Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
27 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working as part of a management team
- Experience
Ability to complete child protection medical assessments independently
- Experience
Can demonstrate having achieved the competencies equivalent to Higher to Higher specialist Training
- Experience
Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of liaising with other agencies e.g., Child Protection agencies
- Experience
Evidence of initiating, progressing, and completing audits
- Experience
Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to work as part of a team
- Skills and Knowledge
Leadership Skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Understanding of the research process
- Skills and Knowledge
Commitment to participating in the management process
- Skills and Knowledge
Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate sensitively with patients, relatives, and staff members
- Additional Requirements
Ability to travel to meet the needs of the service
- Additional Requirements
Being adaptable and flexible where required
- Additional Requirements
Aligns own values with those of the Health Boards
- Management and Leadership
Ability to undertake the role of Palliative Care Lead within Acute Children’s Services
- Management and Leadership
Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Management and Leadership
Experience of leading clinical governance activities, including audit, quality improvement, and management of clinical risk
- Management and Leadership
Proven leadership skills, with the ability to guide, support, and develop teams
- Qualifications and Training
Full GMC Specialist Registration in Paediatrics or within 6 months of obtaining CCT from date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
- Qualifications and Training
MRCPCH or equivalent
- Qualifications and Training
Newborn Life Support provider course
- Qualifications and Training
Advanced/European Paediatric Life Support provider course
- Qualifications and Training
Valid Level 3 Safeguarding training
- Qualifications and Training
Valid BLS Training
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of research
- Experience
Neonatal Experience beyond core training
- Experience
Experience in community child health or equivalent knowledge and experience gained in related posts
- Skills and Knowledge
Research interest
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of initiating, progressing, and drawing research projects to a conclusion with publication
- Skills and Knowledge
ICT/Computer skills
- Additional Requirements
Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn
- Management and Leadership
Evidence of formal leadership or management training
- Management and Leadership
Experience of holding a defined leadership role
- Qualifications and Training
MSc, MD, PhD or equivalent higher degree
- Qualifications and Training
Evidence of Management Training
- Qualifications and Training
Valid APLS and NLS
Job overview
Applications are invited for a hybrid Consultant post with a 60:40 split between Acute and Community Paediatrics. The successful candidate will join a collaborative team of Acute Consultant Paediatricians and Community Paediatricians across North West Wales.
This new post has been created as part of a service restructure following a colleague’s move to flexible working arrangements and another colleague’s retirement. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our supportive team. The successful candidate will bring a specialist interest in allergy, along with a willingness to take on a lead role in palliative care within acute children’s services.
As part of the recruitment process, applicants who are successful at shortlisting will be invited to attend a Stakeholder Interview on 24th September 2026 and an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Interview on 25th September 2026.
Main duties of the job
Management and Clinical Governance The successful applicant will:
- Be responsible for the management, appraisal, and supervision of Doctors under their supervision.
- Maintain personal and professional development. The post holder will register with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for the purpose of Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and to fulfil the requirements of that registration.
- Provide expert advice, when required, to the Executive Team, Board, General Practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders on the planning and delivery of clinical services at local, regional, and national levels. This will be carried out in accordance with confidentiality agreements related to Health Board business.
- Co-operate in the present agreed framework of management arrangements in the Health Board.
- Actively engage in the Health Board’s clinical governance processes, including participation in clinical audits and research where appropriate.
- Collaborate with colleagues and the Health Board to pursue agreed objectives, and fully support the implementation of outcomes to promote best practice.
- Participate in consultant appraisal and job planning reviews.
- Ensure that all intellectual property rights of the Health Board are observed
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
If you are ready to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare in North Wales and possess the skills and experience required for this role, we invite you to apply.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Consultant Paediatrician in Acute and Community Paediatrics with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Bangor, Wales. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Paediatrics role. The advertised salary is £114099.00 to £166585.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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