nurses support Consultant with special interest in Diabetes. The Diabetes team have ensured the lowest HbA1C results in the network for 4 consecutive years.

As a senior employee of the Trust the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's Patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -

· To ensure the provision of a high standard clinical service.

· To provide effective leadership to the junior doctors and medical students

· To undertake all work in accordance to the Trust's procedures and operating policies

· To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's operational group service plans.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

General Paediatric Responsibilities

· Participation in consultant-of-the-week rota (approx. 1:10), providing senior decision-making, acute assessment and ward leadership covering neonates and paediatrics.