Consultant Community Paediatrician special interest in Neurodisability

AAC Interview Date: 15th June 2026 Royal College Approval Pending Applications are invited for an 8 PA Community Consultant Paediatrician with special interest in Neurodisability. This post is a replacement post and will be mainly based at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children which is on the St. Helier site, however in keeping with trust principles cross site working is encouraged and may be required. The post holder will help deliver Community Paediatric services for the London Boroughs of Merton and Sutton. We are keen to support a suitable candidate to develop an area of interest which supplements the work of the department. While this post does not require the candidate to provide a Named or Designated role, we support that the persons who may over time develop to take these on in due course. There are no on-call commitments unless desired. We currently offer our patients a wide range of services including diagnosis and management of all types of Developmental Problems e.g. Global Developmental Delay and Autism assessment in the under 5s, Motor Coordination Disorder, Neurodevelopmental disorders and Neuro-disability and Children looked after (CLA) clinics.

The post includes a) General Community clinics particularly Neurodisability clinics involving management of children with complex needs including Epilepsy that impact on daily living activities and education. b) Support the department as required in Medicals for looked after children Safeguarding and child protection. c) Support the department as with triaging referrals Routine educational activities include weekly junior doctor teaching programme in addition to Quality meetings, Child Protection Peer review and Mortality & Morbidity meetings run as part of the monthly programme. There will be opportunities to build and further teaching and training ambitions, as we have middle grade trainees within the department. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape this development. Innovative ideas will be welcome to support the integration of services for children in the community and in the acute services where they have overlapping needs. We are a part of St Georges Epsom St Helier's Health group (GESH). Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is rated as Good by the CQC. We are committed to continuously reviewing and improving our services. We welcome applications from individuals who want to be part of a supportive team dedicated to maintaining and providing high standard of care.