Neonatal Clinical Fellow

Oxford University Hospitals; Oxford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in Oxford is seeking a Neonatal Clinical Fellow to provide clinical care in the neonatal unit. The role involves supervising medical care for admitted babies, maintaining a clinical portfolio, and participating in handover rounds. Candidates must be registered with the GMC. This is a shift-based position that ensures high-quality care in a reputable medical environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in neonatal medicine.
• Capability to maintain clinical and educational portfolio.
• Ability to participate in clinical care delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to babies in the neonatal unit.
• Keep the clinical and educational portfolio up to date.
• Participate in handover ward rounds.

Skills

Clinical care

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Must be registered with the GMC

Job description

Job overview

Job Title : Neonatal Clinical Fellow

Grade : ST (registrar)

Specialty : Neonatal Medicine

Reason for Vacancy : Previous doctor leaving

Supervising Consultant : Amit Gupta

Average hours work per week :

Base Hospital : John Radcliffe Hospital

Work Pattern : Shift rota

GMC requirement : Must be registered with the GMC or have a qualification which is registrable with the GMC.

Main duties of the job / Duties of post

• a. Aims and responsibilities : The key responsibility is to provide clinical care to babies admitted under the care of the neonatal unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The Oxford neonatal unit is the only level III centre in the South Central North (formerly Thames Valley) Neonatal Network and admits the full range of medical and surgical neonatal patients. Oxford is also an established regional centre for prenatal and feto‑maternal medicine and neonatal surgery, including cardiac and neurosurgery. This is supervised post and the doctor would be allocated a clinical supervisor. The unit also provides experience in neonatal transport. It would be the doctor’s duty to keep the clinical and educational portfolio up to date.

• b. Clinical : The shift rota has a total of doctors on its rolls. Study leave and holiday weeks are built into the rolling rota. Doctors are required to be present at handover ward rounds and will be primarily responsible for the delivery of the scheduled programme of care for babies in their designated clinical areas. Details of the rota can be obtained by contacting Dr Vinod Oommen (k)

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

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