Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sheffield is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care. The role involves managing the neonatal unit, supervising junior staff, and attending high-risk deliveries. Candidates should hold a medical degree and have substantial experience in neonatal intensive care. The position offers a fixed-term contract with an immediate start and requires full GMC registration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months experience in tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care.
• Minimum 12 months experience in a middle grade doctor role or higher.
• Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships and other degrees.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the neonatal unit.
• Supervise junior medical staff.
• Attend and manage high-risk deliveries.
• Participate in a full shift system.

Skills

Advanced airway skills

Experience in UK tertiary level neonatal intensive care

Experience with electronic patient record systems

Communication skills

Education

Medical Degree from a recognised university

5 years postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics/Neonatology

Full GMC Registration

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care

The closing date is 10 November 2025.

We are currently looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive care. The post is fixed-term, available for immediate start, and funded until September 2027. The posts do not award a National Training Number. As these posts are not recognised as 'training posts' full registration with the GMC with a license to practise or eligible to be registered is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK, sponsorship will be required.

Duties of this post are equivalent to ST6-ST8 level. A minimum of five-year postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics/Neonatology is required.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work on the Neonatal Unit at the Jessop Hospital. Duties include:

• A shared responsibility for the day to day management of the Intensive Care, High Dependency and Special Care areas of the Neonatal unit supervising the ST1 to ST3 grades.
• They also have some responsibility for the management of babies on the postnatal wards in the hospital.
• Responsibility for attending high risk or abnormal deliveries in the Labour Ward or operating theatres. However deliveries which will require admission to the Intensive Care Unit are usually managed by the Intensive Care team.
• There are three Consultant ward rounds daily every morning, later afternoon and late evening.
• Teaching. There is a small but variable responsibility for teaching medical students.
• The successful candidate will participate in a full shift system.

About us

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.

• Patients First - Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do
• Respectful - Be kind, respectful, fair, and value diversity
• Ownership - Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve
• Unity - Work in partnership with others
• Deliver - Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit

www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us

Job responsibilities

Shared responsibility for the day to day management of the intensive care, high dependency and special care areas of the neonatal unit alongside the senior clinical workforce as required

Please refer to the Job Description for further details of main duties and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Medical Degree from a recognised university or institution
• 5 years postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics/Neonatology and full MRPCH or equivalent
• Minimum 18 months experience in tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care with relevant skills.
• Advanced airway skills.
• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise or eligible to be registered to GMC
• Minimum 12 months experience in UK tertiary level neonatal intensive care as a middle grade doctor or higher
• Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships and other degrees
• Experience of working with electronic patient record systems
• More than 2 years of tertiary neonatal unit experience with relevant skills

Management and Clinical Governance

• Demonstrate an understanding of management and clinical governance issues

Audit / Research

• An understanding of the issues of clinical effectiveness and audit
• Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practise where appropriate
• Documented completed audits

Communication Skills

Teaching

• Willingness and ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate trainees

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust