Consultant Neonatologist

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Lewes; Presencial; GBP 114.000 - 151.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit at Medway Maritime Hospital provides intensive neonatal care in a busy tertiary setting. It delivers teaching, research and leadership within a structured environment, with strong regional collaboration.

The new consultant will join a dedicated team of Neonatal Consultants, balancing clinical, educational and managerial duties in a nine-week cycle, with time set aside for professional development and service improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Balance clinical duties with ongoing professional development.
• Attend MDT meetings, outpatient clinics and SPA activities.
• Lead teaching, research, and quality improvement within the unit.

Descripción del empleo

Care Group: Children and Young People

Interview Date: TBC

The new consultant will join a dedicated team of Neonatal Consultants, committed to delivering exceptional patient care while contributing to teaching, research, quality improvement, and leadership. This substantive role offers a well-structured nine-week cycle of responsibilities, balancing clinical, educational, and managerial duties to ensure professional growth and development within a supportive environment. No specific sub-specialty interest is required; the department will actively support the appointee to develop a clinical or academic special interest of their choice, aligned with service needs, with time agreed through job planning.

Main duties of the job

The nine-week cycle incorporates four attending ("hot") weeks

• HDU (Week 1),
• ITU (Week 5)
• Transitional Care/Postnatal Wards (Week 9) - each designed to provide focused and comprehensive neonatal care.

Non-attending weeks are structured to balance clinical duties with professional development activities. Key responsibilities include:

• Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings:
• Supporting Professional Activities (SPA):

Job summary

Consultant Neonatologist

Division: Women, Children and Young People

Care Group: Children and Young People

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 per annum

Interview Date: TBC

The new consultant will join a dedicated team of Neonatal Consultants, committed to delivering exceptional patient care while contributing to teaching, research, quality improvement, and leadership. This substantive role offers a well-structured nine-week cycle of responsibilities, balancing clinical, educational, and managerial duties to ensure professional growth and development within a supportive environment. No specific sub-specialty interest is required; the department will actively support the appointee to develop a clinical or academic special interest of their choice, aligned with service needs, with time agreed through job planning.

Main duties of the job

The nine-week cycle incorporates four attending ("hot") weeks

• HDU (Week 1),
• Weekend on-site (Week 3),
• ITU (Week 5)
• Transitional Care/Postnatal Wards (Week 9) - each designed to provide focused and comprehensive neonatal care.

Non-attending weeks are structured to balance clinical duties with professional development activities. Key responsibilities include:

• Outpatient clinics:
• Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings:
• Supporting Professional Activities (SPA):

Teaching Responsibilities

The consultant will play a pivotal role in education, fostering the development of junior doctors, medical students, and nursing staff.

Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit

The unit prides itself on a robust quality improvement (QI) program that has driven significant advancements in care delivery

Research

The unit has an active academic and research portfolio. In 2025 it delivered 14 NIHR portfolio studies

Managerial and Leadership Responsibilities

The consultant will hold a senior leadership role within the department, contributing to strategic planning and service development

About us

The Oliver Fisher Neonatal Unit opened to intensive care in 1984 with two regionally funded neonatal intensive care cots. Since 1999, the unit relocated to the new wing of the Medway Maritime Hospital where it is based currently. We are an award winning team and are considered to be one of the busiest tertiary neonatal intensive care units in KSS as we are afully recognised tertiary referral centre. The unit is the lead intensive care provider for the Kent Network. We have primary responsibility to providing intensive care for babies born in West Kent. We host the Kent arm of the KSS Neonatal Transport Service.

We have well developed purpose-built facilities for 12 intensive care cots, 8 high dependency cots and 12 special care baby cots. In addition, we provide neonatal transitional care services on the post-natal ward. These comprise of 8 neonatal transitional care cots (NTC) and 6 midwifery