Locum Consultant in Neonatal Medicine

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital seeks enthusiastic Locum Consultants in Neonatal Medicine to join the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. The post provides consultant-led neonatal intensive care, high dependency care and special care across both sites, with resident and non-resident on-call duties.

You will contribute to outpatient care, antenatal counselling, governance, audit, education and service development, and participate in research.

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification from a recognised university.
• Full GMC registration and licence to practise.
• MRCPCH or equivalent membership.
• Inclusion in the specialist register in neonatal medicine or within 6 months of CCT.
• MD or PhD or other higher degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led neonatal care across both sites, including on-call duties.
• Deliver care in neonatal intensive, high dependency and special care settings.
• Engage in outpatient care, antenatal counselling and governance activities.
• Lead education, research and service development initiatives.

Education

Primary medical degree

Full GMC registration

Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) or equivalent

Inclusion in specialist register in Paediatrics (neonatal medicine) or within 6 months of CCT

Higher degree e.g., MD or PhD

Job description

Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated Locum Consultants in Neonatal Medicine to join the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. The successful applicants will provide consultant-led neonatal intensive care, high dependency care and special care across Liverpool Women's Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital, antenatal counselling, participation in resident and non-resident consultant rotas, education, research and service development.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide consultant-led neonatal care across both sites, including resident consultant nights at Liverpool Women's Hospital and non-resident on-call duties at Alder Hey. Consultants will contribute to outpatient care, antenatal counselling, governance, audit, education, quality improvement and service development.

1.5 SPA sessions per week for CPD, appraisal, governance, teaching and audit.

Additional SPA for agreed leadership or educational roles.

Potential involvement with Connect North West neonatal transport.

About us

Thank you for your interest in joining the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership. This is an exciting time to become part of one of the UK's largest and most innovative neonatal services. Together, Liverpool Women's Hospital and Alder Hey Children's Hospital provide an integrated tertiary neonatal service combining neonatal intensive care, surgery, cardiology, fetal medicine, education and research. We are committed to compassionate, family-centred care and to supporting our staff to thrive through education, innovation, leadership and research.

Why join the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership?

Work across two internationally recognised specialist hospitals.

Integrated 68-cot tertiary neonatal service.

Opportunity to develop a brand-new neonatal surgical intensive care unit.

Large, supportive consultant team with resident consultant working.

One of the UK's largest Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner workforces.

Excellent teaching, research and leadership opportunities.

Strong multidisciplinary collaboration across specialties.

Job responsibilities

For full details regarding job plan, role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description

Qualification

• Primary medical degree of a recognised University
• Full registration and Licence to Practice with the GMC
• Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health or equivalent
• Inclusion in the specialist register in Paediatrics (neonatal medicine) or equivalent, or within 6 months of CCT for Paediatrics (neonatal medicine)at time of interview
• Higher degree e.g., MD or PhD

Clinical Experience

• A minimum of seven years postgraduate experience. Of this three must have been spent in appropriate training posts during higher specialist training.
• Evidence of advanced clinical skills in neonatal medicine
• Current certificate in NLS
• Evidence of skills in neonatal transport

Management and administrative experience

• Ability to organise and manage the work of a neonatal unit, including outpatients
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
• Ability to organise advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Experience in the development of clinical guidelines
• Experience of audit
• Management training

Teaching experience

• Experience of teaching undergraduates
• Experience of teaching and supervising SHOs
• Experience of supervising SpRs
• Enthusiasm for teaching at all levels
• Current certificate as NLS, APLS, PALS, ARNI instructor
• Experience of coordinating educational programmes

Research experience

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Research activity leading to a higher degree [MD (UK) PhD or MPhil]
• Evidence of experience in research supervision
• Experience of presenting to audiences using visual aids
• Presentation to learned societies
• Commissioned lectures to professional bodies

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.

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearper annum (dependant on experience)