East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Junior Clinical Fellow in Neonatology

The closing date is 25 July 2025

Job summary

Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley is a new purpose built Level 3 Neonatal Unitwhich became operational from mid November 2010. All the maternity and Neonatal inpatient careis centralised.This post of Junior clinical fellow is based in Neonatology and vacancy is due to gap in the rota asthe clinical fellow who was in this post has moved to another hospital. The Neonatal unit at ELHThas 9 substantive Consultants. The post will be based at Burnley General Hospital.The post holder will join first on call team comprising 8 FY2 trainees, 1 Paediatric ST Trainee, 7ANNPs and 5 clinical fellows.This post offers excellent experience and training in acute and outpatient settings. The post holderwill participate in full shift rota. The rota is compliant with new junior doctor's contract and there are15 people on this rota with 2 persons out of hours all the time including weekends.

Main duties of the job

The development of a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care service for East Lancashire was approvedby the Lancs/ S. Cumbria SHA in June 2006.The 2 neonatal services at Blackburn and Burnley came together as an East Lancs Level 3service from Nov 2010. The new Unit is a purpose built, state of the art build, designed to thehighest specifications as per BAPM standards.The Neonatal Unit at LWNC has 6 intensive care cots, 8 high dependency cots and 20 specialcare cots with a total cot capacity of 34 cots. In addition there are 2 isolation cots. The single EastLancs unit is a level 3 Unit catering for a delivery rate of 6500 per year.The East Lancs conurbation has 3 birthing centres. It is proposed that ~5000 deliveries (mediumhigh risk) will occur on the hospital site. The remaining ~ 1500 deliveries are managed in 3 birthingcentres, 1 co-located birth centre in Burnley on the hospital site and 2 based in the community inBlackburn and Rossendale.

About us

The neonatal Transport and Retrieval service for the Lancashire and S Cumbria zone (STARS)has ceased and moved to a Northwest footprint as CONNECT NW.NTU (Neonatal Triage Unit) - This is based at the entrance to the Postnatal Ward. This has beenset up to address the postnatal implications of Birth centre deliveries and an A and E dept at aseparate site, for babies who for any reason, need review soon after birth, though not necessarilyqualifying for admission to NICU. This is a new innovation and probably the only one of its kind inthe country.Transitional Care (TC) Unit- This is based in Phase 5 adjacent to the postnatal wards. The TC Unitis staffed to 12 cots and is supported by a TC neonatal nurse 12 hours a day and full time byexperienced midwives.

Details

Date posted

19 July 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£43,923 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

435-MQ75-25

Job locations

Burnley General Hospital

Burnley

BB10 2PQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

A fully trained Consultant Ophthalmologist provides a full screening service for retinopathy ofprematurity across East Lancs.All Neonatal Consultants run an antenatal advisory service for prospective parents whenabnormalities have been detected in utero, to plan postnatal management. The new appointeemaybe be expected to contribute to this.The Obstetric service in LWNC is provided by 18 Consultants. Antenatal care provision occurs atBlackburn, Rossendale, Accrington and LWNC. In addition there is Caseload midwifery careprovision for women needing increased support. The Obstetric service provides an Ultrasoundservice on both sites, Burnley General and Royal Blackburn Hospitals. Dating scans includingnuchal translucency screening and 20 week anomaly scans are routinely performed.In addition there is a Level 3 scanning service for foetal anomalies. A Multiple pregnancy clinic isin place. Medical antenatal clinics run on both hospital sites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A fully trained Consultant Ophthalmologist provides a full screening service for retinopathy ofprematurity across East Lancs.All Neonatal Consultants run an antenatal advisory service for prospective parents whenabnormalities have been detected in utero, to plan postnatal management. The new appointeemaybe be expected to contribute to this.The Obstetric service in LWNC is provided by 18 Consultants. Antenatal care provision occurs atBlackburn, Rossendale, Accrington and LWNC. In addition there is Caseload midwifery careprovision for women needing increased support. The Obstetric service provides an Ultrasoundservice on both sites, Burnley General and Royal Blackburn Hospitals. Dating scans includingnuchal translucency screening and 20 week anomaly scans are routinely performed.In addition there is a Level 3 scanning service for foetal anomalies. A Multiple pregnancy clinic isin place. Medical antenatal clinics run on both hospital sites.

Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • oFull GMC registration

current postholder only

Essential

  • current post holder only

Desirable

  • current postholder only
Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • oFull GMC registration

current postholder only

Essential

  • current post holder only

Desirable

  • current postholder only

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

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Burnley General Hospital

Burnley

BB10 2PQ


Employer's website

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Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Burnley General Hospital

Burnley

BB10 2PQ


Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Rajasri Seethamraju

rajasri.seethamraju@elht.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

19 July 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£43,923 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

435-MQ75-25

Job locations

Burnley General Hospital

Burnley

BB10 2PQ


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