Clinical Fellow in Neonates

Job Overview

This is an exciting, new, fixed-term post designed to improve quality and provide more continuity in the neonatal service in line with the new neonatal designation. The post combines the opportunity to take a key role in service development and training with high quality clinical presence in the neonatal unit and delivery suite. Royal United Hospital Bath is an established LNU seeking to develop it’s transitional care and outreach services and the successful candidate would play a key role in reviewing and developing postnatal infant care.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities would include delivering the neonatal induction program for our tier one junior doctors and supporting them in neonatal resuscitation and delivery room management as well as in maintaining good consistent care on the neonatal unit and postnatal wards. The post holder could be responsible for development and expansion of our interdepartmental simulation-based teaching program. The unit currently provides clinical placement for an ANNP student, and the post-holder would be involved in supporting and supervising the clinical aspects of their training within the neonatal unit.

This post in part is developed to provide continuity of service when there are gaps in the tier 2 paediatric or Nicu rota. With notice there may be a requirement for the successful candidate to provide some out of hours tier 2 cover.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about this opportunity.

Person specification

Experience And Skills

Essential criteria

• Proven paediatric experience and decision making at a tier 2 (registrar) level.

Desirable criteria

• Previous audit projects completed

Quaifications

Essential criteria

• NLS (newborn life support)
• APLS (advanced paediatric life support)
• Completion of all MRCPCH exams (full member of royal college of paediatrics and child health)
• Full GMC registration

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. We strongly encourage you to complete and submit your application in good time to ensure it can be considered.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 366.1KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Dr Chris Tate Job title Consultant Paediatrician Email address ***email_hidden***