Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant Neonatologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We seek to appointment a Consultant Neonatologist (10 PAs) that has arisen within the department as a new post. The successful applicant will join the current team of 8 consultants working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) within the South West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network.
There is provision within the job plan to facilitate the pursuit of a relevant subspecialist or academic interest of the applicant’s choice. Subspecialist interests complementing or supporting the department’s existing range (cardiology, respiratory, developmental outcome, nutrition, transport medicine, research, and medical education) would be most welcome
Main duties of the job
The appointee will participate in providing cover to the neonatal service in a week on service model of care, providing consultant delivered care in 3 types of attending weeks in an 8 week cycle (NICU Service, Peninsula Neonatal Transport and Transitional & Perinatal Care/Medical Education). During attending weeks, other activities will be suspended to allow commitment to the acute daily workload and service needs of those clinical domains. There are opportunities to gain additional experience in neonatal transport by participating in the multi-centre collaborative on-call roster for the Peninsula Neonatal Transport Service (PNTS).
Working for our organisation
The service undertakes approximately 1400 Intensive Care days, 1400 High Dependency Care days and in excess of 5000 Special / Transitional Care days per year. The service benefits from a team of 1 Nurse Consultant and 9 ANNPs as well as a two tier team of junior medical staff whose cover duties are exclusively to the neonatal service. The unit supports the nursing team to train as Qualified in Speciality (QIS) adhering to BAPM staffing guidance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached Job Description for full details of this exciting opportunity as a Consultant Neonatologist at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide Neonatal experience including Neonatal Transport
- NLS Provider Course (or APLS or equivalent)
- Valid Level 3 safeguarding training
Desirable criteria
- Skills in diagnostic and functional neonatal echocardiography
- APLS, NLS, ARNI or EPLS instructor
Certification
Essential criteria
- • Registration on the Specialist Register and: • CCST/CCT in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or equivalent qualification overseas OR CCST/CCT in Paediatrics
- Full GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- • MSc, DM, PhD or equiv. higher degree
- Able to demonstrate recent experience and practice in neonatology medicine as a sub-specialist
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of teaching medical undergraduates, junior doctors and other health care professional staff
Desirable criteria
- Formal training in education
Transport
Essential criteria
- Ability to coordinate and manage the sick infant who requires transport
Desirable criteria
- Formal training in neonatal transport medicine
- Experience of air transport
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of clinical audit, including one or more competed projects
Desirable criteria
- formal audit training
- ability to demonstrate achievement of change
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of research techniques and design and the ability to interpret published results
- Ability and commitment to practice evidence based medicine
Desirable criteria
- Published works in peer reviewed journals
- Ability to supervise research
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Clear evidence of career progression
- Leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- willingness and enthusiasm to develop special areas and interests
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Mel Philipps
- Job title
- Consultant Neonatologist & SLCD
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01752431574
- Additional information
or ring via Derriford Hospital Switchboard
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Derriford Hospital, Derriford Road
Plymouth
Plymouth
PL6 8DH
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