# Paediatric Rheumatology Substantive Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-rheumatology-substantive-consultant/fbf9efc5-d24c-4f76-9348-4abd3ff9fbc0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-rheumatology-substantive-consultant/fbf9efc5-d24c-4f76-9348-4abd3ff9fbc0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** John Radcliffe Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: The appointee will be expected to participate in the on-call rota and may be required to work on any other site as required by the OUH Trust in the future. On call is divided into two areas on a pro-rata basis: - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (The appointee will be expected to participate in the on-call rota and may be required to work on any other site as required by the OUH Trust in the future. On call is divided into two areas on a pro-rata basis) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T11:22:01.544Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8195043 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8195043?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited to apply for the above post for the Department of Paediatric Rheumatology at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder will join a well-established multidisciplinary team, providing a comprehensive paediatric rheumatology and chronic pain service for the Thames Valley and surrounding region. The appointee will have the opportunity to work closely with consultants and allied professionals from the Children’s Hospital Oxford, as well as a number of other DGH’s throughout the region. There are close links with the adult rheumatology service. The appointee will also be part of the regional Chronic Pain service providing a comprehensive out-patient and intensive day case service to young people and families from across the region and beyond. We are looking for innovative and enthusiastic Consultants with appropriate clinical and leadership abilities. Candidates should have experience of managing complex autoinflammation and hyperinflammation to help expand this aspect of the service. The post holder will be fully supported by a busy and friendly department and will be encouraged to take part in research and academic development. Close links to the University of Oxford provide an excellent opportunity to develop research interests in a variety of areas. ### Main duties of the job Applications are invited from candidates with appropriate training and experience for the post of Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 10 PA, primarily working at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre for outpatient-based care. Inpatient and acute care is provided with support from paediatric services at the Oxford Children’s Hospital based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The post-holder will join the current consultant team of Paediatric Rheumatology consultants and a well-established clinical team working in the key areas of Paediatric Rheumatology and Chronic Pain. Candidates for this post should have experience managing complex autoinflammation and hyperinflammation to help expand this aspect of the service. This appointment is on a pro-rata full-time basis, collectively providing 3.15 whole time equivalent consultants at this Paediatric Rheumatology and Chronic Pain tertiary centre. Oxford is recognised as an NHS England designated provider of tertiary paediatric rheumatology specialist services (OXPARC), established in 2004, providing a secondary and tertiary care service for much of Thames Valley. Additional specialist services provided include a skeletal dysplasia service, sports medicine and autoinflammatory clinic. The service includes the Oxford Children and Young People’s Chronic Pain (OXCYPP) service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The position is available on a 10 PA job plan including a 1:3 telephone on-call commitment. Objectives of the post: - To support the clinical team in providing a high quality secondary and tertiary rheumatology service to the children and adolescents of Oxfordshire, Thames Valley and neighbouring counties - To provide care for acutely unwell children and young people in the paediatric and intensive care setting where diagnosis is uncertain or requires multispecialty input, including complex multisystem inflammatory illnesses, hyperinflammation, HLH/MAS etc - To provide comprehensive care for complex autoinflammation including periodic fevers, to help expand this aspect of the service. - To support a comprehensive paediatric chronic pain service and to link closely with the programme director for rehabilitation service, Dr Konrad Jacobs, Consultant Clinical Psychologist. - To support the multidisciplinary team and participate and lead multidisciplinary meetings - To support and continue to develop clinical collaboration with other paediatric services in Oxford - To provide clinical care, education and support for further development of outreach services and a clinical network for paediatric rheumatology across Oxfordshire and neighbouring areas. - To contribute to recruitment and collection of data for established research portfolio. - To contribute to the development of the research portfolio - To contribute to paediatric training in rheumatology and to contribute to the provision of rheumatology teaching for other postgraduate trainees. Establish and develop sub-specialty training in paediatric rheumatology. - To comply with the recommendations of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health over the provision of acute and specialty services for children ### 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 skills **Essential** - Experience in recruiting and contributing to research studies and clinical trials - GCP or equivalent training **Desirable** - Presentations at national and international meetings - Peer reviewed publications ### Work experience **Essential** - Comprehensive experience in Paediatrics and Paediatric rheumatology within a tertiary paediatric rheumatology centre - Experience in adolescent transition and/or young adult rheumatology services - Competence in performing independent intra-articular steroid injections under local and general anaesthesia - Experience in prescribing and monitoring complex immunomodulatory, biologic therapies etc - Experience managing complex patients requiring multi-specialty input, including those needing intensive care support - Experience in conducting autoinflammatory disease clinics and managing complex autoinflammatory conditions **Desirable** - Experience working as a locum or substantive Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology in the UK - Experience working in additional tertiary paediatric rheumatology centres within established clinical networks in the UK - Experience in a clinical laboratory setting affiliated with paediatric rheumatology services - Experience conducting chronic pain clinics independently or working within a major paediatric pain centre - Experience conducting outreach clinics independently - Experience conducting skeletal dysplasia MDT clinics - Experience conducting joint or specialised multidisciplinary clinics with infectious diseases and immunology ### Leadership skills **Essential** - Evidence of leadership in clinical and management setting **Desirable** - Leadership experience in regional or national project - Leadership qualification ### Professional training **Essential** - Certificate of completion of training (CCT) or equivalent in paediatrics - Completion of competencies for sub-specialty training in paediatric rheumatology or equivalent - APLS, BLS or equivalent in date - Valid level 3 or equivalent safeguarding training **Desirable** - Clinical academic or research fellowship in a major UK centre or UK accredited equivalent - Management qualification ### Level of responsibility **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to make independent, high-level clinical decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical cases ### Professional qualifications **Essential** - GMC registration and active licence to practise - MBChB or equivalent - MRCPCH or equivalent - On the GMC’s Specialist Register, having obtained CCT (including where the CCT date is within 6 months of the scheduled AAC interview date), OR having obtained Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) approval, at the point of application **Desirable** - Higher medical degree MSc - Higher medical degree PhD or MD ### Teaching and training skills **Essential** - Experience of formal and informal contribution to teaching and training ### Organisation and management skills **Essential** - Effective administrative and time management skills. Experience in clinical management **Desirable** - Evidence of additional management responsibilities ### Communication and interpersonal skills **Essential** - Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills. Able to communicate well with children, parents and teams **Desirable** - Demonstrable evidence of effective and collaborative working with multidisciplinary team (MDT) colleagues ### Professional - extra skills or achievements **Essential** - Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork and service improvement ## Documents - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10694731) ## 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.