Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine- Sheffield Children’s Hospital

Job summary
Permanent | 2 roles available – 10PAs and 5PAs

Sheffield Children’s Hospital, in partnership with the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICB, is pleased to announce two new Consultant posts in Paediatric Palliative Care. These roles form part of a wider regional development strategy, including a third post linked to general paediatrics, to provide a total of 20 PAs of additional consultant time to enhance paediatric palliative care services across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.

These new consultant positions will be hosted by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, delivering specialist and holistic palliative care to children and young people (up to age 19). The posts aim to support and strengthen palliative care provision both within the hospital and in the wider community.

About You: We are looking for compassionate and experienced clinicians with a background in Paediatric Palliative Medicine. You will be GMC-registered with a licence to practise. A commitment to collaboration, education, and regional service development is essential, as is the ability to travel across the region.

Main duties of the job
You will report to the Associate Medical Director, and your responsibilities will include:

• Provide clinical leadership in developing a regional tier of specialist paediatric palliative care
• Deliver high-quality care to children and families at home, in hospital, and in respite facilities such as Ryegate House
• Collaborate with district hospital teams, the ICB, and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice
• Support local paediatric clinicians to deliver palliative care, closer to home.
• Work with haematology and oncology teams to support symptom management and holistic care
• Support end-of-life care planning, including facilitating preferred place of death

For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification on our website here.

About us

At Sheffield Children’s, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are Outstanding Patient Care, Brilliant Place to Work, and Leaders in Children’s Health.

We work with partners across local, regional, and national levels to deliver physical and mental healthcare in both acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are nationally and internationally recognised for their expertise.

We’re proud that 73% of colleagues would recommend Sheffield Children’s as a place to work, placing us among the top five NHS trusts in England — and the top-ranked trust in the North East and Yorkshire — in the latest NHS Staff Survey.

Our nearly 4,000 colleagues bring our CARE values — Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence — to life every day, creating a kind, welcoming environment where patients and families feel safe and supported.

We also offer excellent benefits to support your wellbeing, with generous annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing programmes, and exclusive discounts — helping you thrive at work and beyond.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• Level 3 safeguarding training

Desirable

• Diploma in Paediatric Palliative medicine
• Higher degree e.g. MSc/PhD relevant to the subspecialty

Training
Essential

• CCT Paediatric Palliative Medicine or equivalent (or within 6 months of obtaining)

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in paediatric palliative medicine in hospice, hospital and community settings including complex symptom management, ethical clinical decision making, advance care planning and end of life care.
• Experience in organisation of clinical audit and medical education to enhance service provision and education provision.

Audit / Research
Essential

• Competence in clinical audit

Desirable

• Able to initiate and carry out medical research projects

Management
Essential

• Knowledge of clinical governance

Desirable

• Experience of management
• Specific management training

Other qualities

Essential

• Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues from both medical and other disciplines
• Good communication skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

For more information about the role, or to apply, please visit our website here.