Paediatric Rheumatology Consultant | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology and Chronic Pain (2 x Part-Time)

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC)is delighted to invite applications fortwo part-time substantive

Consultant posts

one in Paediatric Rheumatology, the other in Paediatric Rheumatology and Chronic Pain.

We are proud to offer a strong and supportive multidisciplinary team environment, with excellent collaborative relationships both within the Children's Hospital and across the wider region. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children brings together all paediatric subspecialties on a single site, providing exceptional opportunities for integrated patient care, teaching, and service development.

These are newly created permanent posts, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to the continued development of two highly regarded specialist services.

The successful candidates will join an established team of consultants delivering a tertiary paediatric rheumatology service for children and young people across Bristol and the South West. In addition, one post will become part of the highly specialist multidisciplinary team at the nationally commissioned Bath Centre for Pain Services, which has an outstanding national and international reputation for the assessment and management of chronic pain.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. 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 we’re meeting our pledge.

For an informal discussion or to find out more about the role, please contact

Dr Valerie Rogers

Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology and Chronic Pain

Tel

0117 342 0146

Email

valerie.rogers@uhbw.nhs.uk

For further information about the Bath Centre for Pain Services, please visit: www.bathcentreforpainservices.nhs.uk.

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Oct 2026