# Locum Consultant Community Paediatrician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-community-paediatrician/becaf6aa-6a25-40fc-a949-1600aedc0ae5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-community-paediatrician/becaf6aa-6a25-40fc-a949-1600aedc0ae5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** St Leonards On Sea - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T14:57:06.149Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Bexhill_Eastbourne/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v8015557 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8015557?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a Community Paediatrician looking to join a dynamic and expanding Community Paediatric service, with a strong emphasis on effective teamwork and departmental wellbeing? We invite you to apply for a new locum consultant post in East Sussex. This post has been created as part of the ongoing expansion and development of the service, following work with the Trust and our Commissioners. Full Registration with the GMC is essential. ### Main duties of the job Our Trust  is commissioned to provide Community Paediatric and Child Health Services for East Sussex. It has two sites in which the Community Paediatric Department is currently based; Eastbourne District General Hospital and Conquest Hospital, Hastings. We also have a main service hub in a  Children’s Centre located in Egerton Park, Bexhill.  Cross site working is encouraged dependent on special interest and service needs. The Trust’s vision is to be the healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex. It is making excellent progress in this regard as evidenced by the latest CQC ratings published in February 2020 which give an overall rating of Good. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of undergraduate and post graduate teaching **Desirable** - Accreditation as educational supervisor ### Registration **Essential** - Full registration with GMC ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised medical qualification - Higher Diploma (Fellowship or Membership) of specialty college. **Desirable** - Other higher degree or diploma ### Admin and Management **Essential** - Leadership skills. Knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance and Appraisal. - Management skills and budgetary awareness **Desirable** - Management course and/or qualification ### Training and Experience **Essential** - Has completed or will complete within 6 months of commencement of the post, higher specialist training in Community Paediatrics or general paediatrics including 3 years of community paediatrics or neurodisability. - Evidence of CPD if already working as consultant - Able to work in a multidisciplinary manner **Desirable** - Training in Child Sexual abuse work. Court skills and report writing as well as court experience - Experience relevant to other special interests - Training in ASD tool eg ADI, ADOS ### Personal Skills & Attributes **Essential** - Effective communicator, team player. - Self motivated to be able to develop their specialty. - Ability to adapt to changing roles and clinical practice. - Flexible, able to cover colleagues - Able to meet the travel requirements of the post - Professional attitude towards work **Desirable** - Familiarity with information technology ### Audit, Research & Publications **Essential** - Demonstration of completed audit projects. **Desirable** - Evidence of clinical research culminating in publications ## Documents - [jd lc comm paeds (pdf, 792.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10478254) - [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672) ## 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.