Locum Consultant Neonatologist

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Locum Consultant Neonatologist. The successful candidate will manage neonatal care for infants and participate in an on-call rota. Responsibilities include leading service developments, providing line management to trainees, and collaborating with health professionals. Qualifications include MBChB and MRCPCH, with experience in Neonatology required. This role offers flexibility in working full or part-time, with a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Evidence of completing a period of approved training in Neonatology or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• The postholder will manage and take overall responsibility for neonatal care.
• Participate in an on-call rota, shared among consultants.
• Lead on service developments agreed with the consultant team.
• Provide line management and support to trainee doctors.

Skills

Ability to perform the requirements of the post

Excellent organisational skills

Commitment to working cooperatively and collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations

Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams

Outpatient experience in managing graduates from neonatal care

Experience of antenatal diagnosis and investigation

Experience of developing services through research

NLS instructor

Research experience

Formal training in developmental assessment

Education

MBChB or equivalent

MRCPCH (UK) or equivalent

Job description

Go back Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant Neonatologist

The closing date is 01 January 2026

An exciting opportunity for a locum Neonatal Consultant post, applicants both full and part time considered.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will manage and take overall responsibility for the health care for a proportion of all babies delivered in Bradford and needing admission to the neonatal unit or transitional care. The postholder will participate in an on call rota, on a 1 in 7 basis. Service periods will usually be a week at a time, and will be shared between consultants.

Outpatient services will be provided to all babies allocated to the care of the postholder. These outpatient clinics will not be held when the postholder is on service.

The postholder will provide and supervise general neonatal care to those well infants who are cared for on postnatal wards, and collaborate with other disciplines to continue to enhance the services provided.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

The postholder may lead on one or more service developments to be agreed with the consultant team.

The postholder will share responsibility for managing the neonatal service with colleagues, the unit manager and senior management.

The postholder will share responsibility for providing line management and support to trainee doctors, including providing support to QI / audit projects and supporting a proportion of the trainees through educational supervision.

Person Specification

Experience

• Evidence of completing a period of approved training in Neonatology or equivalent experience

Qualifications

• MBChB or equivalent.
• MRCPCH (UK) or equivalent.

Skills

• Ability to perform the requirements of the post
• Excellent organisational skills
• Commitment to working cooperatively and collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations
• Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
• Outpatient experience in the management of graduates from neonatal care and those with medical problems consequent from congenital anomalies
• Experience of antenatal diagnosis and investigation of "at risk" pregnancies, working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of developing services through research, audit or literature review
• NLS instructor
• Research experience, leading to presentations of findings at learned societies or publication in peer reviewed journals
• Formal training and experience in developmental assessment

Knowledge

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
• Training in delivery of educational programmes

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.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust