Senior Clinical Fellow Neonates - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Preston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a Trust Senior Clinical fellow (ST4-8 equivalent) in Neonates. The post is to commence as soon as possible for a period of 12 months.

There is a dedicated consultant of the week system for the neonatal unit with daily consultant led ward rounds.

There is also a dedicated consultant on-call for the neonatal unit with separate middle grade tier for the neonatal unit and general Paediatrics.

Training would be provided in all aspects of neonatal medicine including HFOV and nitric oxide therapy.

There are weekly grand rounds, journal clubs, audit meetings and cranial ultrasound teaching sessions. In addition there are also regular perinatal mortality and morbidity meetings with Obstetric colleagues.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr Raju Narasimhan, Clinical Director, Neonates, Tel no or to Dr Santa Masila, Consultant Neonatologist, Tel no

What We Can Offer

Mentored training to RCPCH curriculum standards as part of a personal development plan
Timetabled education sessions including monthly MDT Neonatal Journal club, Perinatal meetings, Simulation and Safeguarding sessions
Access to inhouse training for Education roles and Leadership development
Formal and informal teaching of Medical students.
Child Health departmental meetings for Audit, Quality and Safety
Teaching to nurses and other professions allied to medicine.
Support for developing Research skills alongside Neonatal, Paediatric and Women's Health MDT Research team
Access to study leave and expenses as per the Trust policy which would be equivalent to a trainee

A summary of clinical duties is below:

Attending to neonates admitted to the Neonatal Unit.
Conducting ward rounds
Assisting and supervising the Tier 1 (ST12/FY2) doctors in managing cases, attending or admitted to the NICU.
Tier 2 on call duties out of hours for neonatal emergencies and continuation of care of patients on the NICU.
Attending deliveries of extremely premature neonates, high risk deliveries and their immediate and after care management on the NICU.
Communication with parents.
Supervised outpatient clinical duties.
Cover for unexpected short term sickness of a colleague.

For further information please refer to the attached job description and person spec.