Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 249-5990297-2
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Western Hospital
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/07/2024
Employer heading
Neonatal Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Neonatal Consultant to come and join our dynamic and enthusiastic team at GWH!
This is a full time 10PA position but candidates wishing to be considered to be part time are encouraged to apply.
This is a new role within the Neonatal team, as part of a wider expansion of the consultant workforce to allow dedicated separate Neonatal service provision. The appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of senior medical staff including Consultants.
We are really committed to finding the right people, and supporting their career development for the long term. Swindon is a great pace to work, with a very supportive exec team, and beautiful villages in the surrounding countryside to live!
Main duties of the job
This is a new role within the neonatal team, as part of a wider expansion of the consultant workforce to allow dedicated separate neonatal and paediatric service provision. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly perinatal team who are passionate about delivering a high quality perinatal service to our local population.
It is vital that new members of the team share this vision and help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients and their families. As a senior member of the team, you will become a key part in the delivery of training and supervision to our junior colleagues and an expanding team of dynamic advanced neonatal nurse practitioners.
As a team we are committed to supporting new colleagues to achieve their personal development goals and interests. As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.
Working for our organisation
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
The post holder is required to hold a CCT or equivalent. As such the post holder should be trained in all aspects of general paediatrics and neonatology. A special interest (SPIN) in Neonatology is essential. Any other special interests will be discussed as to how they may fit into the department and will be supported as much as possible.
- Participation in out of hours consultant cover for the neonatal unit on a rota (Approximately 1:8 weekdays, 1:8 weekends). On-call responsibilities will involve multidisciplinary team working across the perinatal service.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
- There is no on-site PICU but patients are stabilised in the ED or on the adult ICU whilst awaiting retrieval with support from the anaesthetic department. Where the patient is a critically unwell baby (as a guide, under 3 months of age), the neonatal team will provide critical care skills and support for stabilisation prior to retrieval by the regional Paediatric Intensive Care WATCh team.
- Undertaking ward rounds around the neonatal unit and transitional care unit daily, aiming, where possible, for these ward rounds to be done in partnership with the baby(ie)s parents.
- All consultants are willing to support new members of the team and a mentor within the department will be allocated.
- Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues including our nursing, midwifery, obstetric, ANNP and AHP teams.
- Development of sub specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
- Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
- Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section
Please find attached a full job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC
- CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview.
- MRCPCH(UK) or equivalent
- EPALS/APLS provider or equivalent
- NLS provider or equivalent
- SPIN module in Neonatal medicine
- Level 3 Safeguarding training
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
- Expertise in full range of Paediatric and Neonatal conditions
- Experience in neonatology and competent to manage neonates at all gestations including stabilisation of the smallest babies prior to transfer to a tertiary unit.
- Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Flexibility and enthusiasm to develop services as required
- Sub-speciality interests will be supported
Desirable criteria
- ARNI provider or Instructor
- NLS Instructor
- Research and/or Quality improvement experience
- Patient safety / governance experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Sarah Bates
- Job title
- Consultant Paediatrician & Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
List jobs with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Medical and Dental or all sectors