# Consultant Paediatrician (Neonates on call) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-paediatrician-neonates-on-call/9e8684fc-574c-426f-9011-cd27168722cd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-paediatrician-neonates-on-call/9e8684fc-574c-426f-9011-cd27168722cd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Calderdale Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (Includes acute on call commitment for neonates.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T11:30:48.376Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Halifax/Calderdale_Huddersfield_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatrics_Neonates_on_call/Paediatrics_Neonates_on_call-v8150112 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8150112?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We currently have an exciting permanent position for a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Neonatology within the Children and Young People’s Directorate at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for highly motivated and dynamic Consultant to join our team. They will deliver exceptional care to children, young people, and their families. ### Main duties of the job The postholder will be expected to work 10 PA contracts and will have Consultant of the week and on call responsibility for the neonatal ward. The service may be able to be flexible with specialist interests and PAs, depending on the skillsets of successful applicant. This will be agreed on appointment and in job planning meetings with the Clinical Director and General Manager. As well as being able to provide clinical expertise in all aspects of paediatric care, successful applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills whilst demonstrating compassion, flexible thinking and the ability to prioritise a highly demanding workload. They will need to be excellent team players with motivation to strive for excellence. Applicants must be on the General Medical Council Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining specialist registration at the time of interview. They must possess a Licence to Practise. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description & person specification for further detail of main responsibilities. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects **Desirable** - Critical Appraisal Skill - Evidence of knowledge of research methodology ### General **Essential** - Eligibility to work in the UK - Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening - An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors & non medical staff **Desirable** - Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications - Training in clinical and educational supervision - Attendance at a teaching course ### Experience **Essential** - Special Interest in Neonataology - Experience or training in neonatal practical & procedural skillset **Desirable** - Understanding of current issues within the wider NHS - Attendance at a recognised management course - Ability to work with and lead others across professions ### Qualifications **Essential** - MRCPCH or equivalent - Registered with the GMC & hold licence to practice - Specialist Registration for Paediatrics (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register) **Desirable** - Relevant Higher Degree ### Disposition/Attitude/Comittment **Essential** - Good communication & empathy skills with patients & families/care givers - Evidence of willingness to participate in a MDT environment to provide an integrated service - Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication & sharing workload - Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis - Ability to prioritise & organise workload and coordinate staff - Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff - Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective & cost effective healthcare ### Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal qualities **Essential** - Evidence of continual learning & development - Understands self (Strengths & weaknesses) & impact of behaviour on others - Evidence of innovation - Ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, email & internet browser ## Documents - [consultant jd- neonates (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10455269) - [consultant jd- neonates (pdf, 569.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10455268) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.