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Main area
Neonatal Department
Grade
Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
159-LWH-106-25
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£61,825 - £70,425 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/06/2025 23:59

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Clinical Fellow In Neonatal Medicine With Simulation

Senior Clinical Fellow

Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

This role would be split with 50% working as a neonatal education fellow within the department and 50% time on the tier 2 neonatal clinical rota.  This is an especially exciting time to join the simulation team as simulation has a key role in preparing staff for the opening of the new neonatal surgical unit at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

The posts are ideally suited for anyone looking to gain additional clinical experience in tertiary neonatal medicine, as well as options to develop further experience in education and simulation. This is not a recognised training post but may be taken up as an OOPE and also is suitable for paediatric CCT holder to gain additional experience in neonatology prior to taking up a Consultant post. 

Main duties of the job

The clinical aspect of the post will involve working on the tier 2 medical rota providing clinical care across the neonatal unit, the low dependency unit and postnatal wards. This is a 9 person ST4+ rota that incorporates weekends, long days and nights and the shifts will be allocated pro rata at 50% to balance with the educational commitments described above. In addition to the ST4+ rota we have a 9 person ST 1-3 rota and a 25 person ANNP rota split into two tiers with some ANNPs specialising in low dependency care. 

The Education Fellow post will offer the opportunity to further develop the simulation programmes across both sites, work with other specialities for interdepartmental simulations and have an important role in contributing to the safe opening of the new neonatal surgical unit. The post holder will design new simulation scenarios, facilitate the simulations and lead the debriefs for each session. The simulations will incorporate both staff from the medical and nursing teams and become part of the training offered to all staff working on the unit. 

Working for our organisation

The Liverpool Neonatal Partnership brings together two world renowned NHS organisations, working together to provide seamless Neonatal Services for the city of Liverpool: Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation trusts.

This is an exciting time to join the team. Our new 44 cot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opened on the Liverpool Women’s Hospital site in Spring 2020 and a 22 cot Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will open on the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Site in January 2026. This new unit will consist of single-family rooms only and be the only unit of its type in the UK.

This is an exciting time to join the team. Our new 44 cot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opened on the Liverpool Women’s Hospital site in Spring 2020 and a 22 cot Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will open on the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Site in January 2026. This new unit will consist of single-family rooms only and be the only unit of its type in the UK.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments. We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a 12-month post due to start in September 2025. This role would be split with 50% working as a neonatal education fellow within the department and 50% time on the tier 2 neonatal clinical rota. This is a tertiary neonatal unit with a stand-alone rota, there is no cross covering with paediatrics. The split of hours across the week can be negotiated when starting in the post.

Over the past 12 months, a regular simulation programme has been established across the 2 sites in the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. The programme aims to meet the simulation training needs of both medical and nursing staff, along with testing systems and processes in both units. 

Please refer to the attached job description for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC.
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCPCH or equivalent

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of research methodology

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Completion of basic specialist training in paediatrics
  • 6 months tier 2 experience in covering Level 2 Neonatal care.
Desirable criteria
  • 6 months tier 2 experience in tertiary Neonatology
  • Neonatal surgical experience

Teaching and Training

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm for and interest in training and education.
  • Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience/training in delivery of simulation training
  • Formal training in teaching/assessing

Clinical Governance and Audit

Essential criteria
  • Understands the principles of clinical governance.
  • Experience in performing clinical audit.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of clinical risk management
  • Experience of quality improvement implementation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jill Harrison
Job title
Consultant Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
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Telephone
0151 706 4666
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