We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team to commence on 1st September 2025 for 6 months. Paediatric training to ST4+ or equivalent is a requirement. Previous experience in paediatric endocrinology, adolescent health and gender is highly desirable but not essential.
The post holder will be expected to support the Children and Young People endocrine service; for inpatients, endocrine testing in day-care and outpatient clinics as well as supporting the NHS England’s Children and Young People’s Gender Service (CYPGS), providing specialist gender related care and support for children and young people.
Their duty will be to provide clinical care and input to the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (London) clinics, including providing a paediatric opinion as part of a multidisciplinary team for children and young people, and to support and develop service evaluation and research projects within the service in line with Cass recommendations and NHSE specifications, with a specific focus on safeguarding, including developing proposals, seeking ethical approval and funding, gaining consent, collecting and analysing data and presenting and publishing work.
This will help develop the evidence base to understand the nature and needs of young people with gender related distress and develop management and treatment strategies to best support them.
It is also recognised that the new CYP Gender Service, which opened in April 2024, has a focus on understanding the wider needs of CYP with gender related distress. The post holder will learn skills in MDT working and complex history taking, formulation and development of management plans.
This job will be 50% based in General Paediatric Endocrinology including gender clinics at UCLH and 50% based in CYPGS. It is possible to negotiate evening and weekend ‘on call’ work in General Paediatrics. We are passionate about providing excellent clinical care alongside the best training opportunities.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
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