Locum Consultant Paediatrician | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Due to maternity leave, an opportunity has arisen to support Bolton’s Community Paediatric department in a locum position for 12 months. You would be joining a well-regarded and supportive team of community paediatricians and advanced paediatric nurse practitioners. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provides an integrated paediatric service across community and hospital services with excellent working relationships both within community services and with our acute hospital colleagues. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and committed to family friendly policies.

The post holder will provide comprehensive community paediatric care, including the assessment and ongoing management of children with developmental delay, neurodisability and complex needs, delivering services through locality-based clinics wherever possible. The role includes clinical responsibility for children attending a designated special school, contributing to education, health and care planning, and participation in specialist epilepsy and multidisciplinary feeding clinics alongside nursing and therapy colleagues. The post holder will be actively involved in clinical governance, service improvement, teaching and training, and will maintain up-to-date safeguarding knowledge and practice. They will participate fully in appraisal, job planning, revalidation and continuing professional development, work in line with Trust policies and national guidance, and contribute to the Trust’s major incident response as required.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was established in 2008 and became an integrated provider in 2011 when community health services were incorporated. The Trust serves a catchment population of approximately 320,000 people across Bolton and parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford. Acute and community-based services are delivered primarily from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth, supported by 20 health centres across the borough.

The Royal Bolton Hospital plays a major role within Greater Manchester, particularly in women’s and children’s services, and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving hospital site in the region. As an NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton FT is accountable to its members and operates a Council of Governors that represents patients, the public, staff and partner organisations.

Community Children’s Health Services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team comprising six Consultant Paediatricians, one Associate Specialist, one Specialist Doctor, one Resident Doctor, four Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), and two Epilepsy Specialist Nurses (working on a job-share basis). The clinical team is supported by a Business Manager and a dedicated administrative and clerical workforce.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical care in general community paediatrics, including assessment and management of children with developmental, behavioural and neurodisability needs.
• Undertake clinics in locality settings to support accessible, family-centred care.
• Hold responsibility for the health oversight of children attending a designated special school, including regular clinical reviews and liaison with education and therapy services.
• Participate in consultant-led epilepsy clinics, jointly with epilepsy specialist nurses, ensuring safe and evidence-based management.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary feeding clinics alongside dietitians and speech and language therapists, supporting children with complex feeding and nutritional needs.
• Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive clinical records in line with Trust standards.

Clinical Governance

• Take an active role in the department’s Clinical Governance framework, including attendance at the monthly Quality Forum.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, audit, risk management, guideline development and review.
• Participate in learning from incidents, complaints and service feedback.

Research and Audit

• Support and contribute to ongoing research and audit activity within community paediatrics.
• Engage in audit projects aligned with service priorities and national standards, with dissemination of findings where appropriate.

Teaching and Training

• Contribute to the education and supervision of junior paediatric medical staff.
• Support multidisciplinary training and, where appropriate, education for parents and carers.
• Participate in departmental teaching programmes and CPD activities.

Safeguarding and Child Protection

• Maintain appropriate training and competence in safeguarding children.
• Participate in safeguarding assessments, reports, meetings and inter‑agency working as required.
• Adhere to local and national child protection policies and procedures.

Appraisal, Job Planning and CPD

• Participate in annual appraisal and agreed job planning processes.
• Comply with GMC revalidation and Royal College (RCPCH) CPD requirements.
• Use allocated SPA time (1.5 PAs) for CPD, governance, meetings and professional development.

General Professional Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with clinical colleagues, managers and partner agencies to support effective service delivery.
• Comply with all Trust policies and procedures, including those relating to health and safety, infection control, resuscitation and fire safety.
• Observe standing financial instructions and operational policies.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026