Job requirements
Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Ability
Ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients.
- Ability
Ability to communicate effectively and clearly with patients and other team members
- Ability
Ability to manage effectively own time and triage tasks working independently.
- Experience
Completion of a recognised training programme in Paediatrics
- Experience
Be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of community and general paediatrics, including neurodisability, child protection and general paediatric medicine.
- Experience
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
- Motivation
Evidence of commitment to: Patient-focused care
- Motivation
Evidence of commitment to: Continuous professional development and life-long learning
- Motivation
Evidence of commitment to: Effective and efficient use of resources
- Motivation
Desire to develop services for patients
- Team Working
Ability to work in a team with colleagues in own and other disciplines
- Team Working
Ability to organise time efficiently and effectively
- Team Working
Reliability
- Team Working
Excellent communication skills
- Team Working
Ability to motivate colleagues
- Teaching and Audit
Evidence of commitment to: Clinical audit
- Teaching and Audit
Evidence of commitment to: Formal and informal teaching and training of resident doctors, medical students and other clinical staff
- Teaching and Audit
Evidence of commitment to: Learning and continuing professional development
- Circumstances of Job
May be required to work at any of NHS Lothian sites
- Circumstances of Job
Car user essential
- Academic Achievements
Evidence of research activity and able to undertake critical appraisal of clinical research.
- Qualifications and Training
GMC registered medical practitioner
- Qualifications and Training
License to practice
- Qualifications and Training
MRCP (Paeds), MRCPCH or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications and Training
On or eligible for inclusion on the specialist register, or within six months of being eligible for registration at the time of interview
- Qualifications and Training
Evidence of competence in paediatric resuscitation
Desirable
13 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Proficiency in developmental assessment using Griffith’s Mental Development Scales or equivalent.
- Experience
Training and experience in assessment of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders.
- Experience
Experience of leading clinics with AHP colleagues for assessment of delayed or aberrant development
- Team Working
Evidence of previous managerial training and experience
- Teaching and Audit
Evidence of training in clinical and / or educational supervision
- Teaching and Audit
Meets GMC requirements for Recognition of Trainers
- Teaching and Audit
Formal training in teaching
- Teaching and Audit
Experience in designing audits and quality improvement projects
- Academic Achievements
Evidence of research and publications in peer reviewed journals
- Academic Achievements
Evidence of poster or oral presentations at national or international meetings
- Qualifications and Training
Additional post-graduate qualifications, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc.
- Qualifications and Training
Additional relevant subspecialty training
- Qualifications and Training
ADOS training
Job details
- Job reference: 261716
- Salary: Specialist Grade (£100,870 - £111,441)
- Job closing date: 23/10/2026
- Job Type: Medical and Dental
- Location: St John's Hospital
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 20
- Job posted date: 07/10/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
- Department: Community Paediatrics
Specialist Doctor in Community Paediatrics
Community Paediatrics
St Johns Hospital, Livingston
You will also be required to work other NHS Lothian sites.
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
A doctor appointed to this grade:
- shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council; and
- shall have completed a minimum of 10 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted;
- shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, part time (20 hours per week, pay will be pro rata) post based in St. Johns Hospital
This is a 0.5 WTE substantive post with clinical responsibilities based in the West Lothian Community Paediatrics Department. The post holder will join an established and experienced team of paediatricians and therapists. There is no commitment to child protection duties or working within the acute receiving unit for general paediatrics within this post.
The Community Paediatrics service is a Lothian wide service and the person appointed will be required to work at other sites.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
Closing Date 23/10/2026
For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Charlotte Kirk
Consultant Paediatrician
Clinical Director
Department of Community Paediatrics
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
50 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh
EH16 4TJ
Tel: 0131 3120740
Email: charlotte.kirk@nhs.scot
Eleanor Quirke
Clinical Service Manager
Tel: 0131 312 0740
If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.
We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
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