Paediatric Specialty Doctor
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £61,542.00 to £99,216.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61542.00 - £99216.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 January 2026 |
| Location: | Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4QJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9359-25-0715 |
Summary
This is a whole-time post in paediatrics employed by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The working pattern is distributed over a 114-week cycle. During that period, there are the equivalent of two weeks of night shifts (8:30 pm to 9:30 am) split into two spells, Monday to Thursday and Friday to Sunday. A normal day is between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm. In addition, doctors will work some late shifts (until 9 pm) at both Tunbridge Wells Hospital and the assessment unit at Maidstone. We have 2-10 Paediatric A & E shifts. The doctors provide prospective cover for annual and study leave for the other doctors on the junior doctor rota. Leave cannot be taken when the doctor would be working nights or weekends, so prospectivecover only extends to missed evening sessions, equivalent to less than 2 hours per week on average. The postholder will be expected to work closely with the nursing staff and allied health professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide effective care and will supervise the junior doctors. They will takea full part in departmental clinical governance and audit activity.