Job overview
The Neonatal Unit at The James Cook University Hospital is a part of the Northern Neonatal Network and provides a Level 3 neonatal service (as defined by the British Association of Perinatal Medicine) for sick newborn babies in the Northeast of England and North Yorkshire. This unit is approved for higher specialist training in neonatology by the RCPCH College Specialty Advisory Committee and Health Education Northeast. There is an accredited specialist Fetal Medicine Service on site, as well as Paediatric Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ear Nose and Throat surgery, and Paediatric Anaesthetics. There is also a large acute Paediatric Department with different sub-specialties including a sub-regional PICU, neuro-disability, and community paediatrics. The department has strong links with other perinatal centres within and outside the UK and provides opportunities for useful research leading to MD or PhD degrees.
Main duties of the job
There are excellent clinical, academic and research opportunities on the Unit to provide a comprehensive programme for specialist training in neonatal paediatrics. You will have a designated clinical and educational supervisor. All posts allow you to attend regional study days, individual study leave and research meetings. This unit provides you with supervised experience and appropriate responsibilities in the assessment and management of all aspects of neonatal care through ward rounds, emergency on-call commitments and retrieval of sick newborns, dedicated neonatal follow up programme and neurodevelopmental paediatrics while giving opportunities for attachment to allied specialist clinics locally. There are excellent simulation training opportunity in collaboration with the trust simulation team at STRIVE.
Working for our organisation
The Neonatal Unit is an independent directorate within the trusts Community Centre which also manages the paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and maternity teams. There are monthly directorate meetings to which Doctors are welcomed. This should give them the experience in management and budgeting. In addition, the trust and Health Education North East run workshops in clinical management and in clinical and educational supervision.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
1. GMC with a licence to practice
Desirable criteria
2. MRCPCH or equivalent
Neonates experience
Essential criteria
3. Neonates experience
4. Completion of core competencies or equivalent
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
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