Locum Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Locum Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases

The closing date is 22 January 2026

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Immunology / Infectious Diseases to commence as soon as possible until 30 August 2026.

The post is based at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. The post has become available due to staff sabbatical and fixed term research funding. There may be the possibility of extending this locum post for an additional 12 months.

Previous experience in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology is essential.

The successful applicant will join a team of seven consultants (four WTE), two paediatic infectious diseases clinical fellows, a research/QI fellow and three clinical nurse specialists) working closely with laboratory research colleagues in delivering a highly responsive ward-based infection consult and clinical advice service.

The clinical PIID team deliver PIID inpatient consults, paediatric OPAT (outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy), infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, acute/complex infection, HIV, TB, congenital infection and primary/secondary immunodeficiency clinics.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of two of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 12,500 staff and over 1 million patient contacts a year.

ELCH admits over 25,000 patients per year of which over 8,000 are non-elective admissions; over the past year alone both elective and non-elective admitted activity have increased by an average of 8%. This growth is anticipated to continue into the coming years. In addition to this over 125,000 outpatients attend ELCH each year.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and  regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future.

As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Evelina London Children's Hospital was recently rated as 'outstanding' by the CQC and is committed to providing excellent care to patients and families.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive and dynamic team and be part of the innovative future of children's healthcare across South London.

General enquiries about the job or for an informal discussion should be directed to Dr Jonathan Cohen ().

Please note that we will only accept online applications.

See attached Job description & Person Specification

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a License to Practice, or be at least eligible for registration (overseas candidates).

The post holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 Criminal Records Bureau to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Full GMC registration
• On the GMC's Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT in paediatric immunology and infectious diseases or equivalent at time of scheduled interview
• Higher degree relevant to post

• Ability to manage all the typical cases seen in a tertiary children's hospital Immunology and Infectious Disease service
• Ability to manage complex social and child protection cases
• Clinical team leadership skills
• Demonstrable interest in integrating research with clinical medicine

• Understanding and knowledge of research and publications, and research ethics.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
• Evidence of original research and publication.
• Te…