Locum Consultant Neonates | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Hull is seeking a consultant to supervise the Neonatal Unit and postnatal wards. The role involves engaging in service development, providing educational support to trainees, and managing clinical governance activities. Candidates should have experience in neonatal care and a commitment to training and supervision. This position offers a full-time contract with opportunities for teaching and research.

Qualifications

• Supervision of the Neonatal Unit and postnatal wards.
• Experience in clinical governance and educational supervision.
• Ability to engage with service development and external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to departmental duties and governance.
• Supervise junior doctor audits and teaching sessions.
• Engage in service development and implement national strategies.

Job description

Overview

The role includes supervision of the Neonatal Unit, postnatal wards and Transitional Care in Hull Women’s and Children’s Hospital. You will contribute to the tertiary neonatal unit advice service to Level 1 and 2 services in the Humber & North Yorkshire units via the Embrace referral and transport service. As a training hospital, you will provide support to trainees in induction, teaching and training, and act as clinical and educational supervisor.

A number of outpatients will be included in the rota, including clinics by telephone/video and face-to-face for GP referrals under the age of 1 year and for neonatal patients after discharge.

Working with the Neonatal team, you will engage in service development and national strategies for critical care and quality improvement. The role also involves engaging with external agencies (e.g., coroner and social care) as required in your capacity as named consultant for the babies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to departmental duties such as organization of junior doctor rotas, guideline development and other aspects of governance.
• Supervise junior doctor audit and supervision of junior doctor teaching sessions including induction.
• Participate in the educational supervision of trainees and support undergraduate teaching within the HYMS medical school curriculum where applicable.
• Engage with service development and implement national strategies for critical care and quality improvement.
• Manage and contribute to clinical governance activities and attendance at service meetings.

Job Plan and Duties

• A standard full-time Job Plan will contain 10 programmed activities (PAs): 8 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 PAs for supporting activities (SPAs).
• 1.5 SPAs are classed as ‘core’ and cover time for training, teaching, CPD, audit, appraisal, clinical governance and attendance at service meetings.
• Opportunities exist to participate in undergraduate teaching within the HYMS medical school curriculum.
• Additional SPA time can be allocated for research, clinical management and educational supervisor activity. The post envisages educational supervision of at least one trainee per year across levels from FY1 to specialty registrar.
• Appointees are encouraged to develop their management skills with potential responsibilities in educational activities, audit, junior doctor management, recruitment, etc. Personal preferences can be accommodated with training provided.
• Additional PA time is negotiable for more senior management, research or educational roles within the department.

About the Humber Health Partnership

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, serving well over one million patients annually and managing a budget over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – the Partnership has significant ambitions and aims to deliver world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

We employ nearly 20,000 staff across sites including Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole and District Hospital (NLAG), Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital (HUTH). As Teaching Hospitals working with Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research in biomedical research, primary care, palliative care, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We are committed to developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce to deliver excellent care and a great future for our patients, employees, and the community.

For further details regarding this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Friday 7 Nov 2025