We offer a generous package of benefits, including 25 days holiday a year, bank holidays and Christmas closure, personal pension plan with up to 10% employer contribution and interest-free season ticket loan, and more!
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Membership
Milestones magazineYoung people are at the forefront of this special RCPCH &Us edition - as they interview paediatricians about their jobs, meet the Milestones editorial team and tell us about their projects.
Become a memberWe have varied membership types - for medical students and foundation doctors, new trainees and post-MRCPCH doctors, affiliated child health professionals and retired paediatricians. Our questionnaire helps find the best type for you! -
Education and careers
Progress+ is coming soonLive from this summer, Progress+ builds on the current curriculum, and will be flexible and fulfilling. Our FAQs, resources and updates outline what to expect. -
Work we do
Our clinical auditsOur audits aim to improve care and health outcomes for babies, children and young people. They cover neonatal medicine, epilepsy, diabetes, child protection services and PGHAN. -
Resources
Workforce pressures this winterWe continue to call on national governments to support paediatrics and child health - including fully costed, evidence-based strategies on workforce and health inequalities.
How can you increase patient engagement?We deliver guidance on how to involve children and young people, and their families, in strategic decision making. -
Key topics
Climate changeChildren are among the most vulnerable to the health risks of climate change. We’re looking at what we can all do to help combat climate change for the future benefit of children and young people.
GenomicsIt has the potential to change our approaches to healthcare. Our ambitious new programme aims to address unmet need across the sector, in order to improve the health of children and young people. -
News and events
RCPCH Conference 2023 abstractsShare your project work, get constructive feedback and promote yourself, team and institution.
Podcast on health inequalitiesChildren living in poverty are more likely to experience poorer health outcomes. Three paediatricians talk about how to open up conversations with families about poverty.
We post our open job opportunities on our recruitment portal. Here you can read full details about each role and the skills and experience we're looking for, apply online and manage your profile.
Each staff member, no matter their role, helps drive our vision to lead the way in child health - and we expect all to uphold our values: lead, innovate, influence, include. Most staff work 40% in the office, 60% at home.
Learning and career development at the College
We're a small organisation with a big impact. With a huge range of roles, we have a careers pathways framework, plus mentoring, coaching, shadowing and secondment opportunities to support all staff.
As an accredited Institue for Learning Management (ILM) organisation,we're committed to each employee's learning and development.
We are dedicated to inclusive, accessible recruitment and employment. We're a Disability Confident Leader, and staff groups include Disability Forum, Racial Equity And Cultural Harmony Network, LGBT+ & Allies and Parent & Carer Network.
We are committed to helping and supporting our staff. We provide our key policies on recruiment and employment. We've also got some guidance for candidates filling in an application form or attending an interview.
Founded in 1996, we're the youngest of the medical Royal Colleges. We provide the training, exams, membership support, invited reviews and more for paediatricians and paediatric services, and embed the voice of children and young people in our work.
The College team
Our senior management team leads our six divisions, with about 170 staff members - all dedicated to the College vision and values.