Job summary This is an excellent opportunity to join the Neonatology department at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and the family feel valued during their visits to the Trust. This is a whole time equivalent substantive Neonatal consultant post and the successful applicant will share the responsibilities for providing acute neonatal care at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage. Outpatient clinics are based at the Lister Hospital and QE 2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City. Our Neonatal unit is a local neonatal unit (LNU) part of East of England (EOE) Neonatal Network. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and includes an on-call commitment of 1:6 exclusive for the Local Neonatal Unit. There is no Acute paediatric commitment to this post. Main duties of the job The post holder with join the 6 Neonatal consultants in the delivery of the neonatal care and participate in 1:7 on call rota for weekdays and weekends. There will be no Acute Paediatric commitments however, the post holder will perform Paediatric cardiology clinic and work in collaboration with Trust paediatric cardiology lead and the cardiology network. When covering the intensive and high dependency care areas the consultant will conduct daily ward rounds in these areas and be available at all times for help, advice and discussion with staff or parents. About us At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals: The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. Date posted 24 October 2024 Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff Grade Consultant Salary £105,504 to £139,882 a year pa Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 361-R2R-2317 Job locations Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage SG1 4AB Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will deliver high-quality and compassionate patient centered care, share responsibilities for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning, teach and train within the multidisciplinary service, will have active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity and have active participation in continuing medical education. Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will deliver high-quality and compassionate patient centered care, share responsibilities for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning, teach and train within the multidisciplinary service, will have active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity and have active participation in continuing medical education. Person Specification Qualifications / Training Essential Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register / and Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice MBBS and MRCPCH or qualification of an equivalent level Paediatric CCT with the interest in Neonatology, should have done SPIN training (18 months) in Neonates (or equivalent) training and 6-12 months of Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level or senior level Interest in Paediatric and Neonatal cardiology ((PECSIG or PEC) /NICHe) and ability to independently perform Echocardiogram (ECHO) with or with out the EACVI/AEPC Echo CHD Certification. Desirable Neonatal CCT or Postgraduate degree (or equivalent) Previous Experience Essential Broad range of experience in Neonatology and General Paediatrics with Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level Minimum of 18 months neonatal experience in a level 3 unit (Tertiary) at Registrar level or senior level OR t least 3 years' experience at registrar level or senior level working in a local Neonatal unit (LNU) AND Minimum of 6 months of Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level or senior level ((PECSIG or PEC) /NICHe) and have skills to perform Echocardiogram (ECHO) independently with or with out the EACVI/AEPC Echo CHD Certification. Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training & BLS Training NLS/ARNI provider Skills Essential Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors. Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation Desirable Person Specification Qualifications / Training Essential Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register / and Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice MBBS and MRCPCH or qualification of an equivalent level Paediatric CCT with the interest in Neonatology, should have done SPIN training (18 months) in Neonates (or equivalent) training and 6-12 months of Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level or senior level Interest in Paediatric and Neonatal cardiology ((PECSIG or PEC) /NICHe) and ability to independently perform Echocardiogram (ECHO) with or with out the EACVI/AEPC Echo CHD Certification. Desirable Neonatal CCT or Postgraduate degree (or equivalent) Previous Experience Essential Broad range of experience in Neonatology and General Paediatrics with Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level Minimum of 18 months neonatal experience in a level 3 unit (Tertiary) at Registrar level or senior level OR t least 3 years' experience at registrar level or senior level working in a local Neonatal unit (LNU) AND Minimum of 6 months of Paediatric Cardiology training/experience at Registrar level or senior level ((PECSIG or PEC) /NICHe) and have skills to perform Echocardiogram (ECHO) independently with or with out the EACVI/AEPC Echo CHD Certification. Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice Valid Level 3 Safeguarding Training & BLS Training NLS/ARNI provider Skills Essential Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors. Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation Desirable Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name East and North Herts NHS Trust Address Lister Hospital Coreys Mill Lane Stevenage SG1 4AB Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)