Locum Consultant in Neonatal Medicine and Neonatal Transport

Job summary

This post is based at Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH) which is part of the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM). This post is for a Consultant Neonatologist to complete a team of 9 consultants to deliver neonatal care in the tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and in the Maternity Unit.

This is an exciting post and an opportunity to join a highly regarded team within an expanding neonatal intensive care service. The post holder will be required to provide the full range of neonatology skills working in collaboration with consultants and multidisciplinary teams in both the Obstetric and Child Health Directorates.

KIDS-NTS is the regional transport and advice service for neonates and critically ill children in the West Midlands. In July 2016, KIDS team merged with the West Midlands Neonatal Transport Service (NTS) to provide a single standalone transport service for neonates and children. NTS undertakes approximately 1200 transfers/ year, moving neonates between the 4 NICUs, 5 LNUs and 2 SCUs and 2 regional specialist hospitals (Birmingham Children's and Alder Hey). The successful appointee has responsibility for neonatal transfers between neonatal units and specialist hospitals. There is a 24/7 available ITU team (1 day; 1 night) and a single person team each day.

Main duties of the job

Responsibility for day-to-day management of the NICU and all associated work will be shared by the neonatal consultants. Consultant cover is required on a 24-hour 7 day week basis. This post will take an equal share of consultant of the week. This would be 1:9 for out of hours cover and on call.

The consultant of the week (1) is the consultant covering the intensive care room on the neonatal unit. They are available to supervise medical care on the intensive care room, liaise with nursing staff and to act as a contact with obstetric staff from 8.45am - 16:45pm each weekday. All consultants contribute to the 1:9 on call rota (Resident 16:45-21:30) and On-call 21:30-09:15am - 7 days per week.

SPECIFIC KEY RESPONSIBILITIES KIDSNTS (BWC)

The appointee will join the dedicated NTS team to provide high quality service delivery, maintain standards and protocols, to provide teaching and perform audit. KIDSNTS sits within the directorate of Urgent and Critical Care at BWC. Clinical role Coordination of the transport service and decision support for referrals is provided by the NTS consultants using modern conference call facilities. The rota is a 1:6 FTE using NTS consultants with support from extracontractual NIC consultants on a sessional basis. In this post the holder will undertake approx. 27 clinical days per year. When on clinical service, the NTS consultant will be based on the Birmingham site during the day.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Maternity Centre

Newcastle Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Maternity Centre

Newcastle Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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