Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Urology

The closing date is 02 April 2026

We are seeking a full-time, locum, paediatric surgery consultant with special interest in paediatric urology to join the dynamic West London Children's Healthcare Paediatric Surgical team with the post based across Chelsea & Westminster.

This post is for a general paediatric surgeon who has sub-specialty interest in paediatric urology. The successful applicant will join our team in providing excellent care to children and families across North West London.

Candidates are expected to be trained and qualified in paediatric & neonatal surgery, with sub specialty experience in paediatric urology being of interest. We are a leading centre in paediatric minimally invasive surgery, including robotic assisted surgery, and would like the applicants to be trained or willing to train in robotic surgery.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will be expected to deliver 10 programmed activities, on average, per week. They are expected to deliver a full week of acute emergency daytime attending (12 weeks per year split between Chelsea & Westminster and St Mary's sites) and participate in a full out-of-hours on call commitment at one of these two sites.

About us

West London Children's Healthcare was formed on 1st April 2022 bringing paediatric services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CWFT) under a single leadership structure accountable to both Trust Boards for all elements of operational, quality, safety and financial performance. WLCH runs services from Chelsea & Westminster Hospital; Hammersmith Hospital; St Mary's Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. In addition, two child development services operate from the Cheyne Centre and Woodfield Road.

WLCH has been established to improve quality, experience and outcomes across all aspects of child health. We value every member of our team, and we are absolutely committed to recruiting and retaining a thriving, diverse and inclusive workforce. Every member of our team has a role to play in leading and shaping the transformation required to improve outcomes by optimising joint working, sharing best practice and constantly striving for improvement.

Job responsibilities

For an overview of the main responsibilities of this post please refer to our detailed job description attached.

Person Specification Education and qualification

• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCS paediatric surgery or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• On GMC Specialist Register
• Completion or evidence of working towards a higher academic degree (MD/PhD)
• Post CCT fellowship in paediatric surgery

Relevant experience in specialty

• Substantial clinical experience in paediatric & neonatal surgery
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Experience in managing, and ability to offer clinical opinion on common paediatric and neonatal surgical emergencies
• Experience in percutaneous paediatric vascular access
• Skills in minimal access surgery
• Experience of working in paediatric & neonatal surgery at a consultant level
• Experience of paediatric upper GI surgery

Clinical Governance and management

• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit
• Level 3 paediatric safeguarding training
• Good understanding of the structure and processes of the NHS
• Understanding of clinical governance audit
• Organisation, time management, forward planning attention to detail
• Evidence of written guidelines
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Knowledge of business planning and budgets
• Knowledge of best practice in management

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to teaching and educational supervision
• Ability to change and adapt to changing circumstances
• Able to cope with stress, pressure or setbacks
• Attendance and punctuality
• Commitment to teaching and educational supervision

Academic/Research Skills

• Author of peer reviewed publications (First or last author) in the last three years
• Presentation to learned societies

Team Work

• Ability to work well with colleagues within and across departments and hospitals and share the load and introduce change collaboratively
• Willingness to seek guidance from senior consultant colleagues

Communication Skills

• Good written and spoken communication and presentation skills in English
• Ability to build rapport and good negotiation skills
• Ability to empathise with patients and families and demonstrate active listening

Location/Transportation

• Requirement to live within 30 minutes of on call site in line with direct clinical care needs

Trust Values

• Putting patients first
• Responsive to, and supportive of, patients and staff
• Open, welcoming and honest
• Unfailingly kind, treating everyone with respect, compassion and dignity
• Determined to develop our skills and continuously improve the quality of care

Teaching/Training

• Undergraduate/postgraduate and formal teaching
• Ability to teach clinical and surgical skills to meet the requirements of doctors in training and nursing staff
• Formal teaching qualification

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.

Address

Chelsea & Westminster and Imperial College Hospitals

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year + On-call & London Weighting

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

289-WLCH-70

Job locations

Chelsea & Westminster and Imperial College Hospitals