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Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology


Company : University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust


Location : Bristol, England


Created : 2025-07-28


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and ImmunologyJoin to apply for theConsultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunologyrole atUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for theConsultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunologyrole atUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust An exciting opportunity has opened for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic colleague to join our established paediatric immunology & infectious disease (PIID) team at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC), University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust.We are looking for an outstanding candidate to provide specialist care for the children with complex infectious diseases and immune disorders in the South-West. This is a new post in recognition of our expanding work across the region.The successful applicant will have exciting possibilities to develop the provision of secondary and tertiary care services for children with primary and acquired immune disorders, unusual or severe infectious diseases in Bristol and the South West Region and to develop their research portfolio and clinical interests in a supportive team embedded within the University of Bristol and Bristol Vaccine Centre.Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on or eligible to join the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointment Committee.The successful applicant will be joining our team, bringing their own interests to compliment the team in order to take the service forward. Whilst we are based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, we provide inpatient and outpatient paediatric infectious disease and immunology services for the South-West region, in close collaboration with regional general paediatric consultants. The multidisciplinary team delivers several cross-cutting services to support local and regional patient flow and improve the quality of care through paediatric OPAT (outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy), vascular access, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control, and High Consequence Infectious Diseases. The post-holder will be expected to take a lead role in regional networks, an active role in research, and to participate in the teaching programmes of the department.The successful applicant will participate to the team consulting rota to provide seamless paediatric infectious diseases and immunology service delivery (approx. 12 weeks per year pro rata), provide weekend specialty cover (6 weekends per year), lead specialist outpatient clinics (approx. 1-2 clinics per week pro rata) including outreach clinics at district general hospitals, participate in the BRHC antimicrobial stewardship programme and support colleagues across the region in establishing their programmes.University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as Good overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stones throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure were meeting our pledge.The PIID service sits within the Womens and Childrens Services Division which is mainly spread across two main hospitals, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St Michaels Hospital, the obstetric and neonatal unit. We obtained national accreditation for Quality in Primary Immunodeficiency Services (QPIDS) in 2021.Within Childrens Services each year, we see approximately 41,000 patients in our Childrens Emergency Department and operate on over 8,700 children, seeing over 70,000 children in an outpatient setting and caring for the 23,600 admissions. In St Michaels Hospital, which houses Midwifery, Gynaecology, Fetal medicine, Audiology/Cochlear Implant and Neonatal Intensive Care we had approximately 5000 births, 700 admissions onto NICU.UH Bristol and Weston is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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