Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Branch: Belfast HSCT
Location: ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
Contract Type: Permanent
Opening date: 12/11/26
Closes: Thu, 03 December 2026 @ 2:00 PM
Interview Dates: 19th February 2027

Post: Consultant in Paediatric Surgeon with interest in Urology
Location: Based in the Belfast HSC Trust (Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children) and Ulster Hospital, Dundonald
Reports to: Chair of Division (Specialist Hospitals and Women's Health)
Responsible to: Chief Executive, Belfast HSC Trust

General Information
The Belfast Trust delivers integrated health and social care to approximately 340,000 citizens in the greater Belfast area and provides the majority of regional specialist services for the population of Northern Ireland (1.9 million people). With an annual budget of almost £1.3bn and a workforce of over 20,000, we are also a Trust with teaching hospitals and have strong links with our local university partners providing high quality training for medical and other health care professionals across all disciplines.

Paediatric Urology Department
The paediatric urology team (consisting of approx. 2.5 WTEs at consultant level) forms an integral part of the regional paediatric surgical department of RBHSC. Our elective work consists primarily of paediatric urology, but we are also full participants in the emergency on-call rota for nights, weekends and Consultant of the Week in paediatric surgery. We also provide emergency paediatric urology advice and theatre-cover, as necessary, for consultant colleagues whose elective work consists of paediatric surgery. We play a full role in the paediatric surgical department's weekly programme of complex-case discussion, teaching, M&M, audit, and journal club.

The paediatric urology team also consists of 2 middle-tier surgical staff (rotating specialist trainees and specialty doctors in paediatric surgery), 2 continence nurse specialists (1.4 WTE), and admin support.

Paediatric urology patients are seen in the paediatric surgical OPD (~2.5 clinics per week) and admitted to the paediatric surgical day-care unit or the paediatric surgical in-patient ward (~3.5 surgical lists per week). There is a weekly video-urodynamic session and a busy regional spina bifida clinic. We also provide a satellite paediatric urology service in UHD.

General Paediatric Surgery
This is a new post and the successful applicant will join a team including an advanced nurse practitioner, specialty doctors, junior trainee medical staff as well as fellow consultants, aiming to deliver high quality paediatric surgical services within RBHSC and outreach hospitals. The successful candidate will participate in the on-call rota for general paediatric surgery.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with professional colleagues in the care of patients referred to them and keep up-to-date with innovative change and development within the specialty.
• Work with local managers in providing a high quality efficient service to patients and assume leadership where appropriate.
• Undertake teaching of medical undergraduates and postgraduates and co-operate with colleagues in developing local educational programmes.
• Be encouraged to perform and develop research.
• Support the delivery of Paediatric Urology services including outpatient services.
• Be involved in teaching, training and supervision of trainees.
• Take part as Surgical Consultant of Week with a commitment of 1 in 8.
• Take part in the annual appraisal programme and job plan review.

Essential Criteria

• Full GMC Registration plus a Licence to Practice.
• MB BCh or equivalent; FRCS/MRCS or equivalent.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register - Paediatric Surgery.
• APLS/EPLS certification at time of appointment; Level 3 Safeguarding at time of appointment.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion across paediatric urology and paediatric surgery, including on-call and Consultant of Week.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
• Own means of reliable transport to allow timely attendance across sites and for emergencies when on-call.

Desirable Criteria

• NLS certification or instructor in APLS/EPLS or NLS.
• Fellowship in Paediatric Urology or equivalent training experience.
• Interest and experience in advanced laparoscopic Paediatric Urology.
• Interest and experience in tertiary paediatric urinary stone management.
• Publications in peer reviewed journals.

Salary: As per current Consultant salary scale in line with the Consultant Terms & Conditions of Service (Northern Ireland) 2004.

Visiting and enquiries: Ms Irene Milliken, irene.milliken@belfasttrust.hscni.net or 028 96154241.

Canvassing will disqualify. The Belfast HSC Trust is committed to equality of opportunity. Employees are required to comply with the Trust's Equality Scheme.