Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (6 month contract with the possibility of extension)
- Hours
- 40 hours per week (Full Time - 40 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 200-CW-714414-6877437-CA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £41,750 - £64,288 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Clinical Fellow in Neonatology (ST2-3)
Senior Clinical Fellow
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.
With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.
Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.
St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.
We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
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Job overview
The unit is a Level 3 intensive care unit and is one of the largest in London caring for both medical and surgical neonates. There are 12 intensive care, 9 high dependency and 15 special care cots. Training will be given in all aspects of neonatal care and there is opportunity to attend several combined clinical meetings with other departments. The post holder joins a total of 9 middle grades on a EWTD compliant full shift rota.
Proposed start: March 2025
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Note this post is re-advertised, please do not reapply if you have already applied within the last 6 months
Main duties of the job
The Neonatal Trainees work a full shift system. Each rotates through the 9-week pattern on an equal basis and is EWTD compliant. This ensures that full holidays and study leave may be taken; the timing of these must conform to that imposed by the rota and study leave remains discretionary. Each doctor is expected to undertake an audit project, and to attend local governance/evidence-based medicine meetings. Furthermore, the senior clinical fellow neonatal paediatrics will be encouraged to develop additional skills based on their interests. This could include teaching, simulation, or research.Ìý
Working for our organisation
The Neonatal Unit at St George’s Hospital is a neonatal intensive care unit (Level 3) with neonatal surgery and is one of three lead centres for South London. South West London has approximately 20 000 deliveries per year of which more than 5000 deliver at St George’s. St George’s currently has 12 intensive care cots, 12 high dependency and 16 special care cots. We have over 5000 admissions per year and > 12 000 cot days. Over a quarter of all admissions have a surgical condition. 8% of babies are less than 27 weeks gestation. We care for all conditions requiring intensive care support except complex cardiac and ECMO cases. Available facilities include conventional and high frequency ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, echocardiography, therapeutic hypothermia, CFM, EEG, complex imaging, and neuroimaging. Other specialist paediatric services include clinical genetics, neurology, radiology, ophthalmology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, haematology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, ENT, orthopaedics, and plastic surgery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The rota is a full shift system which rotates over 9 weeks. Experience will be gained in all aspects of neonatal care, which includes the routine care of normal neonates, resuscitation, the care of low-birth-weight infants and the intensive care of sick newborn infants including techniques such as high frequency oscillation ventilation and the use of nitric oxide. The unit is the regional centre for neonatal surgery and many babies are transferred to the unit from other hospitals.
The Unit is staffed by 10 Consultant Neonatologists working solely on the Neonatal Unit at any one time.Ìý There are 7 Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner who work closely with the Trainees. There are formal teaching sessions, and 2 Consultant teaching rounds each week, in intensive, high dependency and special care nurseries, as well as multi-professional clinical meetings each day.Ìý In addition, doctors are encouraged to attend general paediatric teaching sessions and joint meetings with the departments of Obstetrics, Paediatric Radiology, Fetal medicine, and Paediatric Surgery.
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The Neonatal Trainees work a full shift system.Ìý Each rotates through the 9-week pattern on an equal basis and is EWTD compliant.Ìý This ensures that full holidays and study leave may be taken; the timing of these must conform to that imposed by the rota and study leave remains discretionary. Each doctor is expected to undertake an audit project, and to attend local governance/evidence-based medicine meetings. Furthermore, the senior clinical fellow neonatal paediatric’ will be encouraged to develop additional skills based on their interests. This could include teaching, simulation, or research.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full registration with GMC
- MBBS, MRCP or MRCPCH or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Ideas for a research project.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Tertiary neonatal experience in the UK.
- NLS provider
- NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- NLS Instructor
Skills
Essential criteria
- Sound experience of advanced neonatal procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Enthusiasm to teach skills to others
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Higher knowledge in neonatology
- Child safeguarding
- Willingness to learn
- Evidence of involvement in multi-disciplinary audit
- Understanding of Clinical Governance issues
Desirable criteria
- Formal audit training
- Formal risk training
Personal
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a Multi disciplinary team
- Commitment to continuing medical education
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good organisational skills
- Flexible approach
Desirable criteria
- Supportive nature
- Ability to self motivate and motivate others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Crowley
- Job title
- Neonatal Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 3111
- Additional information
For additional information please contact Nicola Crowley on [email protected] orÌý Touqueer Fatima on [email protected]Ìý
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