Consultant in ED interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Consultant in ED with an interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine The closing date is 22 March 2026.

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine to join our forward-thinking Emergency Department. This is a substantive consultant post with flexibility for full-time or part-time working.

This role offers a genuine opportunity to shape and lead Paediatric Emergency Medicine within a busy, well-supported Type 1 Emergency Department that manages over 100,000 attendances per year, including a high volume of paediatric presentations. The successful candidate will play a key role in clinical leadership, education, safeguarding, service development, and multidisciplinary collaboration with the paediatric team.

Candidates with a strong interest in education, leadership, quality improvement, or service redesign are particularly encouraged to apply.

• Provide consultant-delivered Paediatric Emergency Medicine within the Emergency Department, including reception, resuscitation, diagnosis, and initial management of paediatric emergencies
• Lead and further develop Paediatric Emergency Medicine services within the ED
• Act as Paediatric Emergency Medicine clinical lead and ED safeguarding/child protection lead
• Ensure high standards of safe, timely, and compassionate care for children and young people
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to junior doctors, ACPs, nurses, and the wider MDT
• Coordinate and deliver paediatric resuscitation teaching and courses (e.g. APLS/EPLS)
• Support and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, including University of Buckingham medical students
• Participate in audit, quality improvement, governance, appraisal, and revalidation
• Work closely with paediatric medical, surgical, orthopaedic, anaesthetic, and critical care teams across the Trust and regional network
• Contribute to departmental management, service development, and strategic planning
• Depending on base specialty, participate in the consultant on-call rota, delivered through annualised self‑rostering; current weekend frequency is 1 in 6

Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting‑edge research and education. With a “Good” rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.

As a medium‑sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.

We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025, we opened our state‑of‑the‑art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.

Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards – a new ward block featuring two 24‑bed wards – and the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.

• 10 PAs total
• 7.5 DCC / 2.5 SPA
• SPA time includes core professional activities and agreed non‑core SPA, which may include:
  • Paediatric Emergency Medicine leadership
  • Safeguarding
  • Education and supervision
  • Research and quality improvement
  • Clinical leadership development
• Job plans are reviewed annually and supported through an inclusive and equitable job‑planning process. Additional PAs and responsibility allowances may be available for defined leadership roles.

• Undergraduate teaching through the University of Buckingham and Oxford Medical Schools
• Postgraduate education, simulation, and faculty development
• New Consultant Development Programme
• Aspiring Clinical Leaders…