Closing date: 20 July 2026

Job summary
We are currently looking to recruit a Locum Consultant Paediatrician at Epsom General Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, to help deliver our service in the north of Surrey. The post is a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. The post will be based at Epsom General Hospital. While the main base for this post will be Epsom Hospital, the post holder may be required to work at other sites as required. Epsom Hospital has an integrated paediatric service with acute and community paediatrics on the same site.

The successful applicant will take part in the acute paediatric service, including consultant of the week attending on the wards, and taking part in the on-call rota. The post holder will deliver general & community paediatric clinics.

The successful applicant will play a crucial role in ensuring the team continues to deliver a high quality paediatric service.

As an organisation we are committed to develop our services in a collaborative manner with the local authorities, in ways that best suit the needs of our patients.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will join a team of 16 Paediatric Consultants and 1 Associate Specialist. There are also 9 middle grade and 9 junior doctors on the paediatric rotas covering ED, the inpatient ward, the day-case ward and SCBU, in addition to Clinical Nurse Specialists for Epilepsy, Asthma, Allergy, Oncology and Diabetes

Routine educational activities include weekly junior doctor teaching programme in addition to Quality meetings, Child Protection Peer review and Mortality & Morbidity meetings run as part of the monthly programme. There will be opportunities for teaching and training.

For any queries, please contact Dr Stephanie Kirk or Dr Kirsty Watts on 6920 at Epsom General Hospital, Epsom, Surrey.

About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Details
Date posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 343-LCON-219
Job locations: Epsom General Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom, KT18 7EG, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.

• To, at all times, comply with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.
• To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
• To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trusts corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
• To participate in the Trusts Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
• To be responsible for the clinical management of out-patients under your care.
• The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
• Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC in paediatrics or be within six months of obtaining CCT
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Level 3 child protection
• APLS / NLS

Desirable

• Qualified in ADOS or similar ASD assessment tool

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Be able to demonstrate a high standard of clinical skill and expertise in providing assessment and support in a variety of neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Be able to demonstrate a high standard of clinical skill and expertise in acute and general paediatrics.

Management & Administrative Experience
Essential

• Audit/Research
• Supervision of post graduate trainees
• Personal time management skills
• Clinical Governance
• Ability to organise out-patient waiting lists

Desirable

• Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development
• Has attended a recognised management training event

Teaching Experience
Essential

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
• Ability to teach clinical skills

Desirable

• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/post graduates
• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups

Research Experience
Essential

• Ability to contribute to change management
• Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
• Ability to critically review research

Desirable

• Publications in peer review journals

Language
Essential

• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.

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).