At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Job overview
Applications are invited for Resident Neonatal Consultant post based at the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre, Burnley, which is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Neonatal Network.
The post holders will join a team of 7.5 WTE non resident Consultant Neonatologists. The resident component is limited to 7 resident night shifts covering middle grade rota in an 18 week cycle. The rest of the time the post holder will work in a Consultant capacity.
The state of the art Neonatal Unit at Burnley is purpose built to BAPM specification. The unit has 14 ITU/HDU cots and 20 Special care cots.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will be expected to provide a patient centred service, respecting the privacy, dignity and choice of individual patients. They will be responsible with Consultant Neonatal colleagues for the provision of inpatient neonatal services within the East Lancashire Hospital Trust.
* The post holder will aim to deliver high quality neonatal care with the help of the existing Neonatal Team.
* The post holder will assist consultant colleagues in the continued development of a consultant led approach to Neonatal paediatrics.
* The post holder will share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the team.
* The post holder will be the hot week Consultant 1 in 9 including 1 in 9 weekends.
* The post holder will run Consultant clinics at both Blackburn and Burnley sites.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full registration with General Medical Council.
* 2 year relevant clinical neonatal experience in busy Neonatal tertiary Unit and relevant allied specialty.
* On the GMC’s Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT of scheduled interview.
* MRCPCH or equivalent.
* NLS Certification.
* Valid BLS Training.
* NLS Instructor.
Experience
* Management of wide range of Neonatal problems including care of complex medical and surgical babies. Experience in newer modalities of ventilation e.g. HFO, inhaled nitric oxide etc.
* Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and commitment to these within the Trust.
* Understanding and experience of performing audit during general professional and higher specialist training.
* Awareness of basic research methods.
* Familiarity with evidence based practice.
* Attendance at courses in teaching, appraisal and mentorship.
* Experience of organising teaching programmes or events.
* Previous research projects/publications.
Circumstances
* Agree to live within 30 minutes of the Trust.
* Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post (access to own transport required).
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