Locum Consultant in Paediatric Surgery

Job summary
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Paediatric Surgeon to join the team in Department of Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Birmingham Children's Hospital. This is a locum post, in the first instance but has the possibility of becoming substantive in 1 year. This post will be to provide paediatric surgery cover on an unselected on-call and to provide routine general paediatric surgery, and to work alongside Mr A Lander, Miss Anna Harris and Mr Ian Jones and in the colorectal team alongside the colorectal clinical nurse specialists and Physician Associate, and if the candidate does not have expertise in colorectal surgery now, to develop this interest and competence in post.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is part of Birmingham Women & Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This comprises of 2 hospitals: Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) and Birmingham Women's Hospital (BWH), and includes Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) providing CAMHS care. The hospital covers a population of over 5 million and provides secondary, tertiary and quaternary services. It is a designated Paediatric Major Trauma centre.

Paediatric Surgical service covers neonatal and general paediatric surgery, as well as gastroenterology, oncology, colorectal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, major trauma and non-cardiac thoracic surgery.

Main duties of the job
The Department of Paediatric Surgery & Urology is made up of 13 Consultant Surgeons, 13 Tier 2 clinicians, 3 Clinical Nurses Specialist teams and 3 Physician Associates.

The Paediatric Urologists provide a service which encompasses all areas of Paediatric Urology practice except for Bladder Exstrophy / Epispadias.The Paediatric Urologists provide a separate Paediatric Urology on-call service to the Paediatric surgeons.

This is a locum post in paediatric surgery. The successful applicant will be expected to have, or to develop, a subspeciality interest in Colorectal surgery (including anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and intestinal failure and support in the provision of these areas of practice.

This is a 10 PA job, including both elective and on-call commitments. This post does not include the provision of any Specialist Paediatric Urology.

About us
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.

Details
Date posted: 02 September 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Dependant on experience
Contract: Locum
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 284-8182175-BC-KF-26
Job locations: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom

Job 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
Essential

• FRCS(Paed) or equivalent or overseas equivalent.

Desirable

• MD, PhD, MSc or equivalent
• Post CCT Fellowship in Paediatric Colorectal Fellowship

Special Knowledge/ Abilities or Experience
Essential

• Ability to manage full range of Paediatric Surgical cases.
• Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Able to operate independently.
• Advanced laparoscopy experience
• Logbook to be available.
• Portfolio to be available.
• Ability to complete busy surgical on-call commitments.
• Experience of resident doctor supervision
• Definitive Trauma surgical skills course or equivalent
• Independent practice for outpatient perioperative and operative management of neonatal and colorectal cases

Desirable

• Consultant experience within the UK.
• Consultant Paediatric Surgery on-call experience within the UK.
• Current APLS or equivalent
• Sub-speciality interest and experience in lower GI/colorectal
• Experience in vascular access
• Experience in management of resident doctors at Core and higher surgical level; experience of management of trainees in trouble.
• Evidence of membership of specialist organisations/groups e.g. BAPS

Personal Qualities /Disposition
Essential

• Co-operative
• Good at shared care
• Good team member
• Have leadership qualities
• Good communication skills

Desirable

• Pleasant and cheerful

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of supervising Registrar's and equivalent.
• Ability to teach operative and clinical skills.

Desirable

• Ability to supervise & take part in research / audit
• Train the trainer qualification

Audit and research
Essential

• Has undertaken audit and completed an audit cycle
• Evidence of research activity and presentations

Desirable

• Clinical Trials experience as associate PI/sub-PI/PI/CI
• Evidence of achieving grant funding
• In-vitro/in-vivo/ex-vivo research experience
• First or senior author on paper published in peer reviewed literature with paediatric Colorectal Surgery.

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).

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical lead, PS&U, Mr Liam McCarthy, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

Details
Date posted: 02 September 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Dependant on experience
Contract: Locum
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 284-8182175-BC-KF-26
Job locations: Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, United Kingdom

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