StR Higher Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Transport
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
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Job summary
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is offering a role focused on neonatal transport and transfer management. The successful candidate will be trained to perform neonatal transfers with consultant support, gaining skills in transport triage, coordination, and handover across units.
You'll contribute to audits, clinical governance and potential research activity, with opportunities to work within the Derriford unit and other neonatal services.
Qualifications
- GMC registration on the Specialist Register or eligibility for registration.
Responsibilities
- Train to become proficient at delivering transfers with consultant support.
- Develop skills in transport triage, call conferencing, prioritisation and team composition.
- Lead handover communication between units and participate in audits and service evaluations.
- Undertake duties on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit when required; participate in governance and clinical improvement activities.
Skills
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Job description
- Management and delivery of care to critically ill infants on the neonatal unit in a tier 2 capacity on a rotational basis
- Involvement in the transport of term and preterm newborn infants, including those who are critically ill, as part of the SoNAR
- Partaking in the daily ring around and liaison with colleagues in surrounding neonatal units, taking and recording referrals into SoNAR
- Participating in clinical audit of service provision in keeping with key performances indices for neonatal services
- Reviewing of clinical incidents and completing exception reporting
- Development and implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols.
- Involvement in relevant quality improvement programmes
- Close working with clinical governance leads in the conducting of mortality reviews
- Collaboration with the clinical education and simulation teams in the conducting of multidisciplinary educational sessions
- Coordination of neonatal road shows in neighbouring units with the support of SoNAR leads
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance UHP's research portfolio
- Other areas of relevant special interest will be supported eg Cardiology, NLS/ARNI instruction, simulation etc
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams.
The successful candidate will be trained in order to become proficient and competent at delivering the majority of transfers on their own (with consultant support) and where necessary a consultant may accompany the fellow / registrar on the transfer.
Knowledge and skills gained during this placement would include effective transport triage, call conferencing, prioritisation of journeys, appropriate team composition, enhanced patient assessment, management of the critically ill neonates during transfer and other transport related clinical skills. They would be expected to have good communication and leadership skills in order to facilitate good handover of information between units.
The successful candidate would also be expected to undertake audit and service evaluations to improve the service.
The successful applicant will also have some duties on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Derriford Hospital. The service undertakes approximately 3500 Intensive Care and High Dependency Care days and in around 4500 Special / Transitional Care days per year. The service benefits from a team of 8 Consultant Neonatologists, 1 Nurse Consultant, 9 ANNPs, 6 ENNPs as well as a two tier team of junior medical staff whose cover duties are exclusively to the neonatal service. The unit supports the nursing team to train as Qualified in Speciality (QIS) adhering to BAPM staffing guidance.
All successful candidates must exhibit personal characteristics of the highest standard. These include honesty, reliability, enthusiasm, initiative, resilience, conscientiousness, and an insight into their own abilities.
- GMC registration on the Specialist Register or eligibility for registration
- CCT/CCST in Paediatrics or equivalent including CESR (Paediatrics) or eligible for CCT and registration within 6 months of interview
- Completion of RCPCH approved NTN GRID Training in Neonatal Medicine resulting in CCT/CCST in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) or equivalent including CESR (Paediatrics) with subspecialty recognition in Neonatal Medicine or Neonatal Board certification from North America. Canada or Australasia (or eligible for CCT and registration within 6 months of interview)
- MRCPCH (or equivalent)
- BSc, MSc, DM/MD, PhD or equivalent higher degree
- Neonatal SPIN
- Evidence of experience and practice in tertiary neonatal medicine (minimum 2 years at middle grade)
- Advanced skills in neonatal medicine
- NLS Provider (or equivalent)
- Level 3 Child Protection competency
- Neonatal Transport Experience
- Specialist interest within neonatology
- Evidence of experience & practice in complementary domain eg cardiology, genetics, neurology, PICU, transport
- NLS or ARNI Instructor
- Advanced IT skills
- Formal qualification in neonatal transport medicine
- Ability to teach undergraduates, junior doctors, and other health care professionals
- Evidence of commitment to lifelong learning
- Formal training in medical education, eg. Teaching the teacher or similar courses
- Evidence of previous management experience
- Formal education and training in NHS management
- Understanding of the principles and importance of clinical governance
- Knowledge and experience of clinical audit, including one or more completed projects
- Formal audit / quality improvement training
- Evidence of successful change management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (success in IELTS or equivalent)
- Evidence of established leadership skills
- Can prioritise work and manage own time
- Willingness and enthusiasm to develop services and areas of personal specialist interest
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