Locum Consultant Neonatologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Alvington; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job plan time for a special interest

SoNAR neonatal transport roster (extra

Flexible work requests

Career development opportunities

Job summary

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust seeks a locum consultant in neonatology to lead daily NICU operations, supervise junior staff and oversee transitional care. The role includes on-call duties Monday to Thursday, fetal medicine liaison, and undergraduate teaching.

The post offers senior responsibilities, opportunities to participate in neonatal transport and a commitment to lifelong learning within a nine-consultant team.

Qualifications

• CCST/CCT in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or overseas equivalent, or eligible within 6 months.
• MRCPCH or equivalent.
• Full GMC registration with entry on the Specialist Register.

Responsibilities

• Run the NICU day to day, including handover ward rounds and supervising junior medical staff.
• Caring for all admitted NICU patients allocated to the consultant of the week.
• Lead the transitional care ward, including morning rounds and supervision of junior staff.
• Provide fetal medicine liaison and antenatal counselling.
• Deliver undergraduate medical teaching with formal feedback.
• Lead multi-professional education sessions for NICU staff.
• Coordinate neonatal transfers and morning liaison with Peninsula units.
• Provide on-call cover Monday to Thursday and respond to service needs.
• Train and supervise junior doctors, conduct audits and CPD.

Skills

Leadership

Medical teaching

Clinical governance

Team coordination

English communication

Education

CCST/CCT Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or overseas equivalent

MRCPCH or equivalent

Job description

Locum consultant neonatologist post for 12 months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, within the Southwest Neonatal Operational Delivery Network. The work is consultant-delivered neonatal care, covering the unit on a rotating eight-week cycle across the NICU service, neonatal transport and transitional care, with on-call cover from Monday to Thursday. The team of nine consultants offers scope to join the SoNAR transport roster and develop a special interest. Full GMC registration and neonatal CCST or equivalent are required.

What the job involves

• Running the NICU day to day, including handover ward rounds and supervising junior medical staff
• Caring for all admitted NICU patients allocated to the consultant of the week
• Running the transitional care ward, including morning ward rounds and supervising junior medical staff
• Providing fetal medicine liaison and antenatal counselling
• Delivering undergraduate medical student teaching, including end-of-week formal feedback
• Leading multi-professional education sessions for NICU nursing and junior medical staff
• Telephone liaison with Peninsula units each morning and co-ordinating neonatal transfers during weekday working hours
• Resident and then non-resident on-call cover, Monday to Thursday
• Being fully available to respond to clinical service needs during on-service weeks
• Continuing responsibility for own patients and sharing cover for consultant colleagues on leave
• Training and supervising junior doctors and staff, clinical audit, clinical governance, CPD and appraisal/revalidation

Qualifications

• CCST/CCT in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or overseas equivalent, or CCST/CCT in Paediatrics with the specified post-core neonatal training (or eligible within 6 months of interview)
• MRCPCH or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with entry on the Specialist Register

Experience

• Wide neonatal experience including neonatal transport and advanced neonatal medicine skills
• Evidence of previous management experience
• Leadership skills
• Clear evidence of career progression and commitment to lifelong learning

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to coordinate and manage sick infants requiring transport
• Understanding of clinical governance and experience of clinical audit, including completed projects
• Evidence of teaching medical undergraduates, junior doctors and other staff
• Evidence-based practice, with the ability to interpret research and published results
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English
• Working within a multi-professional team, prioritising work and managing own time

Other

• NLS Provider course (or APLS or equivalent)
• Valid level 3 safeguarding training
• Basic IT skills

Nice to have

• Recent experience and practice in neonatal medicine as a subspecialist
• MSc, DM, PhD or equivalent higher degree
• Special interest within neonatology
• Skills in diagnostic and functional neonatal echocardiography
• APLS, NLS, ARNI or EPLS instructor
• Formal training in neonatal transport medicine
• Published works in peer-reviewed journals
• Completion of a management training course

What’s offered

• Job plan time for a special interest
• Opportunity to join the SoNAR neonatal transport roster, remunerated under extra-contractual arrangements
• Consideration of less than full-time or flexible working requests
• Career development opportunities