Clinical Fellow St1-3 Neonatalogy - Brighton, United Kingdom - 379 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

379 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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The Department of Neonatology has approval for sub-specialty training in Neonatology from the neonatal CSAC.

An undergraduate medical school opened in Brighton in October 2003 and we are actively involved in the undergraduate paediatric teaching programme.

We are committed to multidisciplinary working.

A team of Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners has been developed across both RSCH and PRH sites and delivers a unique nurse-led neonatal service at PRH.


The Royal Sussex County Hospital is situated on the south coast close to the M23 motorway with excellent rail connections to London and Gatwick airport.

Trevor Mann Baby Unit, Royal Sussex County Hospital

The Trevor Mann Baby Unit has approximately 3,500 deliveries per year.

There are 27 cots on the Unit, including 9 currently designated for intensive care, 8 for high dependency and 10 for special care.

There are facilities for high frequency ventilation, nitric oxide and total body cooling.

We provide a regional neonatal surgical service in conjunction with the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital located on the RSCH site.


There are facilities in the maternity unit for fetal assessment and fetal medicine and referrals are accepted for perinatal care prior to neonatal surgery.

The neonatal service has comprehensive support from paediatric radiology, paediatric surgery, perinatal pathology, pharmacy, echocardiography, audiology, and ophthalmology and has visiting support from other tertiary specialists.


Clinical responsibilities:


  • To advance competence in the advanced management of medical and surgical problems in newborn infants of any gestation and to approach being ready to work in a more senior rol
  • To gain experience of counselling parents with anticipated perinatal medical problems under consultant supervisio
  • To learn and refine advanced neonatal resuscitation skill
  • To enhance understanding of paediatric imaging
  • To understand the principles involved in safe Neonatal Transport

Teaching responsibilities:


  • To develop teaching skills with the multidisciplinary neonatal tea

Clinical Audit:


  • To undertake at least one high quality audit projec

Clinical Governance:


  • To communicate with the multidisciplinary team, obstetricians, surgeons, referring hospitals, GPs and parent
  • To develop an understanding of clinical governance

Research:


  • To gain experience of research method

Management:


  • To begin to take responsibility for issues related to medical management
How these learning and educational objectives will be achieved:


Clinical Duties:


  • By attending Consultantled ward rounds held daily in the week
  • To attend weekly Grand rounds for the whole team
  • Exposure to patients with a wide range of multisystem medical and surgical problems
  • Frequent opportunities to enhance cranial ultrasound scanning experience. This is supervised at Consultant level initially and all scans are reviewed by a Consultant weekly
  • Opportunity to be an observer with the Neonatal Transport Team
  • By attending the weekly neonatal radiology meeting
  • By undertaking practical procedures
  • By taking part in the ST13 rota
  • Regularly assessing patients and discussing their conditions
  • By attending the weekly family and social meeting
Fellow posts do not have Royal College approval for training purposes, but do have educational approval from the Deanery. The Fellows work in an identical pattern to the NTN trainees and participate fully in the training programme.

All trainees have a nominated clinical and educational supervisor and together devise an appropriate educational and personal development program. This includes attendance at all regular departmental meetings including Journal Club, Perinatal and Morbidity meetings and Grand Rounds.

The Department of Neonatology is based on the Trevor Mann Baby Unit (TMBU) at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. It provides a level 3 neonatal intensive care service for Sussex and the Surrey-Sussex Neonatal Network.

The service operate on 2 sites; the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton (3500 deliveries) and the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath (2400 deliveries).

There are approximately 14000 deliveries per annum in Sussex.

Neonatal Transport

The Sussex Neonatal Transport Service is based on TMBU with a dedicated vehicle, driver and clinician.

In collaboration with similar services in Kent and Surrey, the Service undertakes emergency and elective transfers throughout the south east of England and beyond.


The team is led by a dedicated Consultant Neonatologist supported by middle grade doctors, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and dedicated transport nurses.

The combined service operates fully 24 hours a day 7 days per week with Sussex contributing both night and day cover.

Special Care Baby Unit, Princess Royal Hospital (PRH)

The neonatal service at BSUH includes the Special Care Baby Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath. This service is led by
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