Neonatal Clinical Fellow

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Town of Oxford; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust is seeking a Neonatal Clinical Fellow to provide clinical care for babies at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The role involves participating in shift rotas and teaching sessions, maintaining clinical portfolios, and requires a full GMC registration. Candidates must have significant experience in level 3 neonatal care, along with strong communication and organizational skills. This position offers an excellent opportunity for professional development within a key NHS facility.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in a neonatal unit at level 3.
• Neonatal competencies in line with experience.
• MRCPCH or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to babies admitted under the neonatal unit.
• Join teaching rounds, neonatal grand rounds, and ward rounds.
• Maintain clinical and educational portfolio.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to organise time and projects

Computer literate with Microsoft Office

Positive attitude towards tasks

Advanced keyboard skills

Education

Full GMC with licence to practice

Medical graduate

Job description

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Neonatal Clinical Fellow

The closing date is 06 January 2026

Reason for Vacancy : Previous doctor leaving

Supervising Consultant : Amit Gupta

Average hours work per week : 48

Job summary

Job Title : Neonatal Clinical Fellow

Grade : ST3-ST5(registrar)

Specialty : Neonatal Medicine

Reason for Vacancy : Previous doctor leaving

Supervising Consultant : Amit Gupta

Average hours work per week : 48

Base Hospital : John Radcliffe Hospital

Work Pattern : Shift rota

GMC requirement : Must be registered with the GMC or have a qualification that is registrable with the GMC.

Main duties of the job

Duties of post

a. The key responsibility is to provide clinical care to babies admitted under the care of the neonatal unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The Oxford neonatal unit is the only level III centre in the South Central North (formerly Thames Valley) Neonatal Network and admits the full range of medical and surgical neonatal patients. Oxford is also an established regional centre for prenatal and feto‑maternal medicine and neonatal surgery, including cardiac and neurosurgery. This is a supervised post and the doctor would be allocated a clinical supervisor. The unit also provides experience in neonatal transport. It would be the doctor's duty to keep the clinical and educational portfolio up to date.

b. Clinical: The shift rota has a total of 21 doctors on its rolls. Study leave and holiday weeks are built into the rolling rota. Doctors are required to be present at handover ward rounds and will be primarily responsible for the delivery of the scheduled programme of care for babies in their designated clinical areas. Details of the rota can be obtained by contacting Dr Vinod Oommen ([e-mail]).

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job responsibilities

Tuesday 1 pm

Junior doctor teaching

Wednesday 12:00

SEPTIC SPOT (Infectious disease ward round)

12:30

NEONATAL X‑RAY MEETING

16:00

PAEDIATRIC GRAND ROUND

Thursday 13:00

NEONATAL GRAND ROUND

Friday 13:00

JOURNAL CLUB or CASE‑BASED DISCUSSION (alternate weeks)

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC with licence to practice
• Medical graduate

Desirable

• MRCPCH or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years of work experience in a neonatal unit at level 3
• Neonatal competencies in line with experience

Desirable

• 6 months - Level 3 neonatal work experience.

Skills

Essential

• Communication skills, ability to organise time and completing projects undertaken
• Aligned to the Trust values.
• Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times
• Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders.
• Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
• Advanced keyboard skills

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership and initiative would be desirable
• Insightful and an attitude in line with the team working ethos of our neonatal unit
• Insightful and an attitude in line with the team working ethos of our neonatal unit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe

Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/