Ordinary member

If you are a paediatrician who has passed the MRCPCH Clinical or MRCP(UK) part II examination in paediatrics, you may apply for Ordinary membership via examination.

Volunteering opportunity

Area Officers, England - volunteering opportunities

Closing date

5 January 2026

Represent the views of members in your area. As a member of Council, you'll actively participate in developing RCPCH strategy and the delivery of work plans, join meetings with College Registrar and support our children and young people's engagement programme, RCPCH &Us. We're now seeking Area Offic...

Membership

Leadership

Volunteering opportunity

Officer for Scotland - volunteering opportunity

Closing date

5 January 2026

Scotland Executive Committee has an exciting vacancy for Officer for Scotland for members wishing to make a difference through engaging in policy and advocacy discussions nationally within Scotland.

Health policy

Leadership

Public affairs and campaigning

Volunteering opportunity

Officer for Research - volunteering opportunity

Closing date

5 January 2026

This is an exciting role to focus on strengthening, promoting and expanding child health and paediatric research across the UK.

Research

Volunteering opportunity

Theory examinations - volunteering opportunities

Closing date

5 January 2026

We run three theory exams for our membership exam (MRCPCH) and Diploma of Child Health, and use a modified Angoff method to set standards. We're recruiting Angoff Panel Judges, a Deputy Theory Lead and Deputy Angoff Panel Leads for the Foundation of Practice exam.

Examinations

News

Annual General Meeting 2025 – call for motions (now closed)

23 September 2024

The College’s Annual General Meeting will take place as part of the College’s Annual Conference on 27 March 2025. It will receive a report on the College’s activity in the last year, the Treasurer’s report on the accounts, and a number of other pieces of business.

Volunteering opportunity

Training and Quality Board - volunteering opportunity

Closing date

5 January 2026

We're seeking two members to this Board, which oversees the College's strategy and operations of the paediatric specialty training programme, including the curriculum and assessments, as well as the overall trainee experience. The board also engages in related work, such as paediatric experience in ...

Examinations

Paediatric training

Progress+

Volunteering opportunity

Invited Reviews Programme Board (IRPB) - volunteering opportunity

Closing date

5 January 2026

Our Invited Reviews Programme Board provides governance and oversight to the Invited Reviews Service, and is seeking a Doctor Peer Reviewer Representative.

Invited reviews

Resource

Progress+ implementation plan - what clinical directors need to know

Progress+ is our updated, two-level training programme, live as of summer 2023. This implementation plan for clinical directors and leads summarises the key issues and opportunities for the delivery and organisation of training, including rota availability. It's available as a document and as presen...

Service design

Service planning

News

The national PAFTA winners 2022

11 May 2022

Chair of the Trainees’ Committee, Dr Laura Kelly is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s national PAFTAs, celebrating paediatric training achievements across the UK.

Volunteering opportunity

CSACs - volunteering opportunities

Closing date

5 January 2026

The College Specialty Advisory Committees (CSACs) supervise the development and delivery of sub-specialty training. We have vacancies in allergy, immunology and infectious disease, emergency medicine, hepatology, nephrology, oncology and respiratory medicine.

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training