Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Medicine | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 - £70,425 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7288902/356-25-7288902 |
Summary
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is located in the Women & Children’s Hospital. We are a 30 bedded tertiary/ Level 3/ Advanced NICU with 12 intensive care and High Dependency Cots, 14 Special Care cots and a 4 bed Transitional Care ward.
The unit is linked to a 6000+ deliveries per year obstetric unit including a foetal medicine centre.
A full range of neonatal intensive care experience is available during training including high frequency oscillatory ventilation, nitric oxide and therapeutic hypothermia. Observation of Neonatal Surgery is possible in the co-located paediatric Theatres and experience in peri-operative care on NICU available. There is excellent access to tertiary paediatric services such as Cardiology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Genetics within the network.
We work closely with these teams to provide care for the complex newborns in additional to extremely premature and neonatal surgical babies with the exception of cardiac and cardiothoracic surgery & ECMO. Out-patient services include follow up of the NICU graduates as well as new patient referrals for infants under 1 year of age allowing a diverse experience.
The Hull Neonatal unit is part of the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (ODN) including 18 neonatal units in Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and Northern Lincolnshire. We accept referrals from these units and other centres for level 3 neonatal medical and surgical care.
This post would be suitable for an individual looking for UK NICU/ Tertiary/level 3 experience. In addition to the clinical experience, the Post holder will have the opportunity to develop skills in research, simulation ,service improvement and build skills in Neonatal POCUS .
2.1Objectives of the Post
1. To provide tier 2 clinical cover for the Neonatal Service in and out of hours as described in the EWTD and new deal compliant Rota
2. To provide supervision and support to the Tier 1 junior doctors working alongside the Tier 2 doctors.
3. To participate in induction, teaching and training
4. To work with midwives and Tier 1 doctors to provide advice and guidance for babies on Postnatal wards as required,
5. To work on quality improvement, service development and audits relevant to the neonatal service in Hull.
HUTH is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Jul 2025