The post is to work on the Tier 2 (middle grade) neonatal rota for 12 months from September 2025 as a Senior Training Fellow (ST3-ST5 equivalent).
The post holder will be supported by a resident junior tier doctor or Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (covering purely neonatology) and a neonatal consultant.
This is an opportunity to gain tertiary experience in on the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
The unit is a Lead Centre and Regional Intensive Care Unit within our newborn network, receiving referrals for tertiary intensive care, including HFOV, NO and therapeutic hypothermia. The birth population is 6,800 - 7,000 deliveries per year. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a purpose-built modern unit opened in 2009, providing 6 intensive care, 6 high dependency, and 14 special care cots.
The neonatal service is an active training unit and in conjunction with Keele Universities, the on-site Undergraduate Medical School opened in September 2002. We train all levels of trainees including neonatal grid posts.
We are part of the Child Health Directorate, which is one of the largest in the country, with many paediatric sub-specialties receiving tertiary care referrals, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Community Paediatrics.
University Hospitals of North Midlands has two sites: Royal Stoke University Hospital, located in Stoke-on-Trent, and County Hospital, located in Stafford. The Staffordshire Children’s Hospital is based at the Royal Stoke site, all inpatient services for children are there. Outpatient clinics run at both sites. The Trust provides specialised services for three million people in a wider area, including neighbouring counties and North Wales, including PICU, Level 3 NICU, paediatric gastroenterology, specialist paediatric orthopaedic surgery, paediatric spinal surgery and paediatric respiratory medicine. The Trust offers specialist cardiology, neurosurgery, renal, trauma and spinal services for adults. The Trust offers a high level of diagnostic services including modern MRI scanners, a purpose-built endoscopy suite for adults and children, and specialist laboratory services. The Trust has some of the most modern operating theatres in Europe.
Flexible working requests will be considered.
For further details / informal visits contact:
1. Name: Dr Asha Shenvi
Job title: Consultant Neonatologist
Email address: asha.shenvi@uhnm.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01782 672404
2. Name: Dr. Julia Uffindell
Email: Julia.uffindell@uhnm.nhs.uk
Phone: 01782 672404
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