Consultant Paediatrician; General and Endocrine

NHS Lanarkshire

Consultant Paediatrician (1 posts 8 PAs)

This General Paediatric substantive post is available from 1st November 2026 for 8PAs per week. We see this as an exciting opportunity to modernise existing services and to continue to develop as a centre of excellence in secondary paediatric care. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team who would relish the opportunities and challenges of delivering high quality care across Lanarkshire acute paediatrics and in particular working with the endocrine team.

They will be the main link person with tertiary services for endocrinology, and will also work within the diabetic team as it continues to deliver excellent paediatric care both inpatient, outpatient and hospital at home for diabetic patients. The successful candidate will be part of the modernization of the paediatric services and will be involved in innovation to deliver care for the future.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team who would relish the opportunities and challenges of delivering high quality care across Lanarkshire.

The successful candidate will work in Acute Paediatric services working with the current acute consultants, and will have be part of the acute on call rota. They will have hot weeks in both inpatient and acute receiving and will deliver endocrine clinics and diabetic clinics. A session will be allocated for own appraisal (1 SPA) and appropriate admin time/service development. They will have have their own general paediatric clinic weekly.

The inpatient service is based at Wishaw General Hospital, a 40-bedded unit with approximately 8000 admissions per year. An on call commitment to weekly Consultant in-patient attending rota. Out of hours on call will be required within acute services. There is a separate Child Protection team from the acute consultants.

This is a part time post, with 8PA's available. The successful applicant will join the existing team of 20 consultants, 17 General Paediatricians, 4 Community Paediatricians and 2 Community/General Paediatricians, 2 Specialist Paediatricians.

Proposals for additional SPA time from applicants are encouraged. In addition to the 1 PA for Non-DCC/SPA activities, the Board is supportive of applications for additional SPA time from individuals with well-developed ideas for improving services who are able to demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human factors training), Medical Education, Research & Development, acting as an Appraiser, etc.

Applicants who are able to demonstrate a commitment to any of the above or other areas and wishing to commence on more than 1 PA for SPA duties should discuss proposals with the identified Recruitment Lead and/or Service Manager who will consider the request in line with the successful candidate’s professional and service requirements.

NHS Lanarkshire is supportive of applications from individuals with well-developed ideas for improving services and able to demonstrate a commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human factors training), Medical Education and Research & Development.

The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.

Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow , use of the Library and other facilities, and a University…