We have an opening for a Training Advisor on the Community Child Health CSAC. You'll help improve and monitor standards of training and assessment for the sub-specialty, arrange CSAC progression meetings and advise trainees.
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Membership
Milestones: Finding the time'Twas the Milestones before Christmas... The winter edition of your member magazine is now out, with contributions on supporting professional activities, our rota gaps survey, service development and so much more.
Get involved in a College roleApplications are now open until 6 January for a host of roles, many of which support paediatric training - including to represent your fellow trainees, develop scenarios for our START assessment and review Portfolio Pathway applications. -
Education and careers
Our upcoming coursesWe offer a range of courses, including our popular 'How to manage' series on clinical topics, plus safeguarding, effective educational supervision and exam preparation. Many are hosted online. -
Work we do
Our College strategyCovering the next three years and with four strategic goals, our strategy aims to meet our members' priorities to support their working lives and be a powerful advocate for children and young people. -
Resources
Discharge and medication safetyWe have six recommendations to improve the safety of liquid medicines during the transition from hospital to home care.
Thrive Paediatrics resource hubEspecially for members, our new hub offers evidence and good practice examples in wellbeing, plus stories from paediatricians' lived experience. -
Key topics
10 Year Health Plan for the NHSWe want to ensure children and young people are at the centre of the Government's plan. Our briefings outline our recommendations and how members in England can input.
Air pollution and child healthOur Companion, developed with members, helps you build your knowledge, talk to patients and advocate for change - such as joining a clean air community in the UK or internationally. -
News and events
From Professor Steve Turner...As RCPCH President, Steve shares regular updates with members by email and on this website - such as his regular feature on #WDYCD4Y: What Does Your College Do For You.
RCPCH Conference 2025Our major event of the year takes place from 26 to 28 March in Glasgow and online, and you don't want to miss it! Get your early bird ticket now for 15% off.
Paediatric services and rota gapsWe surveyed members across the UK to understand more about understaffed rotas and how to address them for both a high quality service and clinician wellbeing.
Want to represent your fellow trainees? Our Trainees Committee has a vacancy in Yorkshire and Humber. Our Trainee Research Network supports existing and new networks around the country, and we're recruiting in Wessex and West Midlands.
Our Wales Executive Committee is seeking regional reps from these Health Board Areas: Aneurin Bevan University, Cardiff and Vale University, Cwm Taf Morgannwg and Hywel Dda University. We also have a Wales vacancy in our LTFT Advisors Network.
As either a consultant or SAS doctor, you can advise LTFT trainees in your region, review job plans and raise related issues to the College and/or school board. We have vacancies in KSS, Mersey, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Severn, Thames Valley and Wales.
These are such important roles here at the College to support doctors on this career path. You will conduct and oversee the assessment of Portfolio Pathway applications, advising the College of recommended outcomes. We'll provide online training and plenty of support.
This Board oversees the scenario generations, development, delivery and quality assurance of our Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure. You'll help develop our 'bank' of scenarios, including for the sub-specialties.
More opportunities with us
There are more ways to get involved with the College. These include writing questions and scenarios for our exams, delivering child health education as course faculty or volunteering internationally in our Global Links programme.