Consultant Neonatology and Neonatal Transport - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Description
Consultant


Main area

  • Neonatology
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Grade

  • Consultant
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Contract

  • Permanent: N/A
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Hours

  • Full time 10 sessions per week (N/A)
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Site

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Town

  • Nottingham
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Salary
- £88,364 - £119,133 per annum
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 01/02/2023 23:59Job overview


We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Consultant to join our team of Neonatologists at the Children's Hospital within Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The post holder will have appropriate experience in neonatology and will either have a CCST/CCT in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or be within 6 months of CCT or equivalent.

Main duties of the job


The Neonatal service within Nottingham is a single service that comprises two tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Units based at Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre.

Both these Neonatal Intensive Care Units are part of the East Midlands Operational Delivery Network (EM-ODN) and are lead centres for its northern hub.

The full range of medical neonatal intensive care is provided at both sites apart from ECMO.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at QMC also provides the services for neonatal surgery, including ENT and neurosurgery for the network and neonatal intensive care for the quaternary renal service.

The Nottingham Neonatal Service is linked closely with the Regional Fetal Medicine service that operates on both sites.

Both campuses of the Nottingham Neonatal Service share staff, guidelines, education, clinical research and clinical governance. The 'Passport to Health Scheme' for determining outcomes at follow up and combined Annual report demonstrate that the service views itself as one entity

Working for our organisation

The Nottingham Neonatal Service serves well over 10,000 Nottingham births per year.

It also provides the regional services to the northern part of East Midlands Operational Delivery Network (EM-ODN) comprising of 23,000 deliveries per year plus tertiary work from a total of around 32,000 births.

The service admits over 1400 babies per year providing over 3500 intensive care days.

The Service provides the regional neonatal surgical and tertiary medical neonatal intensive care services.


Our two well-equipped and developed Neonatal Units have state of the art equipment, including integrated clinical monitoring, high frequency oscillation, inhaled nitric oxide and portable ultrasound.

The Service is well supported by pharmacy, dietetics, physiotherapy, paediatric radiology and neuro-radiology services and has access to the full range of paediatric specialist opinion through the Nottingham Children's Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The neonatal service provides consultant-led clinical care. This means involvement in a high proportion of clinical decision making, particularly during intensive care episodes.


Responsibilities include:

  • Diagnosis, treatment, management and continuing care of all newborn infants born in Nottingham or referred to the Nottingham tertiary Neonatal Service
  • Provision of Clinical Leadership
  • Ensuring high quality communication with the parents and families
  • Ensuring high quality communication with the multidisciplinary teams
  • Active involvement in the Clinical Governance and Management activity that supports the servic
  • Teaching, training, supervising and assessing neonatal staff and students.
  • Knowledge of and adherence to Child Protection and Safeguarding guidelines for practice within the trust
  • Improvement of the quality and safety of the service
  • Direct patient care during transport
Person specification

Registration

Essential criteria

  • Full GMC registration
  • Registration on the Specialist Register as sub specialist in Neonatal Medicine or within 6 months of CCT in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or equivalent qualification

Qualifications:

Essential criteria

  • MRCPCH. Member of RCPCH
Desirable criteria

  • Higher degree (MSc, MD or PHD)
Clinical Skills, Experience

Essential criteria

  • Grid Training or equivalent training in Neonatal Medicine.
  • Extensive neonatal experience and advanced skills in neonatal medicine.
  • NLS Provider.
  • Significant neonatal transport experience.
  • Computing IT skills
Desirable criteria

  • Having acted in or had experience of a consultant role.
  • Advanced skills in an area of special interest within neonatology.
  • Echocardiography training and experience.
  • NLS instructor. Formal training in neonatal transport.
Teaching

Essential criteria

  • Experience of teaching undergraduates and postgraduate doctors
Desirable criteria

  • Completed teaching courses/training/qualification.
  • Appraisal and assessment training and skills
Audit Research

Essential criteria

  • Experience of participation in clinical audit.
  • Understanding of clinical governance issues.
  • Attendance at neonatal scientific meetings.
  • Involvement in neonatal r
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