# Locum Consultant Paediatrician with an interest in General Paediatrics and Community Child Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Tayside. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-paediatrician-with-an-interest-in-general-paediatrics-and-community-child-health/f4f8774c-32e3-4071-90e3-a885a3ba174f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-paediatrician-with-an-interest-in-general-paediatrics-and-community-child-health/f4f8774c-32e3-4071-90e3-a885a3ba174f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Tayside - **Location:** Kings Cross Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £111,430 - £148,064 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T13:20:25.259Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=272076 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=272076 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 261661 - Salary: Locum Consultant (£111,430 - £148,064) - Job closing date: 27/10/2026 - Job Type: Medical and Dental - Location: Armistead Child Development Centre - Employment type: Fixed-term - Hours Per Week: 40 - Job posted date: 06/10/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside - Department: Paediatrics NHS Tayside seeks to appoint a Locum Consultant in General Paediatrics with an interest in CommunityChild Health. Following retirals and vacant sessions within the service, this post has been created with aview to the continuing development and improvement of existing services. An interest in Neurodevelopmentalassessment and/or Child Protection would be required. While there is potential for this locum post to become a substantive post in the future, this cannot be guaranteed. If the post becomes substantive, it will be filled through the usual recruitment process and applicants would need to reapply.NHS Tayside is supportive of continuous professional development, and all of our posts include 2 PAsfor supporting professional activities (pro-rata). The post holder would be expected to hold CCT in general paediatrics and evidence of clinical skillsappropriate to leading a paediatric ward, including the management of the acutely unwell child, leadingresuscitations and coordinating Paediatric Intensive Care transfers. They should be able to work wellwithin a multidisciplinary team in the acute ward, Paediatric Assessment Unit, and Paediatric HighDependency Unit and take on the role for the clinical supervision of junior medical and nursingcolleagues. The successful applicant is likely to be based in Dundee with the expectation that some sessions may bebased throughout Tayside. Existing team members live across the area and a number work betweenlocalities. You will be joining a supportive, forward thinking team with a broad range of experience and wellestablishedlinks with other agencies. We have regular team meetings and joint training both within thewider CCH team and across specialties with our neonatal and general paediatric colleagues. Wewelcome applications from doctors wishing to work less than full-time and those wishing to pursuefurther training to develop a specialist interest. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact us foran informal discussion. NHS Tayside serves a population of 414,130 across three local authorities: Dundee, Perth and Kinrossand Angus. Paediatrics serves a population of approximately 67,100 children under 16 across Tayside,with community paediatric bases at Armitstead Child Development Centre in Dundee, Drumhar HealthCentre in Perth and Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre in Forfar, Angus. Some CommunityChild Health Services are locality based whilst others are Tayside wide.Tayside Paediatric Department participates in several regional and national managed clinical networksfacilitating the maintenance of specialist interests for all senior medical and career grade staff.Tayside paediatric department is committed to teaching undergraduates from Dundee. Resident DoctorsIn Training undertaking their paediatric training in the East of Scotland region are based in Dundee androtate to Forth Valley and Edinburgh. To apply for this post, please visit the job posting on the NHS Scotland Job Train website. Applicantsshould have a licence to practise, membership with the RCPCH, be registered with the GMC and on thespecialist register or be within 6 months of the anticipated award of a CCT or CESR (CP) at the time ofinterview. If you have appropriate specialist training and experience but are not listed on the GMCSpecialist Register you can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months). Whilst in locumemployment, you can apply to obtain a CESR and enter onto the Specialist Register. Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Jenny Fraser, Clinical Lead for Community Child Health, WhitehillsHealth & Community Care Centre \[01307 475260\], Dr Joanna Chisholm, Consultant Paediatrician,Armitstead Child Development Centre \[01382 835100\], or Dr Helen Dunne, Clinical Care GroupDirector, Consultant Paediatrician, Drumhar Health Centre \[01738 564257\]. ## Documents - [261661 Job Pack Tayside (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1206805&JobId=272076) - [Candidate guidance on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1206806&JobId=272076) ## 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.