Resident Consultant Neonatologist | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Casterton Avenue, BB10 2PQ |
| Cwmni: | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7668377/435-MQ37-26 |
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Applications are invited for Resident Neonatal Consultant post based at the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre, Burnley, which is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Neonatal Network.
The posts is based at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre (LWNC) Level 3 NICU at Burnley where the post holder will become part of a team of 6 full time Neonatal Consultants, 2 part time Consultants and 3 Resident consultants.
The resident component is limited to 3 resident night shifts covering middle grade rota in an 10 week cycle. The rest of the time the post holder will work in a Consultant capacity.
The state of the art Neonatal Unit at Burnley is purpose built to BAPM specification. The unit has 14 ITU/HDU cots and 20 Special care cots.
1. The post holder will be expected to provide a patient centred service, respecting the privacy, dignity and choice of individual patients. They will be responsible with Consultant Neonatal colleagues for the provision of inpatient neonatal services within the East Lancashire Hospital Trust.
2. The post holder will aim to deliver high quality neonatal care with the help of the existing Neonatal Team.
3. The post holder will assist consultant colleagues in the continued development of a consultant led approach to Neonatal paediatrics.
4. The post holder will share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the team.
5. The post holder will be the hot week Consultant 1 in 9 including 1 in 9 weekends
6. The post holder will run Consultant clinics at both Blackburn and Burnley sites
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of 550,000 in the Pennine Lancashire area. Services are provided from our two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital and from our community rehabilitation wards at Pendle Community Hospital, Accrington Victoria Hospital and Clitheroe Community Hospital
Burnley General Teaching Hospital is the site for the East Lancashire Women’s and Newborn Centre and is the largest in-patient consultant led obstetric unit in the North West. There is also a midwife-led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn.
The ELHT neonatal unit is a purpose built, state of the art build, designed to the highest specifications as per BAPM standards.
The Neonatal Unit has 6 intensive care cots, 8 high dependency cots and 20 special care cots with a total cot capacity of 34 cots. In addition there are 2 isolation cots.
The unit caters for a birth rate of ~6000 deliveries per year. The NICU at LWNC offers Level 3 care for babies needing ongoing medical intensive care at all gestations, including those born at borderline threshold of viability. The unit provides a full range of specialist neonatal services including all modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilation (volume guarantee, pressure support and HFOV), therapeutic cooling and inhaled nitric oxide. The unit has onsite facilities for Cranial Ultrasound and Neonatal Echocardiography.
Please see Job Description for detailed summary of the post.
The post holder will be expected to provide a patient centred service, respecting the privacy, dignity and choice of individual patients. They will be responsible with Consultant Neonatal colleagues for the provision of inpatient neonatal services within the East Lancashire Hospital Trust
The posts is based at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre (LWNC) Level 3 NICU at Burnley where the post holder will become part of a team of 6 full time Neonatal Consultants, 2 part time Consultants and 3 Resident consultants.
The resident component is limited to 3 resident night shifts covering middle grade rota in an 10 week cycle. The rest of the time the post holder will work in a Consultant capacity.
The post holder will participate in the consultant ward week system of care on the neonatal unit. During the Intensive care week, all fixed commitments are cancelled. As the hot week/special care consultant, they will undertake a daily ward round and will supervise the work of junior medical staff throughout the unit.
The post holder will be the hot week Consultant 1 in 10 including 1 in 10 weekends and will run Consultant clinics at Burnley site as per the job plan
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 Apr 2026