Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician The closing date is 21 October 2026 Apply for this job Job summary This post is offered at 8PA per week, and will comprise a mixture of clinical work, including multi-professional and MDT community paediatric clinics at hospital-based clinics, special schools, and other community-based settings, work in the department's Fostering and Adoption Child Health Service, and the Designated Doctor role in the Child Death Overview Panel. This post is mainly based at Edgware Community hospital, but with clinical commitments at other sites across Barnet. The successful candidate will be required to contribute to multidisciplinary meetings, governance meetings and processes, teaching, and other departmental meetings. It is expected that Consultants within the team will provide supervision and support to Resident Doctors and other locally employed Junior medical staffing across the Edgware Community Hospital site, and wherein patients have been admitted to one of the following acute hospital sites, and require input from the Community team: o Barnet & Chase Farm Health Unit o Royal Free Health Unit The Barnet Child Development team is an enthusiastic and innovative team looking at ways to redefine the way they work in a changing NHS climate, facing the challenges of providing the very best of clinical care in a community setting. It is well supported by an experienced team of therapists employed by partner NHS organisations and has good cross-agency relationships. Main duties of the job Duties & Responsibilities: The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant within Paediatrics The appointee to this post is required to: Provide senior clinician services to Community Paediatric services as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust. Work with consultant colleagues and other staff to ensure efficient use of Trust's resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit. Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises. Actively participate in the Unit's Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies. Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit, and CPD. About us Our principles: We respect the rights of babies, children, and young people, and aim to provide a safe and healthy environment for them within the department. We see children as children first, recognising their changing needs and abilities as they become older, rather than as a disease process or problem. We encourage parents and children to be actively involved in the care provided. We aim to work in partnership with the family and the general practitioner to provide as much care as possible at home. We respect the individual racial, linguistic, religious, and cultural background of each child. All members of the department aim to work in a multidisciplinary way Our Aims: To provide fast and effective communication with families and General Practitioners via the telephone, patient information sheets, and timely and ef