Consultant Paediatrician with Epilepsy interest

Date posted: 24 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9163-0082-07-26
Job locations: Pogmoor Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2EP, United Kingdom

Job summary
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Paediatrician with an epilepsy interest and a passion for epilepsy care to join our team of eleven consultant paediatricians. The post holder will provide local epilepsy service for Barnsley and will also take part in hot week service.

We have a proactive and modern service with close liaison between the Hospital and Community Departments. There have close working links with our tertiary centre at Sheffield Childrens Hospital and are closely supported by them to manage complex epilepsy patients.

The post-holder will play an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, contributing to high-quality training for the next generation of clinicians. There are also opportunities to engage in research.

If you are committed to delivering excellent care and excited at the opportunity of shaping the future direction of Paediatric Epilepsy in Barnsley, we would love to hear from you.

Please note the planned interview date for this post is Thursday 10 September 2026.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated, forward-thinking Consultant who is eager to:

• Lead and innovate within our epilepsy services.
• Contribute to service development and re-evaluation as well as National Audits and research
• Work collaboratively within a supportive, highly skilled multidisciplinary team (providing support and advice to specialist nurses, resident doctors with regards to epilepsy) and regional network for Epilepsy.
• Actively contributes to the paediatric hot week rota, providing senior clinical leadership, and ensuring high-quality patient care during periods of increased service demand.
• The post holder will maintain the highest clinical standards in epilepsy, general paediatric and neonatology by ensuring responsibility for their own continuing medical education and professional development.
• The successful candidate will work collaboratively with consultant colleagues in the day-to-day management of the Paediatric Department, actively contributing to clinical governance, quality improvement and audit programmes.
• The duties of the post will be reviewed through an annual job planning process undertaken jointly by the Consultant, Clinical Lead and Service Manager, ensuring that responsibilities remain aligned with service needs and professional development objectives.

About us
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work

We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone

We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction

We reserve the right to close positions early

Job description
The job description and person specification for this post can be found under the supporting documents section.

Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Sufficient skills in managing time, paper and people to enable efficient organisation of consultant practice.
• Understanding of and commitment to a clinical network.
• Flexible approach to working practices.
• Willingness to share administrative duties in the Hospital.
• Experience and enthusiasm to work in and with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.
• Motivated to advance and develop paediatrics.Experience of service development and guideline writing and updating.

Desirable

• Experience of service development and guideline writing and updating.

Experience
Essential

• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a wide range of problems within acute paediatric and neonatal medicine.
• Broad based experience in Specialty.
• Experience of managing children with epilepsy.
• Expertise and experience of safeguarding at Specialist Registrar or Consultant level.
• Commitment to the development and maintenance of safeguarding skills.
• Trained to level three in safeguarding.
• Experience of formal and on the job clinical teaching.
• Commitment to under- and post-graduate and multidisciplinary teaching and training.
• Enthusiasm to teach clinical skills.
• Able to deliver high quality paediatric care.
• Knowledge and experience of clinical audit.
• Logical, analytical and self-critical approach to clinical practice.
• Understanding of research techniques and design.
• Ability and commitment to practice evidence based medicine.

Desirable

• Evidence of managing children with more complex epilepsy and working independently.
• Experience of report writing and giving evidence in court.
• Experience of organising teaching programs or specific teaching events.
• Expertise in innovative teaching or training methods.
• Postgraduate course in teaching/training (T5 or similar).
• Expertise in Risk Management.
• Knowledge of Every Child Matters and implications of Health and Social Care Act.
• Published research.
• Commitment to continuing research.
• Published papers in area of special interest.

Qualifications
Essential

• MRCPCH or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration and license to practice.
• CCT in General Paediatrics or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
• Imminent completion of PET 1, 2 and 3.
• SPIN in Epilepsy.

Desirable

• Higher degree such as MD or MSc.
• Evidence of organisational and change management skills.

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: Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Pogmoor Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 2EP, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Lead-CBU3
Shireen Gopaul
shireen.gopaul@nhs.net