Locum Consultant in Paediatric Surgery
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B4 6NH
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569
Contract
Locum
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 September 2026
27 days left
Job description
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Paediatric Surgeon to join the team in Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Birmingham Chil...
The Department of Paediatric Surgery & Urology is made up of 13 Consultant Surgeons, 13 Tier 2 clinicians, 3 Clinical Nurses Specialist teams and 3 Physician Associates.
The Paediatric Urologists provide a service which encompasses all areas of Paediatric Urology practice except for Bladder Exstrophy / Epispadias.The Paediatric Urologists provide a separate Paediatric Urology on-call service to the Paediatric surgeons.
This is a locum post in paediatric surgery. The successful applicant will be expected to have, or to develop, a subspeciality interest in Colorectal surgery (including anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and intestinal failure and support in the provision of these areas of practice.
This is a 10 PA job, including both elective and on-call commitments. This post does not include the provision of any Specialist Paediatric Urology.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS(Paed) or equivalent or overseas equivalent.
Desirable
- MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent
- Post CCT Fellowship in Paediatric Colorectal Fellowship
Special Knowledge/ Abilities or Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Surgical cases.
- Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Able to operate independently.
- Advanced laparoscopy experience
- Logbook to be available.
- Portfolio to be available.
- Ability to complete busy surgical on-call commitments.
- Experience of resident doctor supervision
- Definitive Trauma surgical skills course or equivalent
- Independent practice for outpatient perioperative and operative management of neonatal and colorectal cases
Desirable
- Consultant experience within the UK.
- Consultant Paediatric Surgery on-call experience within the UK.
- Current APLS or equivalent
- Sub-speciality interest and experience in lower GI/colorectal
- Experience in vascular access
- Experience in management of resident doctors at Core and higher surgical level; experience of management of trainees in trouble.
- Evidence of membership of specialist organisations/groups e.g. BAPS
Personal Qualities /Disposition
Essential
- Co-operative
- Good at shared care
- Good team member
- Have leadership qualities
- Good communication skills
Desirable
- Pleasant and cheerful
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising Registrar's and equivalent.
- Ability to teach operative and clinical skills.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise & take part in research / audit
- Train the trainer qualification
Audit and research
Essential
- Has undertaken audit and completed an audit cycle
- Evidence of research activity and presentations
Desirable
- Clinical Trials experience as associate PI/sub-PI/PI/CI
- Evidence of achieving grant funding
- In-vitro/in-vivo/ex-vivo research experience
- First or senior author on paper published in peer reviewed literature with paediatric Colorectal Surgery.
How to apply
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First seen
2 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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