Locum Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Company: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Location: Birmingham
Job Description:

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This is YOUR place

  • To be at the heart of brilliant care for women, children and young people.
  • Where innovation, compassion, and opportunity meet to help transform lives.
  • To make a unique impact from day one. As one of only two centres in the UK for women, children, and young people, this is where you can help bring prize-winning discoveries and game-changing innovations to life.
  • To grow a thriving career and unlock your potential. Our unique and vast specialisms provide opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. No matter the career path you choose – you’ll have unwavering support for your ambition and a real investment in your learning.
  • To discover a community of support. Where our strength comes from our people, who come from every walk of life and who work shoulder-to-shoulder across every discipline. Here, you’ll find a deep camaraderie and the support to take control of your career and find your passion – on the best days, and the toughest.

This is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust.

This is your place, our place, the place.

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Paediatric Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 6 months (N/A) Hours Full time – 10 sessions per week (On call, Evenings, Weekends) Job ref 284-8150599-BC-KF-26

Site Birmingham Children’s Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £113,565 – £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/08/2026 08:00

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

Two Locum Consultant posts are available within the Emergency Department of Birmingham Children’s Hospital to support our winter period. The posts comprise 10 programmed activities with a commitment to 1:5 weekends on call for the Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

You will be joining a friendly and dedicated team of 10 Consultants, 6 Specialty Doctors/Senior Clinical Fellows, 4 senior Specialist Trainees (from Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics), 9 ST2/3s, 2 GPVTS trainees and 2 Teaching Fellows. We are also proud of our ongoing development of Advanced Nursing Practice within the ED. As a university teaching hospital, we provide excellent opportunities for education, and there is an active research programme within our department.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr Bridget Wilson bridget.wilson2@nhs.net

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment

Person specification

Qualifications

  • Higher Degree (MD, PhD, etc)

Experience

CLINICAL SKILLS

Professional Development

  • Commitment to continuing professional development

Personal Skill/Qualities

  • Capable of building strong and effective relationships with patients, families and colleagues
  • Gains confidence and trust of others
  • Able to respond to and cope with change
  • Able to cope with pressure from unexpected/urgent clinical situations
  • Demonstrates honesty and integrity
  • Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills and able to work as part of a team
  • Willingness to seek advice & offer advice appropriately
  • Willingness to undertake educational supervision

Sponsorship:

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration – GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Reasonable Adjustments:

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Posted: August 1st, 2026