Locum Consultant Paediatrician, Community Child - Dundee, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

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1 month ago

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We have an exciting opportunity available in our Community Child Health Department.

NHS Tayside seek to appoint a Paediatric Consultant with an interest in Community Paediatrics.

following retirals and vacant session within the service, this post has been created with a view to the continuing development and improvement of existing service.


A specific interest in Neuro-developmental assessment, Paediatric Audiology or Care Experienced Children and Young People's Service (CECYPS) would be of advantage.

NHS is supportive of continuous professional development, and all our post include 2 PAs for supporting professional activities (pro-rate).


The successful applicant is likely to be based in Dundee with the expectation that some sessions may be based throughout Tayside.

Existing team members live across the area and a number work between localities.

NHS Tayside serves a population of 416,090 across three local authorities: Dundee, Perth and Kinross and Angus.

Paediatrics serves a population of approximately 67,100 children under 16 across Tayside, with community paediatric bases at Armistead Child Development Centre in Dundee, Drumhar Health Centre in Perth and whitehills Health and Community Centre in Forfar, Angus.

some community Child Health Services are locally based whilst others are Tayside wide.


Tayside Paediatric Department participates in several regional and national managed clinical networks facilitating the maintenance of specialist interests of all senior medical and career grade staff.

Tayside Paediatric department is committed to teaching undergraduates from Dundee.

Trainees undertaking their paediatric training in the East of Scotland region are based in Dundee and rotate to Forth Valley and Edinburgh.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Jenny Fraser, Clinical Lead for Community Child Health, Whitehills Health & Community Care Centre , Dr Joanna Chisholm, Consultant Paediatrician, Armistead Child Development Centre , Dr Ben Colvin, Consultant Paediatrician, Drumhar Health Centre
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