Consultant Paediatrician

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced and motivated child and young people service team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which is now part of University Hospital Tees. The Department of Paediatrics at South Tees is a dynamic department working across two sites - Middlesbrough and Northallerton.

This is a substantive position for a Consultant Paediatrician, however applications from general paediatricians with a specialist interest in epilepsy are encouraged to apply.  Applications will also be considered from individuals with any other special interest, according to the needs of the department.

All Consultants work across both sites and a variety of opportunities are available for this.

Main duties of the job

We are a large secondary care centre in the Tees Valley area providing acute, community and specialist care as well as planned services for children in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Northallerton. We provide a broad range of specialist treatments including cardiology, diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, asthma, paediatric endocrine, allergies, gastroenterology and the full range of community paediatric services. We have six commissioned level 2 HDU bed and we are part of the North East Paediatric Critical Care Network.

We have a large number of trainees in the department at all levels of training covering tier 1 and 2 rotas including foundation doctors, general practice training, military GP trainee and specialist trainees rotating across the Northern Deanery. The department is actively involved in the delivery of the undergraduate education programme for medical students from the universities of Newcastle and Hull.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.