# Locum Consultant in Paediatric Spinal

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Evelina London Children's Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** Negotiable
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (12 month locum)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week (See attached job plan)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-31T08:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-12T11:26:35.647Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8224529
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8224529?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The ELCH Children’s Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia (CSTA) Directorate is seeking a full-time locum Paediatric Spinal Consultant proficient in the management of children with elective spinal needs. They will work with an experienced and supportive multidisciplinary team within the Evelina to provide optimal surgical care to children who may have complex spinal problems and complex comorbidities. The consultant would be expected to have experience in the management for all aetiologies of paediatric spinal deformities covering congenital, neuromuscular/syndromic, osteochondrodytrophies, mesenchymal disorders, NF, and spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would work with the multidisciplinary teams in the Paediatric setting to develop services within the region. The post holder would be joining a large paediatric spine service of 5 consultants performing 145 to 180 paediatric spinal deformity operations a year.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the detailed job description and 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

### Research and Audit

**Essential**

- Record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills
- A demonstrable aptitude for participating in departmental research goals.

**Desirable**

- Involvement in and completion of clinical audits
- Evidence of original research and publication.

### Clinical Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrable experience of paediatric spinal deformity reconstructive surgery and evidence of specialist training in this field.
- Significant experience of adult spinal surgery sufficient to support transition of care service of paediatric patients as into adulthood.

**Desirable**

- A third year of paediatric and or adult spinal fellowship/training

### Professional Qualifications

**Essential**

- Adult and Paediatric Spinal Fellowship minimum of two year to include a significant proportion of paediatric spinal deformity surgery
- FRCS(Orth) or equivalent
- Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 3 months of CCST.
- Evidence of continuing professional / personal development.

**Desirable**

- Higher degree
- Evidence of Management Training
- Evidence of Teaching Training

### Teaching skill and experience

**Essential**

- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.

**Desirable**

- Appraisal training
- Teaching qualification

## Documents

- [paediatric spinal consultant frf (pdf, 680.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533603)
- [locum spinal consultant jd and person spec (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10534647)

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