We are seeking a Trust Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4-8 equivalent) in Neonates. You will commence in September for a period of 12 months.
You will be based mainly in the neonatal unit at Royal Preston Hospital which is one of the tertiary Centre for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Neonatal Network. There are over 4000 deliveries with six intensive care cots, 8 HDU cots and 14 SCBU cots.
There is a dedicated consultant of the week system for the neonatal unit with daily consultant led ward rounds. There is also a dedicated consultant on-call for the neonatal unit with separate middle grade tier for the neonatal unit and general Paediatrics.
You must have a minimum of six months tertiary neonatal experience at the middle grade level and full registration with the GMC.
The clinical duties will comprise routine and out of hours acute cover within the Neonatal Services. The work will be based on a full shift system, sharing the rota with the ST3 -7 and equivalent trainee doctors.
Summary of clinical duties -
Attending to neonates admitted to the Neonatal Un
Conducting ward rounds
Assisting and supervising the Tier 1 (ST1-2/FY2) doctors in managing cases, attending or admitted to the NICU.
Tier 2 on call duties out of hours for neonatal emergencies and continuation of care of patients on the NICU.
Attending deliveries of extremely premature neonates, high risk deliveries and their immediate and after care management on the NICU.
Supervised outpatient clinical duties.
Cover for unexpected short term sickness of a colleague.
What We Can Offer
Mentored training to RCPCH curriculum standards as part of a personal development plan
Timetabled education sessions including monthly MDT Neonatal Journal club, Perinatal meetings, Simulation and Safeguarding sessions
Access to in-house training for Education roles and Leadership development
Formal and informal teaching of Medical students.
Child Health departmental meetings for Audit, Quality and Safety
Teaching to nurses and other professions allied to medicine.
Support for developing Research skills alongside Neonatal , Paediatric and Women’s Health MDT Research team
Access to study leave and expenses as per the Trust policy which would be equivalent to a trainee
For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr Aubrey Makhalira, Clinical Director 07930649417 or to Dr Santa Masila, Consultant Neonatologist, Tel no. 01772 524644.

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team

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