Consultant in Children and Young People’s Diabetes and Endocrinology
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum pro rata + London weighting (No on call commitments) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2BU |
| Company: | University College London Hospital |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7255607/309-UCLH-6037-B |
Summary
A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking an energetic, enthusiastic, highly skilled consultants with broad experience in children and young people’s diabetes and/or endocrinology to join our team at University College Hospital (UCLH). The postholder will hold 7PAs split between diabetes and endocrinology as per below.
Diabetes (total 5 PA)
The Children and Young People’s Diabetes Service is well established and is one of the largest in the UK, using the latest diabetes technologies including hybrid closed loop insulin delivery systems. The service also provides intensive support for young people struggling with their diabetes. This is an award-winning service with outstanding results.
We would particularly value applicants with active experience in research, pre-clinical type 1 diabetes, immunotherapy or technology. The appointee may have an additional interest that complements the current skills within our team, including mental health, safeguarding, neurodevelopment or adolescent medicine. There is a possible future oncall for diabetes.
Endocrinology (2 PA)
UCLH provides a busy paediatric and adolescent endocrine service for local residents, those from London and the South East as well as tertiary and quaternary adolescent referrals. The service also incorporates endocrine liaison clinics for the NHS England specialist services for Children and Young People with Gender Incongruence (previously GIDS).
We would expect the appointee to have or develop a sub-speciality interest in endocrinology that complements the current interests within our department, such as puberty and reproductive endocrinology disorders, pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, DSD, late effects of cancer treatments, and to support the endocrine component of the NHS England specialist services for Children and Young People (CYP) with Gender Incongruence (previously GIDS).
General enquiries about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to:
Dr Billy White, Lead Consultant for Diabetes (billy.white@nhs.net)
Dr Ranna El-Khairi (r.elkhairi@nhs.net), Lead Consultant for Endocrinology
and/or
Dr Terry Segal, Clinical Lead for adolescent specialities (terry.segal@nhs.net)
CV required with application.
· Describe what the candidate will do in more detail.
· This will help someone decide if they want to apply.
· Here you will need to include most important skills and qualities as this is a summarised high-level statement about the role.
· Do not repeat information from your Job description as this will appear later in the text of the advert
The post holder will be involved in providing Children and Young People’s Diabetes service which provides a local, regional and national service, participating in teaching activities on the UCH site and will be responsible for educational supervision of trainees; developing skills in the areas of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision, and participating in and delivering annual appraisals. They will Provide professional and clinical supervision of endocrine junior doctors, and assist in the management of their workloads.
They will liaise with the Education and Training lead for Paediatric Endocrinology colleagues at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) to create a comprehensive teaching programme that fulfils the RCPCH Training Curriculum for Paediatric Endocrinology over the two sites.
The postholder will demonstrate the ability to meet UCLH’s core Trust values of kindness, safety, improvement and teamworking, having a can-do approach to working with colleagues and being able to see patients as people. They will exhibit leadership skills and have a commitment to clinical governance and ensuring top quality patient care.
· Introduce the team, the atmosphere, the work ethic and the benefits.
· In addition to this you can add a supporting word document about the benefit entitlement, annual leave, cycle to work, etc.
This field could be the same for all adverts, so you could create a templated answer to distribute to your recruitment teams.
The post is part of the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (LCPED) a joint venture between GOSH and UCLH since 1994 providing seamless care for children with endocrine and diabetes conditions from infancy to adult life. The Centre serves London and South East and receives national and international referrals.
The Children and Young People Division, together with Women’s Health, Queen Square division, and the Ear Nose Throat and Dental Hospital form the Specialist Hospitals Clinical Board.
The Medical Director of the Board is Dr Tim Hodgson. The Divisional Clinical Director for the Paediatric and Adolescent division is Dr Sara Stoneham. The Divisional Manager is Toral Pandya and the Matron for General Paediatrics and Adolescents is Joanna Turner.
The Children and Young People’s Division consists of several departments, covering integration with primary care, secondary care, tertiary and national referral services. These include General Paediatrics (lead Dr Yasmin Baki), Adolescent medicine and specialties (lead Dr Terry Segal) Children and Young People’s Cancer Service (CYPCS, lead for teenagers and young adults Dr Vicky Grandage, lead for paediatrics Dr Maria Michelagnoli), Child and Adolescent Mental Health (lead Dr Mike Groszmann) Adolescent Rehabilitative Medicine (TRACCS, lead Anna Gregorowski), Paediatric Urology (Lead Dr Navroop Johal), UCLH Surgery (Lead Mr Khaled Dawas) and GOSH surgical link Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis. The Lighthouse lead for health is Dr Najette Ayadi-O’Donnell.
Around 19,000 children and young people each year attend the emergency department, which has recently moved to new facilities. Acute admissions of children and teenagers are to age-specific wards T11 South and T12 South in the hospital tower. Our adolescent unit is the largest in Europe and one of which we are proud. TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT. Total admissions across the Trust for children and teenagers are over 6,000/year and the wards take all children and teenagers admitted to the Trust including general paediatrics, surgery, urology, orthopaedics, ENT, dentistry and maxillo-facial surgery. Babies from the neonatal unit with chronic lung disease and drug withdrawal are also sometimes transferred to the paediatric ward. All children and teenagers are under the care of a general or specialist paediatrician, even when other specialty teams share care.
TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT.
The adolescent/TRACCS consultants have complex clinics, medical or with MDT, day cases, admissions to T12.
The post is part of the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (LCPED) a joint venture between GOSH and UCLH since 1994 providing seamless care for children with endocrine and diabetes conditions from infancy to adult life. The Centre serves London and South East and receives national and international referrals.
The Children and Young People Division, together with Women’s Health, Queen Square division, and the Ear Nose Throat and Dental Hospital form the Specialist Hospitals Clinical Board.
The Medical Director of the Board is Dr Tim Hodgson. The Divisional Clinical Director for the Paediatric and Adolescent division is Dr Sara Stoneham. The Divisional Manager is Toral Pandya and the Matron for General Paediatrics and Adolescents is Joanna Turner.
The Children and Young People’s Division consists of several departments, covering integration with primary care, secondary care, tertiary and national referral services. These include General Paediatrics (lead Dr Yasmin Baki), Adolescent medicine and specialties (lead Dr Terry Segal) Children and Young People’s Cancer Service (CYPCS, lead for teenagers and young adults Dr Vicky Grandage, lead for paediatrics Dr Maria Michelagnoli), Child and Adolescent Mental Health (lead Dr Mike Groszmann) Adolescent Rehabilitative Medicine (TRACCS, lead Anna Gregorowski), Paediatric Urology (Lead Dr Navroop Johal), UCLH Surgery (Lead Mr Khaled Dawas) and GOSH surgical link Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis. The Lighthouse lead for health is Dr Najette Ayadi-O’Donnell.
Around 19,000 children and young people each year attend the emergency department, which has recently moved to new facilities. Acute admissions of children and teenagers are to age-specific wards T11 South and T12 South in the hospital tower. Our adolescent unit is the largest in Europe and one of which we are proud. TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT. Total admissions across the Trust for children and teenagers are over 6,000/year and the wards take all children and teenagers admitted to the Trust including general paediatrics, surgery, urology, orthopaedics, ENT, dentistry and maxillo-facial surgery. Babies from the neonatal unit with chronic lung disease and drug withdrawal are also sometimes transferred to the paediatric ward. All children and teenagers are under the care of a general or specialist paediatrician, even when other specialty teams share care.
TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT.
The adolescent/TRACCS consultants have complex clinics, medical or with MDT, day cases, admissions to T12.
There is a full MDT every week and other bespoke meetings for service development and patient care. Monthly education slot for the team. We support junior trainees and medical students.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
· University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
· National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
· Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
· Eastman Dental Hospital
· Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
· University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
· The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
· University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We would expect the appointee to have or develop a sub-speciality interest in endocrinology that complements the current interests within our department, such as puberty and reproductive endocrinology disorders, pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, DSD, late effects of cancer treatments, and to support the endocrine component of the NHS England specialist services for Children and Young People (CYP) with Gender Incongruence (previously GIDS).
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You areadvised not to delaysubmittingyour completed application.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placetowork, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025
We are seeking an energetic, enthusiastic, highly skilled consultants with broad experience in children and young people’s diabetes and/or endocrinology to join our team at University College Hospital (UCLH). The postholder will hold 7PAs split between diabetes and endocrinology as per below.
Diabetes (total 5 PA)
The Children and Young People’s Diabetes Service is well established and is one of the largest in the UK, using the latest diabetes technologies including hybrid closed loop insulin delivery systems. The service also provides intensive support for young people struggling with their diabetes. This is an award-winning service with outstanding results.
We would particularly value applicants with active experience in research, pre-clinical type 1 diabetes, immunotherapy or technology. The appointee may have an additional interest that complements the current skills within our team, including mental health, safeguarding, neurodevelopment or adolescent medicine. There is a possible future oncall for diabetes.
Endocrinology (2 PA)
UCLH provides a busy paediatric and adolescent endocrine service for local residents, those from London and the South East as well as tertiary and quaternary adolescent referrals. The service also incorporates endocrine liaison clinics for the NHS England specialist services for Children and Young People with Gender Incongruence (previously GIDS).
We would expect the appointee to have or develop a sub-speciality interest in endocrinology that complements the current interests within our department, such as puberty and reproductive endocrinology disorders, pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, DSD, late effects of cancer treatments, and to support the endocrine component of the NHS England specialist services for Children and Young People (CYP) with Gender Incongruence (previously GIDS).
General enquiries about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to:
Dr Billy White, Lead Consultant for Diabetes (billy.white@nhs.net)
Dr Ranna El-Khairi (r.elkhairi@nhs.net), Lead Consultant for Endocrinology
and/or
Dr Terry Segal, Clinical Lead for adolescent specialities (terry.segal@nhs.net)
CV required with application.
· Describe what the candidate will do in more detail.
· This will help someone decide if they want to apply.
· Here you will need to include most important skills and qualities as this is a summarised high-level statement about the role.
· Do not repeat information from your Job description as this will appear later in the text of the advert
The post holder will be involved in providing Children and Young People’s Diabetes service which provides a local, regional and national service, participating in teaching activities on the UCH site and will be responsible for educational supervision of trainees; developing skills in the areas of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision, and participating in and delivering annual appraisals. They will Provide professional and clinical supervision of endocrine junior doctors, and assist in the management of their workloads.
They will liaise with the Education and Training lead for Paediatric Endocrinology colleagues at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) to create a comprehensive teaching programme that fulfils the RCPCH Training Curriculum for Paediatric Endocrinology over the two sites.
The postholder will demonstrate the ability to meet UCLH’s core Trust values of kindness, safety, improvement and teamworking, having a can-do approach to working with colleagues and being able to see patients as people. They will exhibit leadership skills and have a commitment to clinical governance and ensuring top quality patient care.
· Introduce the team, the atmosphere, the work ethic and the benefits.
· In addition to this you can add a supporting word document about the benefit entitlement, annual leave, cycle to work, etc.
This field could be the same for all adverts, so you could create a templated answer to distribute to your recruitment teams.
The post is part of the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (LCPED) a joint venture between GOSH and UCLH since 1994 providing seamless care for children with endocrine and diabetes conditions from infancy to adult life. The Centre serves London and South East and receives national and international referrals.
The Children and Young People Division, together with Women’s Health, Queen Square division, and the Ear Nose Throat and Dental Hospital form the Specialist Hospitals Clinical Board.
The Medical Director of the Board is Dr Tim Hodgson. The Divisional Clinical Director for the Paediatric and Adolescent division is Dr Sara Stoneham. The Divisional Manager is Toral Pandya and the Matron for General Paediatrics and Adolescents is Joanna Turner.
The Children and Young People’s Division consists of several departments, covering integration with primary care, secondary care, tertiary and national referral services. These include General Paediatrics (lead Dr Yasmin Baki), Adolescent medicine and specialties (lead Dr Terry Segal) Children and Young People’s Cancer Service (CYPCS, lead for teenagers and young adults Dr Vicky Grandage, lead for paediatrics Dr Maria Michelagnoli), Child and Adolescent Mental Health (lead Dr Mike Groszmann) Adolescent Rehabilitative Medicine (TRACCS, lead Anna Gregorowski), Paediatric Urology (Lead Dr Navroop Johal), UCLH Surgery (Lead Mr Khaled Dawas) and GOSH surgical link Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis. The Lighthouse lead for health is Dr Najette Ayadi-O’Donnell.
Around 19,000 children and young people each year attend the emergency department, which has recently moved to new facilities. Acute admissions of children and teenagers are to age-specific wards T11 South and T12 South in the hospital tower. Our adolescent unit is the largest in Europe and one of which we are proud. TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT. Total admissions across the Trust for children and teenagers are over 6,000/year and the wards take all children and teenagers admitted to the Trust including general paediatrics, surgery, urology, orthopaedics, ENT, dentistry and maxillo-facial surgery. Babies from the neonatal unit with chronic lung disease and drug withdrawal are also sometimes transferred to the paediatric ward. All children and teenagers are under the care of a general or specialist paediatrician, even when other specialty teams share care.
TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT.
The adolescent/TRACCS consultants have complex clinics, medical or with MDT, day cases, admissions to T12.
The post is part of the London Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (LCPED) a joint venture between GOSH and UCLH since 1994 providing seamless care for children with endocrine and diabetes conditions from infancy to adult life. The Centre serves London and South East and receives national and international referrals.
The Children and Young People Division, together with Women’s Health, Queen Square division, and the Ear Nose Throat and Dental Hospital form the Specialist Hospitals Clinical Board.
The Medical Director of the Board is Dr Tim Hodgson. The Divisional Clinical Director for the Paediatric and Adolescent division is Dr Sara Stoneham. The Divisional Manager is Toral Pandya and the Matron for General Paediatrics and Adolescents is Joanna Turner.
The Children and Young People’s Division consists of several departments, covering integration with primary care, secondary care, tertiary and national referral services. These include General Paediatrics (lead Dr Yasmin Baki), Adolescent medicine and specialties (lead Dr Terry Segal) Children and Young People’s Cancer Service (CYPCS, lead for teenagers and young adults Dr Vicky Grandage, lead for paediatrics Dr Maria Michelagnoli), Child and Adolescent Mental Health (lead Dr Mike Groszmann) Adolescent Rehabilitative Medicine (TRACCS, lead Anna Gregorowski), Paediatric Urology (Lead Dr Navroop Johal), UCLH Surgery (Lead Mr Khaled Dawas) and GOSH surgical link Mr Stavros Loukogeorgakis. The Lighthouse lead for health is Dr Najette Ayadi-O’Donnell.
Around 19,000 children and young people each year attend the emergency department, which has recently moved to new facilities. Acute admissions of children and teenagers are to age-specific wards T11 South and T12 South in the hospital tower. Our adolescent unit is the largest in Europe and one of which we are proud. TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT. Total admissions across the Trust for children and teenagers are over 6,000/year and the wards take all children and teenagers admitted to the Trust including general paediatrics, surgery, urology, orthopaedics, ENT, dentistry and maxillo-facial surgery. Babies from the neonatal unit with chronic lung disease and drug withdrawal are also sometimes transferred to the paediatric ward. All children and teenagers are under the care of a general or specialist paediatrician, even when other specialty teams share care.
TRACCS service looks after young people with complex conditions such as functional symptoms, post COVID syndrome and ME/CFS with an integral MDT.
The adolescent/TRACCS consultants have complex clinics, medical or with MDT, day cases, admissions to T12.
There is a full MDT every week and other bespoke meetings for service development and patient care. Monthly education slot for the team. We support junior trainees and medical students.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
· University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
· National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
· Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
· Eastman Dental Hospital
· Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
· University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
· The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
· University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We would expect the appointee to have or develop a sub-speciality interest in endocrinology that complements the current interests within our department, such as puberty and reproductive endocrinology disorders, pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, DSD, late effects of cancer treatments, and to support the endocrine component of the NHS England specialist services for Children and Young People (CYP) with Gender Incongruence (previously GIDS).
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You areadvised not to delaysubmittingyour completed application.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placetowork, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025
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