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Job summary

Main area
Neonates
Grade
Clinical Fellow
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term - 12 months, Starting in March 2025)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus on call)
Job ref
159-LWH-334-24
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Liverpool Women's Hospital Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,329 - £63,152 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/10/2024 23:59

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Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Medicine

Clinical Fellow

Liverpool Women’s delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. Each year we deliver over 8,300 babies, carry out over 10,000 gynaecological procedures, and care for over 1,000 poorly and preterm newborns, making us the specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in Europe.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, and, after featuring on One Born Every Minute, Miracle Babies and Special Baby Unit, our teams are famous across the world for their professionalism, skill and compassion.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital clinical services are currently being reviewed by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, following work done by our clinicians in presenting a powerful case for change in the Future Generations Strategy.

A useful information booklet is available about the proposed changes which can be downloaded from the Healthy Liverpool website facebook.com/healthylvpool. This booklet clearly states that ‘there is absolutely no threat to the services themselves – this is about making what we have even better and protecting services for the future’.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

These are 12-month posts to start in March 2025. These are senior roles, ideally suited for anyone looking to gain experience additional clinical experience in tertiary neonatal medicine. These are not recognised training posts but may be taken up as an OOPE and would also be suitable for paediatric CCT holder to gain additional experience in neonatology prior to taking up a Consultant post.

This is an exciting time to join the team. Our new 44 cot Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opened on the Liverpool Women’s Hospital site in Spring 2020 and a 22 cot Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will open on the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Site in November 2025. This new unit will consist of single-family rooms only and be the only unit of its type in the UK.

 

 

Main duties of the job

The post will involve working on the tier 2 medical rota providing clinical care across the neonatal unit, the low dependency unit and postnatal wards at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and the neonatal surgical unit at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. In addition to the ST4+ rota we have a 9 person ST 1-3 rota and a 30 person ANNP rota with a separate team specialising in low dependency care. These rotas are worked alongside each other to maintain an appropriate skill mix on all shifts. This rota is compliant with the new deal working time directives. The salary will be as per the Speciality registrar pay scale with annual leave and study leave requirements as per the trust policies.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.

Check out why Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:

Video: https://vimeo.com/556197652

Online brochure: https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The regional neonatal unit at Liverpool Women’s Hospital has 44 cots: 12 intensive care cots, 12 high dependency cots and a 20-cot low dependency area. The unit provides a state-of-the-art facility to provide world class neonatal care and is a tertiary referral centre for the Cheshire and Mersey Neonatal Network. The unit regularly accepts referrals from beyond the network with an average admission rate of more than 1200 babies per year.

As the lead NICU for the Cheshire and Mersey Neonatal Network, areas of special responsibility include the management of babies with surgical conditions, initial care of all babies with cardiac malformations requiring neonatal intervention, and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity. The unit is one of only 2 units within the network providing intensive care for extreme preterm babies (<26 weeks gestation) and providing therapeutic hypothermia.

At Liverpool Women’s Hospital there is a state-of-the-art monitoring system, electronic patient record and computerised patient data management system in place. Other equipment includes colour flow doppler, inhaled nitric oxide therapy and high frequency oscillation. Regular on-unit screening for retinopathy and hearing is carried out by visiting consultants. The unit provides a regional service for retinopathy screening and laser therapy for advanced retinopathy.

The NICU team works closely with colleagues in fetal medicine and obstetrics, surgery and cardiology in providing joint antenatal counselling. The unit is close to the fetal medicine unit and adjacent to the delivery suite. Weekly joint fetal medicine and joint peri-natal MDT meetings take place. The unit has strong links to local children’s palliative care and hospice services who provide great support when undertaking parallel planning with families of babies with life limiting conditions.

There is an active research programme in conjunction with The University of Liverpool’s Division of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine. A regular teaching programme for junior staff, undergraduates and visiting postgraduates is in place. The unit is recognised by the RCPCH CSAC as a neonatology sub-specialty training centre. The largest team of advanced neonatal nurse practitioners (ANNPs) in the UK is a key part of the NICU workforce at LWH in both delivering medical care and in the practical training of junior nursing and medical staff. There is a local training programme for ANNPs.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • NLS provider

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Completion of basic specialist training in paediatrics
  • 6 months tier 2 experience (registrar level) in paediatrics with neonates
Desirable criteria
  • More than 6 months tier 2 (ST4-8) experience in neonatology

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of research methodology

Teaching and Training

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm for and interest in training and education.
  • Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience/training in delivery of simulation training
  • NLS/ARNI / APLS course instructor Formal training in teaching/assessing

Clinical Governance and Audit

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance.
  • Experience in performing Clinical Audit
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of clinical risk management
  • Experience of Quality Improvement implementation.

Communication Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good oral communication skills
  • Good written communication skills

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Good organisational and time management skills.
  • Willingness to develop leadership skills
  • Good team working skills

Health and Fitness to Practice

Essential criteria
  • Fitness to undertake all aspects of the post as described.
  • Appropriate Hepatitis immunity status for the post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jill Harrison
Job title
Consultant Neonatologist
Email address
[email protected]
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