Consultant Paediatrician w​/Specialist Interest in Paediatric Epilepsy

A Vacancy at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the position of Consultant Paediatrician with a Specialist Interest in Paediatric Epilepsy. This post would also require participation in the Acute Paediatric & Neonatal attending and on‑call rotas within the service.

This position is offered at 7PA’s per week, inclusive of on‑call working, with the job plan agreed with the Clinical Director upon acceptance of an unconditional offer of employment.

The successful candidate will join a team of 20 Consultant Paediatricians and will undertake a split rota of inpatient and outpatient work, providing input into the General, Ambulatory and Neonatal attendings and on‑call rota’s, as well as completing a set number of outpatient clinics in both General Paediatrics and Paediatric Epilepsy. On‑call activities will be allocated on a pro‑rata basis.

The Paediatric Epilepsy team currently consists of 1.4 WTE Consultant staffing (inclusive of this role) and 1 WTE Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist.

• Provide senior clinician services to Paediatrics as per the job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to the development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the unit’s teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi‑professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other integrated care systems, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an integrated care infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University (Grenada), and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

• Dr Dhruv Rastogi – Consultant Paediatrician & Divisional Clinical Director. Divisional PA Laveezah Khan: 0771 070 1873 or
• Dr Reshmy Nair – Consultant Paediatrician & Clinical Lead. 0208 887 4672 or

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Feb 2026.