Locum Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 09 February 2026

Applicants are invited to join a rapidly growing paediatric service in Rheumatology and Chronic pain as consultant paediatrician to support the development of an enhanced model of care across a region of 8 million population.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold License to Practice and ideally be on the Specialist Register but this is not essential, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.

The postholder will gain experience in an exciting forward thinking Paediatric Rheumatology service and across the wider network.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic driven candidate to join our service supported by a full MDT, including psychology, and with close working relationships across all paediatric specialties especially ophthalmology, infectious disease, nephrology, dermatology and adult lupus. The post holder will participate in a full range of activities including outpatient clinics, joint injection lists, liaison with services across the network, work up of acutely unwell patients and support of inpatients.

Routine and complex multidisciplinary clinics are held at Evelina London and a number of outreach clinics at various locations throughout South East England. There will be opportunities to develop specialist expertise complimentary to the department's interests and to be involved in development of new models of care, education, research, quality improvement and in paediatric mental health.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield and employs around 23,500 staff with over 1 million patient contacts a year.

The Paediatric Rheumatology department sits within the Children's Medicine and Neonatology Directorate which is one of the directorates that make up the comprehensive Evelina London Children's Hospital at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust and provides secondary paediatric care for the local populations of the Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark but is also the largest centre for specialist tertiary paediatric care for South London and the South East of England.

Evelina London Childrens Hospital (ELCH) is seeking a specialist consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology and Chronic Pain. This post will join the team in providing a Rheumatology and chronic pain clinical service offering secondary care services to our local population and tertiary level care to South East England region, support delivery of quality improvement programmes and provide additional support to the wide-range of specialist childrens services based at the ELCH.

As well as developing the regional model further and the training that underpins it, the post-holder will be expected to take a role in supporting the comprehensive multidisciplinary team in delivering our services and have an active role in teaching, research and development to keep Evelina London at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold License to Practice and ideally be on the Specialist Register but this is not essential, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-19 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.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed description of the role and responsibilities.

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a License to Practice.
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• GRID Paediatric Rheumatology training or…