EG253513 – Fixed Term Specialty Doctor in Community Child Health

Job Description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

This post is for 40 hours per week and is fixed term until 31 March 2027. The successful applicant will join a dynamic Community Child Health Department, within a Combined Child Health Service of NHS Grampian. They will join the Team of Consultants, Associate Specialists and Specialty Doctors who provide a range of Community based Paediatric Services to children and young people living in and around Aberdeenshire.

The post offers exciting opportunities to work within Child Development and Neurodisability Services, delivered in community settings, whilst based within the Community Child Health Department at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. The department are an integral part of Combined Child Health and strong links exist with general paediatric departments, CAMHS and other paediatric specialties based in the hospital.

Please contact us to find out more. We would be pleased to organise visits for interested applicants.

Full registration with a licence to practice with the GMC is required. For more information visit .

Further information is available from:

Dr Lotte Harleman, Consultant Paediatrician, Service Clinical Director:

Closing date 1 September 2026