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Clinical Responsibilities/Key Responsibilities

This post is for a Neonatologist or Paediatrician with a specialist interest in Neonatology to work within our Local Neonatal Unit (LNU) and contribute to the delivery of neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up services.

The successful candidate will join a dedicated and supportive neonatal team, playing a key role in providing high-quality inpatient neonatal care, neonatal follow-up and neurodevelopmental assessment services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working alongside the neonatal consultant team to provide consultant-led inpatient care within the Local Neonatal Unit and outpatient follow-up for newborn infants as required.
• Participating in the neonatal consultant on-call rota (currently 1 in 7).
• Contributing to the provision of general paediatric outpatient services, with a particular focus on young infant clinics, neonatal post-discharge follow-up and neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up clinics.
• Providing senior clinical leadership and supporting the decision-making of junior medical staff, advanced practitioners and nursing colleagues.

The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the Department. 

Professional Development, Education and Training 

• To participate in ongoing training and personal development 

• To contribute to multi-disciplinary skills training 

Management and Leadership

• To provide medical information for the development of systems appropriate for Trust needs 

• To participate in departmental consultant and senior staff meetings whilst remaining within the framework of the agreed strategy of the Trust and the department

      • To attend other departmental, divisional and Trust meetings as necessary

      • To attend regional and national meetings as necessary

      • To undertake all work in accordance with Trust procedures and operating policies

     Teaching/Training (as agreed with Specialty Director)

The postholder will be expected to develop and lead an area of specialist interest to support countywide services. Excellence of care will be expected and the postholder will take full part in the risk management and clinical governance process for the department.

• To provide conditions for improved training opportunities in line with national and local recommendations arising out of Modernising Medical Careers and related requirements.
• To take a full role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, including clinical meetings and tutorials. Medical students are currently taken from several universities, but the Clinical Academy based on the University of Bristol is expected to provide the majority of undergraduates in future. 
• Where agreed, to act as Educational Supervisor to junior and middle grade medical staff, being responsible for their appraisal and personal development planning.
• The Trust subscribes to a wide range of journals and there are good medical libraries at both Gloucester and Cheltenham with full literature search facilities. The department is part of a Trust wide intranet system and is well served for literature search and other internet functions.

The post-holder will be encouraged to be active in clinical research. The Trust is part of a network of hospitals that have been collaborating with Cranfield University to form the Cranfield Postgraduate Medical School (based at Redwood House in Gloucester).  Consultants at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals currently hold professional honorary academic appointments.  The successful applicant may be afforded the opportunity to join this multi-disciplinary postgraduate medical school as a faculty member depending on interests and research activity.

The Trust has a well-established framework for clinical governance that incorporates the clinical audit program. A wide variety of audits are undertaken within the Department. The Department is supported by a dedicated audit assistant, a dedicated member of the Information department and a dedicated risk manager. Clinical Governance meetings are regular. The post-holder will be expected to take part in developing clinical audit activities within the department and achieving clinical governance objectives in accordance with the agreed Divisional and Trust clinical governance programs.