Locum Consultant Paediatrician-Paediatric Emergency Medicine Interest

A Vacancy at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.

This is a full time 12 month maternity cover post to ensure the acute Paediatric department at Croydon University Hospital continues to deliver excellent high quality, patient centred, and responsive care. We are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic colleague to join our Paediatric Department.

General paediatrics on call (including the level 2 neonatal unit) is a requirement of the post.

A key component of this job is also to develop the paediatric asthma service and applicants with an interest in asthma (ideally having completed Respiratory SPIN module of the RCPCH) are encouraged to apply.

Applications will also be considered from individuals with a CCT (or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview) or with a Certificate of Equivalence of Specialist Registration (CESR).

Croydon University Hospital is a large District General Hospital with strong links to local teaching hospitals. Croydon Health Services offers a family friendly working approach for all staff to ensure a good work-life balance. It is an environment where family life is promoted. The Trust provides a supportive mentoring and career planning programme.

Enquires may be directed to:

Dr Matthew Whitaker, consultant paediatrician, clinical lead

Mr David Rose, clinical director, Integrated women’s, childrens’ and sexual health directorate

To provide paediatric and neonatal care and this includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.

Responsible for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.

Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.

Please refer to job description for further information.

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our Vision:

“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”

Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:

You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff.
You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff.
You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians.
You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home.
You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services.

“As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.”

Please refer to job description for further information.

Enquires may be directed to

Dr Matthew Whitaker, consultant paediatrician

Mr David Rose, clinical director, Integrated women’s, childrens’ and sexual health directorate’

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025