# Locum Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Addenbrooke's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatrics
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15T14:49:59.333Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Paediatric_ENT/Paediatric_ENT-v8354349
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8354349?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology. This post is available from 04 January 2027 until 02 January 2028.

This is a whole time equivalent (10PA) maternity cover post for a fixed term of 12 month to join the Child and Adolescent East of England Rheumatology Service (CHEERS), an established service delivering Paediatric Rheumatology care for children in the East of England region.

The post will be based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and it is expected that the post holder will deliver outreach services, within the region, approximately once a week.

CHEERS is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well as providing a region wide education and training programme for professionals within our network. The Service leads in national research, and recruit’s patients for national and international multi centre collaborative research studies, and there is scope for the applicant to develop their own clinical and research interests. Cambridge is an excellent base for researchers to thrive, and a great place to live.

### Main duties of the job

You will provide safe, kind and excellent specialist care to children and young people with rheumatological conditions in the East of England region, delivering this as part of our specialist multidisciplinary team.

You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT in Paediatrics, Paediatric Rheumatology or agreed equivalent. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.

### 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

### Standards

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### Qualifications

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### Clinical Skills

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### Personal Skills

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### Professionalism

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### Clinical Governance

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### Communication Skills

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### Professional Development

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### Understanding of the NHS

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### Specialty Specific Skills

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## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 736.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10697139)

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