We are looking to appoint a dynamic and motivated Locum Consultant Paediatrician with expertise in Metabolic Medicine to join our team at Nottingham Children’s Hospital for a 9 month maternity cover post.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a supportive and well established multi disciplinary team delivering high quality care to children and young people with both general paediatric and metabolic conditions. The postholder will contribute to the regional development of the metabolic service across the East Midlands, alongside delivering consultant-led general paediatric inpatient and outpatient care.

You will be joining a friendly and forward-thinking service that values clinical excellence, innovation, education, and collaborative working.

Provide inpatient and outpatient care to children with inherited metabolic disorders, working alongside a multidisciplinary metabolic team and in partnership with regional colleagues in Leicester.

Contribute to the general paediatric service including:
Outpatient general paediatric and rapid access clinics

Participation in the acute paediatric on-call and out-of-hours rota (including evenings and weekends)

Vetting of GP referrals and provision of advice & guidance

Attend and contribute to weekly metabolic MDTs, ward reviews, and clinical meetings.

Support the delivery of high-quality medical education for undergraduates and postgraduates.

Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement, service development and clinical governance.

Collaborate with consultant colleagues to ensure seamless, safe, and timely care for all paediatric patients.

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 19,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.

We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details of the main responsibilities.