Consultant Paediatrician with Special Interest in Oncology

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 01 June 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated, experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic, supportive and driven Paediatric team who are committed to delivering the best care for our patients. We would like to invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for a post of Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Oncology.

The successful candidate will join a team of paediatricians and neonatologists providing Child Health services to our local population of approximately 300,000 children. The Trust is a designated POSCU level 1 centre (Enhanced Level A for Autumn 2026) with over 35 new cancer patients every year.

The consultant medical team works across both of our hot sites, Queen's Hospital, Romford, and King George Hospital, Ilford, and supports junior medical staff to deliver care to patients in all our patient settings.

Main duties of the job

Job plan requirements fall into 4 main areas:

3 x Hot weeks in 24 (Queen's or KGH)
Hot days - Children's ED, CYPAU and Hot clinics (5 days over 8 weeks)
10 x paediatric clinics in a year (not ward weeks)
On calls (Category A) 1 in 7 resident until 7pm (Monday to Friday) and resident from 8.30 - 13:00 on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays (times are under review).

Clinical duties include:

Review of acute admissions of children with malignancy.
Elective reviews of patients in Daycare ward.
Active treatment and Chemotherapy clinics.
Urgent Cancer Referrals review
Long term Follow up clinics
Electronic chemotherapy prescriptions and approval.
Take part in Oncology trials
Attend local and tertiary MDT meetings.
Education and training regarding Oncology for staff.
Annual Febrile Neutropaenia Audits
Supporting staff regarding Oncology issues and queries
Supporting POSCU lead for service development.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

162-M7413-B

Job locations

Paeds Medical Staff

Queens Hospital & King George

Romford

RM7 0AG

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will work as an acute general paediatrician and along with colleagues the successful candidate will be responsible for delivering safe and effective care to the CYP attending the child health services.

You will supervise and clinically manage children being cared for in the short stay facilities, attending for procedures and chemotherapy, as well as children recently seen on the unit who require rapid follow up. Responsibility for rapid access clinics for suspected malignancy will be shared and close working with the named doctor, named nurse and other members of the safeguarding team will be required to ensure that the Trust meets its responsibilities in safeguarding children.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez: Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential

Full registration with the GMC
Entry on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining a UKCCT/CESR-CP for General Paediatrics
Clinical Experience in Paediatrics including: Oncology

Desirable

Valid APLS and NLS
Higher qualification, e.g. MD, Medical Education

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential

Full registration with the GMC
Entry on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining a UKCCT/CESR-CP for General Paediatrics
Clinical Experience in Paediatrics including: Oncology

Desirable

Valid APLS and NLS
Higher qualification, e.g. MD, Medical Education

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).