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Job summary

Main area
Neonates
Grade
MT04 - MT05
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (plus on call)
Job ref
159-LWH-37-26
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's Hospital Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£65,048 - £73,992 per annum (dependant on experience)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/03/2026 08:00

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Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Medicine

MT04 - MT05

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

These are 3 x 12-month posts to start as soon as a successful candidate is available, likely between March and September 2026. We may be able to accommodate a September 2026 start date if the successful candidate needs to apply for OOP approval from a paediatric training programme. However,  this is not guaranteed due to the timeline for opening of the new surgical unit.

Any trainees in a training programme currently who are considering these posts should discuss with their TPD as OOP applications may need submitting before the interviews take place for these posts. 

These are senior roles, ideally suited for anyone looking to gain experience additional clinical experience in tertiary neonatal medicine. This can be facilitated as part of a SPIN in neonatal medicine for candidates unable to achieve this within the current paediatric training programmes. These are not recognised training posts but may be taken up as an OOPE and would also be suitable for paediatric CCT holder to gain additional experience in neonatology prior to taking up a paediatric consultant post.

These posts may also be suitable to doctors with a paediatric surgical background seeking to gain neonatal surgical skills within the NICU to gain further neonatal surgical experience.

 

Main duties of the job

The posts can be adapted to individual candidates. They will primarily involve working on the tier 2 medical rota providing clinical care across the entire Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. This is likely to include the neonatal unit on the Liverpool Women’s site, the low dependency unit and postnatal wards at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the neonatal unit at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. However, if the successful candidate has a primarily paediatric surgical background then there may
be scope for the candidate to solely work in the neonatal surgical intensive care unit on the Alder Hey site when it opens in 2026 and develop specific neonatal surgical intensive care experience.

Working for our organisation

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 new 22 cot Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will open on the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Site in March 2026. This new unit will consist of single-family rooms only and be the only unit of its type in the UK.

The regional neonatal unit at Liverpool Women’s Hospital has 44 cots: 12 intensive care cots, 12 high dependency cots and a 20-cot low dependency area. The unit provides a state-of-the-art facility to provide world class neonatal care and is a tertiary referral centre for the Cheshire and Mersey Neonatal Network. The unit regularly accepts referrals from beyond the network with an average admission rate of more than 1200 babies per year.

As the lead NICU for the Cheshire and Mersey Neonatal Network, areas of special responsibility include the management of babies with surgical conditions, initial care of all babies with cardiac malformations requiring neonatal intervention, and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity. The unit is one of only 2 units within the network providing intensive care for extreme preterm babies (<26 weeks gestation) and providing therapeutic hypothermia.

Check out why Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:

https://vimeo.com/556197652

https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Any trainees in a training programme currently who are considering these posts should discuss with their TPD as OOP applications may need submitting before the interviews take place for these posts.   

The posts can be adapted to individual candidates. They will primarily involve working on the tier 2 medical rota providing clinical care across the entire Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. This is likely to include the neonatal unit on the Liverpool Women’s site, the low dependency unit and postnatal wards at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the neonatal unit at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. However, if the successful candidate has a primarily paediatric surgical background then there may be scope for the candidate to solely work in the neonatal surgical intensive care unit on the Alder Hey site when it opens in 2026 and develop specific neonatal surgical intensive care experience. 

There may be an opportunity for some time within the posts to include some protected time to work within either the research or simulation teams within the department. The department has a strong simulation faculty which runs weekly simulations across both sites of the LNP with extensive plans for a simulation programme prior to opening of the new unit later this year. Up to 50% of the working time may be available to support the simulation team within one of the posts for an appropriate candidate.

The department has several active research projects that are currently being undertaken focussing on areas of haemodynamics, neonatal neurology and nutrition. There may be the possibility for some protected research time (up to 30%) within the post to support one of these projects. These posts are for 12 months and do not come with specific research funding therefore any additional research proposals or specific postgraduate research degrees will require separate funding.

Person specification

Qualifications

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

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Completion of basic specialist training in paediatrics or equivalent in paediatric surgery
  • 6 months tier 2 experience in covering Level 2 Neonatal Care if a paediatrics trainee
Desirable criteria
  • 6 months tier 2 experience in tertiary neonatology
  • Neonatal surgical experience

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of research methodology
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in running research projects or contributing to existing research trials within an department

Teaching and Training

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm for and interest in training and education
  • Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors
Desirable criteria
  • NLS/ ARNI instructor
  • 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
Sally Ogden
Job title
Consultant Neonatologist
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
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Telephone
0151 706 4666
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