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.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will jointly provide some weekday night and weekend night cover (7 nights in 18 week cycle per resident consultant) jointly with another resident consultant to cover 1 slot on the middle tier rota. They will each have a hot week, special care week, High dependency and postnatal ward weeks on the Consultant rota.
The post holder will participate in the consultant ward week system of care on the neonatal unit. During the Intensive care week, all fixed commitments are cancelled. As the hot week/special care consultant, they will undertake a daily ward round and will supervise the work of junior medical staff throughout the unit.
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.
Continuing Professional Development
* Clear commitment to lifelong learning.
* Experience of evidence based medicine.
* Ability to keep up to date in the speciality.
* Attendance at appropriate management courses.
* Previous participation in a management role.
* Experience in appraisal and mentoring.
Personal Skills
* Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues and staff in all disciplines.
* Experience of supervision of junior staff.
* Ability to lead the development of services and support best practice amongst colleagues.
* Ability to work in a team with professional colleagues both medical and from other disciplines.
* Flexible approach to working practices.
* Evidence of development of leadership within the work environment.
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).
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.
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