Junior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Medicine | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,909 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7149284/438-MS3086 |
Summary
Applications are invited for a Trust senior clinical fellow ST4-8 equivalent post in Neonates. The post is for an initial period of 12 months. The successful candidate would be expected toworkas a Tier 1fortheneonatalservices.
Inadditiontoclinicalresponsibilities,they would have responsibilities for supervision, training and education of junior members oftheteam.TheyareexpectedtoassisttheConsultantteamintheday-to-dayfunctioningof theneonatal unit and take part in relevant audits and governance arrangements for the service.Thepostholderwouldnothaveanycommitmentsforthe generalPaediatricservices.
The clinical duties will comprise routine and out of hours acute cover within the NeonatalServices. The work will be based on a full shift system, sharing the rota with the ST1-3 andequivalent trainee doctors. The number of doctors participating in the shift system on theneonatalunit willbesevendoctorswith residentconsultantscoveringsomenightshifts
Summaryofclinicalduties:
· Tier1oncalldutiesoutof hoursforneonatalemergenciesand babies needingcontinuationofcare ontheNICU.
· Performing NIPE (Newborn and Infant Physical examination) on post natal ward including arranging appropriate referrals.
· Review of babies on post-natal ward and transitional care (TC) in liaison with Tier 2 and Consultant on call.
· Attendingtodeliveriesand their immediate escalationof care to senior NICU medical staff.
· Ward round in NICU with support from the senior medical team.
· Attending outpatientclinics.
· Attend and participate in the weekly Departmental teaching.
TheNeonatalDirectorate
The NewbornServicesconsistof acutecoverforthe28bedded Level 3 NeonatalIntensiveCareunit,the DeliverySuite,PrestonBirthingCentreandthePostnatalwardsallhousedinthe Sharoe Green Unit at Royal Preston Hospital. Over the past 4 years, there has beenan average of 4500 births in the Trust , with 80% within the Obstetric led unit, theremaining 20% occurring in one of the two Midwifery led Birthing centres within the Trustorathome.AdmissionratestoNICU are9%oflivebirths.
The NICU has 14 designated acute cots (IC or HD) and 14 Special care cots withadditional two en-suite parents’ rooms for Transitional Care. An additional TransitionalCare service is provided on the postnatal wards to facilitate care alongside mother andbaby.
The NICU provides all modalities of respiratory support including HFOV, inhaled Nitricoxide, CPAP, BiPAP, NIPPV, nHFOV and high flow humidified oxygen devices. We areone of two Level3 NICUs for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Neonatal Network whoprovideTherapeuticHypothermia(Cooling). We actively participate in research and we are a centre for a number of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT’s).
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team
This advert closes on Monday 2 Jun 2025