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Consultant in Neonatal Medicine | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 per anum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6068429/293-Consultant-315 |
Summary
We are recruiting into two new substantive posts. Both are 10 PA NHS appointments based at Homerton University Hospital and the successful appointee will join the existing team of 13 (11 WTE) substantive consultants. The neonatal unit is one of the busiest Level 3 units in London and the neonatal consultant team at Homerton University Hospital has always been actively involved in high quality research and innovation.
The appointees would be expected to deliver 8 PAs of direct clinical care activity and will have 2 PAs for supporting professional activities such as teaching and training, management, audit, governance, and research. DCC activities will include attending cover for the various areas of the service including NICU, SCBU, and Consultant cover for Labour Ward, TC and Postnatal Wards. Out-patient clinics are currently led by the consultant covering PNW. The postholder will participate in the on-call and weekend Consultant rota fully.
There will be scope for the postholder to develop in an area of interest and opportunity to take a lead role for areas of work, depending on the
postholder’s interest and in line with service needs and development.
The neonatal consultant team at the Homerton has 13 substantive consultants. The Consultant team work together with two senior Specialty Doctors, two Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, the Lead Nurse and Matron team, a Community Neonatal Nurse Team, Allied Health Professionals, Practice Educators and nearly 130 nurses at various bands. As one of London’s designated perinatal centres, HUH provides a highly specialised range of obstetric and neonatal services. We currently accommodate around 6000 deliveries per year and have a 46 cot tertiary neonatal unit. Additionally, the existing consultant team has a range of interests, and a number of studies are currently active within the neonatal unit either as single site studies or in collaboration with academic and NHS partner organisations.
Please see attached job description for full responsibilities (clinical repsonsibilities; teaching; management and clinical audit; continuing professional development; reserarch). The key expectations from the post-holder are as below:
• The provision of a first-class service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training
• Undertaking all work in accordance with Trust policies and procedures including the code of behaviour
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of Homerton’s business plans
• Contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development
This advert closes on Friday 31 May 2024
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