Consultant Community Paediatrics

Job summary
Join our Community Paediatrics team in Solihull and make a real difference to the lives of children,young people and their families.This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive,forward-thinking service within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.We are seeking an enthusiastic Consultant Community Paediatrician for a permanent 8PA post.

Our service offers a diverse caseload including neurodevelopmental assessment,ADHD,special educational needs and disability, safeguarding, looked after children, complex health needs and special school clinics.You will work alongside experienced Consultants, Specialty Doctors,Specialist Nurses and allied health professionals committed to delivering high-quality,child-centred care.

This is a great time to join our evolving service as we continue to develop innovative pathways and improve access for children and families.Opportunities exist to contribute to service development,strengthen neurodevelopmental pathways,support SEND initiatives and work collaboratively with acute paediatrics,CAMHS, community nursing,education and local authority partners.

We offer a supportive environment with regular peer review,dedicated safeguarding support, monthly CPD opportunities and strong links with the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.You would develop and have special interest in genetics, learning disability and ASD and lead on service improvement. If you are passionate about community paediatrics, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
We aim to appoint an enthusiastic consultant who will be leading and working with our excellent team adapting to changing needs of the department.

Main duties will include doing community paediatric and seeing complex health needs patients in special school clinics. Essential to have excellent communication skills to lead on patient care, MDT and multiagency meeting as appropriate .

Successful candidate would be doing 3 clinics per weeks and providing 1 in 5 on call safeguarding covering daytime including Fridays. See job description for more details.

Please note the Pay Scale listed for this Advert is for a Consultant pay scale and for GP Pay scale please refer to The National GP Salary pay scale.

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details
Date posted: 05 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 15566
Job locations: Solihull Hospital, Lode Ln, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2JL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES -- clinical role

The post holder will:

• Provide 2 Community Paediatric clinic, and 1 special school clinic alternating with complex health care needs clinic every week with allocated administration time
• Be competent to carry out comprehensive paediatric health and developmental and ADHD assessments
• Liaise as appropriate with schools, allied health professionals and other agencies.
• Provide support and reports for Special education needs and disability team for the patients
• Complete Child safeguarding medical examinations and provide reports/attendance to conference/meetings/court as required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES -- Risk and clinical governance lead for the department and maintaining professional competence

The post holder will:

• Participate in clinical governance activities including audits, and other supporting activities as directed by the needs of the service.
• Respond to and engage with any complaints or investigations within the department
• Attend statutory, essential and mandatory training .
• Attend and keeping up to date with child safeguarding training as per Trust requirements

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• CCT or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Solihull Hospital, Lode Ln, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
Renu Jainer
Renu.Jainer@uhb.nhs.uk
012174644474

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