EG- Specialist Paediatrician Special Interest in Child Protection

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

This is a 40 hour, permanent post. The appointee will provide General Paediatric Services for children and will be based at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. The post holder will join a team of Resident Doctors to contribute to the acute paediatric rota. They will contribute to a daytime child protection rota. This post will also include contribution to a cluster clinic model for the delivery of outpatient general paediatric care.

Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit

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Dr Sarah Jarvis, Consultant Paediatrician, Service Clinical Director:

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Closing date: 29 September 2026

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