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Job summary

Main area
Neonates
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
328-CC-MED-0219
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/02/2025 23:59

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Consultant Locum Neonatologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Post 1 - 6 months

Post 2 - 12 months

We are seeking 2 Consultant Neonatologists to join our amazing neonatal team.

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for motivated and ambitious individuals to join our team. We aim to appoint a Consultant Neonatologist (substantive post) to join the consultant team in the Neonatal Directorate which is part of the Women’s and Children’s Collaborative at South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will work alongside a well-integrated team at The James Cook University Hospital as part of Northern Neonatal Network providing medical neonatal intensive care for babies of all gestations.

The post has 10 programmed activities and is in accordance with the 2003 Consultant Contract Terms and Conditions. The successful candidate will have an academic commitment and a continuing research interest in perinatal medicine. The Department works Consultant of the week (1 week for Intensive Care and 1 week for SCBU/TC/Postnatal wards). Whilst on call out of hours (1:10), the Consultants will be required to provide cover to the neonatal unit, delivery suite and postnatal ward.

Main duties of the job

We are a level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 35 cots, 15 of which are used flexibly as intensive care and High Dependency Care and 20 are classified at Special Care.

We are fortunate that we have a team of 9 Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners who work on a blended rota with the Resident Medical team.  In addition, we have a Research fellow and two Trust Doctors.

 

Working for our organisation

Working alongside our Neonatal Nursing and Medical Team, we have the expertise of Dietetics, Pharmacy, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and more recently Psychology.

We also have a developing Transitional care Unit co-located on our Maternity Unit and a Neonatal Specific Outreach Team.

We can provide options for you to further your neonatal career at our progressive unit, so we look forward to hearing from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
  • Neonatal CCT or equivalent (‘equivalence’ must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of AAC)
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC
Desirable criteria
  • Higher degree eg MSc, MD, PhD in paediatrics

Clinical Experience and Effectiveness

Essential criteria
  • Wide Neonatal experience
  • NLS provider in date
  • Knowledge of and training in Child Protection
  • Experience of antenatal counselling
  • Knowledge of legislation relating to child health
  • Evidence of clinical audit
  • Knowledge of Clinical Governance issues
  • Advanced skills in neonatal medicine
  • Neonatal skills for stabilisation
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of quality improvement implementation
  • A strong commitment towards continuing research
  • Formulation of guidelines

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vrinda Nair
Job title
Clinical Director Neonatology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 854719
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