Consultant Neonatologist

Job responsibilities

1. The post holder will be expected to provide a patient centred service, respecting the privacy, dignity and choice of individual patients. They will be responsible, with Consultant Neonatal colleagues, for the provision of inpatient neonatal services within the East Lancashire Hospital Trust.
2. The post holder will aim to deliver high quality neonatal care with the help of the existing Neonatal colleagues.
3. The post holder will assist consultant colleagues in the continued development of a consultant led approach to Neonatal paediatrics
4. The post holder will provide night and weekend cover for the Consultant rota. They will have a hot week, a HDU week, a special care week and a postnatal ward week on the Consultant rota. The post holder will participate in the consultant ward week system of care on the neonatal unit. During the Intensive care week, all fixed commitments are cancelled. As the hot week/HDU and special care consultant, they will undertake a daily ward round and will supervise the work of junior medical staff throughout the day.
5. The post holder will share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate.
6. The post is on a 10 PA job plan with 8.5 DCC and 1.5 core SPA sessions per week. Extra SPA for educational supervision, job planning and appraisal will be discussed at first job planning meeting 3 months within starting the job. The on-call rota is 1 in 9 with 1 in 9 weekends on call. Consultants are resident till 10 PM during weekday on calls and till 4Pm on weekend on calls. Full BAPM compliance will be attained with more consultant appointments.
7. The post holder will normally work a 4-day week except for the hot week
8. There is an option of working 0.5 SPA as flexible and work from home
9. The post holder will be the hot week Consultant 1 in 9 and 1 in 9 weekends
10. The post holder will run Consultant clinics at both Blackburn and Burnley sites as per the job plan.
11. The post holder will observe and comply with clinical and non-clinical policies and procedures (including local and national employment and personnel policies) agreed with employees and management. In particular, the post holders will be responsible for updating policies and guidelines for the neonatal unit along with colleagues, which should be reviewed annually.
12. The post holder will be closely involved in clinical governance issues.
13. The post holder will have responsibility for the training and supervision of junior medical staff who work with them. The post holders will devote time to this activity on a regular basis and will be named in the contracts of training grade doctors as a first point of contact for education supervision, appraisal and career advice. The post holders will be responsible for supervising the education of medical students attached to the department. The post holders will provide informal teaching for junior doctors preparing for MRCPCH, DCH and Child Health Surveillance Accreditation.
14. The post holder will be expected to keep up to date with developments within the speciality of neonatal intensive care by attending appropriate conferences and study courses.
15. The neonatal service is a recognised Centre for Higher Specialist Training in Neonatology.
16. There are ample opportunities and facilities for research, which is supported locally through the Research and Development Committee. There is also active support from the Universities of Lancaster, Central Lancashire and Manchester, with which there are collaborative projects. The Neonatal Unit is an active collaborating centre and has been part of several important national multicentre studies (see above). The post holders will be expected to take part in multi-centre research studies in neonatal medicine.
17. The post holder will be expected to attend monthly meetings of the neonatal Department including the Neonatal Speciality Board. They will be expected to attend monthly staff meetings with neonatal intensive care staff. Other management responsibilities may be asked of the post holder by mutual agreement. The post holder will be expected to participate in consultant appraisal and revalidation procedures.

Attainments

Essential

• Full registration with General Medical Council
• 2 year relevant clinical neonatal experience in busy Neonatal tertiary Unit and relevant allied specialty
• Paediatric CCT/CESR with Neonatal interest or likely to achieve within 6 months of appointment
• MRCPCH or equivalent
• NLS Provider

Desirable

• Neonatal CCT
• NLS Instructo

Training

Essential

• Two or more years training/experience in Neonatology at regional/level 3 units/allied specialties
• Experience and training in child protection. Attendance at appropriate professional meetings and courses

Experience

Essential

• Management of wide range of Neonatal problems including care of complex medical and surgical babies. Experience in newer modalities of ventilation e.g. HFO, inhaled nitric oxide et
• Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and commitment to these within the Trus
• Understanding and experience of performing audit during general professional and higher specialist training
• Awareness of basic research methods
• Familiarity with evidence based practice

Desirable

• Experience in volume ventilation, Echo skills
• Attendance at courses in teaching, appraisal and mentorship
• Experience of organising teaching programmes or events
• Previous research projects/publications

Professional Development

Essential

• Clear commitment to lifelong learning
• Experience of evidence based medicine
• Ability to keep up to date in the speciality
• IT skills

Desirable

• Membership of appropriate post graduate societies

Management

Essential

• Understanding of current NHS management systems including clinical governance and risk management.
• Attendance at management meetings e.g. Division of Child Health

Desirable

• Attendance at appropriate management courses
• Previous participation in a management role
• Experience in appraisal and mentoring

Personal Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues and staff in all disciplines
• Experience of supervision of junior staff
• Ability to lead the development of services and support best practice amongst colleagues
• Ability to work in a team with professional colleagues both medical and from other disciplines
• Flexible approach to working practices.

Desirable

• Attendance at e.g. Death/Bereavement or Breaking News workshops and Counselling courses
• Evidence of development of leadership within the work environment

Circumstances

Essential

• Agree to live within 30 minutes of the Trust
• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post (own transport required)
• Satisfactory medical clearance from the Trust's Occupational Health Physician

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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