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NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
NHS Tayside seeks to appoint a Locum Consultant in General Paediatrics with an interest in Community
Child Health. Following retirals and vacant sessions within the service, this post has been created with a
view to the continuing development and improvement of existing services. An interest in Neurodevelopmental
assessment and/or Child Protection would be required.
While there is potential for this locum post to become a substantive post in the future, this cannot be guaranteed. If the post becomes substantive, it will be filled through the usual recruitment process and applicants would need to reapply.
NHS Tayside is supportive of continuous professional development, and all of our posts include 2 PAs
for supporting professional activities (pro-rata).
The post holder would be expected to hold CCT in general paediatrics and evidence of clinical skills
appropriate to leading a paediatric ward, including the management of the acutely unwell child, leading
resuscitations and coordinating Paediatric Intensive Care transfers. They should be able to work well
within a multidisciplinary team in the acute ward, Paediatric Assessment Unit, and Paediatric High
Dependency Unit and take on the role for the clinical supervision of junior medical and nursing
colleagues.
The successful applicant is likely to be based in Dundee with the expectation that some sessions may be
based throughout Tayside. Existing team members live across the area and a number work between
localities.
You will be joining a supportive, forward thinking team with a broad range of experience and wellestablished
links with other agencies. We have regular team meetings and joint training both within the
wider CCH team and across specialties with our neonatal and general paediatric colleagues. We
welcome applications from doctors wishing to work less than full-time and those wishing to pursue
further training to develop a specialist interest. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact us for
an informal discussion.
NHS Tayside serves a population of 414,130 across three local authorities: Dundee, Perth and Kinross
and Angus. Paediatrics serves a population of approximately 67,100 children under 16 across Tayside,
with community paediatric bases at Armitstead Child Development Centre in Dundee, Drumhar Health
Centre in Perth and Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre in Forfar, Angus. Some Community
Child Health Services are locality based whilst others are Tayside wide.
Tayside Paediatric Department participates in several regional and national managed clinical networks
facilitating the maintenance of specialist interests for all senior medical and career grade staff.
Tayside paediatric department is committed to teaching undergraduates from Dundee. Resident Doctors
In Training undertaking their paediatric training in the East of Scotland region are based in Dundee and
rotate to Forth Valley and Edinburgh.
To apply for this post, please visit the job posting on the NHS Scotland Job Train website. Applicants
should have a licence to practise, membership with the RCPCH, be registered with the GMC and on the
specialist register or be within 6 months of the anticipated award of a CCT or CESR (CP) at the time of
interview. If you have appropriate specialist training and experience but are not listed on the GMC
Specialist Register you can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months). Whilst in locum
employment, you can apply to obtain a CESR and enter onto the Specialist Register.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Jenny Fraser, Clinical Lead for Community Child Health, Whitehills
Health & Community Care Centre [01307 475260], Dr Joanna Chisholm, Consultant Paediatrician,
Armitstead Child Development Centre [01382 835100], or Dr Helen Dunne, Clinical Care Group
Director, Consultant Paediatrician, Drumhar Health Centre [01738 564257].