Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The successful candidate will be in a newly developed post primarily provided to further expand the ability of the service to provide sustainable & equitable consultant leadership across the week. They will work in the same pattern as, and make a significant contribution to, a well-integrated team providing quaternary neonatal care. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop areas of expertise. They will be joining the team at an exciting time where we be embarking on a significant refurbishment of the neonatal intensive care area.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated neonatologist to help deliver consultant led care within the neonatal service, based at the RVI in Newcastle. This is a newly developed substantive post which will help the service meet the 24/7 demands of our patient population and also help support the recent expansion of the neonatal service.
This is a busy quaternary neonatal service. It is part of the Northern Region managed clinical network with a population base of 32,000 deliveries annually.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Richard Hearn on 0191 2825034, or via email at rhearn@nhs.net
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
Provide consultant-led care shared with colleagues within the Newcastle Neonatal Service for the clinical areas on Ward 35, the postnatal wards and the Newcastle Birthing Centre at the RVI
Participate in the neonatal consultant on-call rota for nights and weekends (1 in 11 (Once fully recruited)
Provide advice for and coordinate and where necessary deliver transfers arising from neonatal referrals to Northern Neonatal Transport Service (NNeTS)
Provide advice for neonatal issues arising in infants in other areas of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Participate in neonatal follow up
To undertake clinical duties in such a way that meets with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives
Undergo Continued Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 42-week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays
It is a condition of employment that so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:
be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control
attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control
include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development
take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues
Administrative:
Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, including risk management, audit projects, the formulation of guidelines and full involvement with risk management meetings and processes
Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy
Contribute to the general organisation and running of the Neonatal services within the Trust, working in collaboration with other colleagues
Research:
The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio
Teaching:
Make an active contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate education and training and work with the team to facilitate new teaching methods and ideas
Work with the educational leads in undergraduate and postgraduate education to ensure that the programme of teaching is provided in a timely manner and to the required standard
Participate actively in student teaching on a regular basis
Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the dept with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as clinical or educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor
Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the directorate
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
Provide consultant-led care shared with colleagues within the Newcastle Neonatal Service for the clinical areas on Ward 35, the postnatal wards and the Newcastle Birthing Centre at the RVI
Participate in the neonatal consultant on-call rota for nights and weekends (1 in 11 (Once fully recruited)
Provide advice for and coordinate and where necessary deliver transfers arising from neonatal referrals to Northern Neonatal Transport Service (NNeTS)
Provide advice for neonatal issues arising in infants in other areas of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Participate in neonatal follow up
To undertake clinical duties in such a way that meets with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives
Undergo Continued Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that objectives within job plan reviews will be based on Trust objectives such as fulfilment of fixed contractual commitments on the basis of a 42-week working year with due allowance for statutory holidays
It is a condition of employment that so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:
be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control
attend Trust Induction Programme(s) and statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control
include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development
take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues
Administrative:
Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, including risk management, audit projects, the formulation of guidelines and full involvement with risk management meetings and processes
Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy
Contribute to the general organisation and running of the Neonatal services within the Trust, working in collaboration with other colleagues
Research:
The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio
Teaching:
Make an active contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate education and training and work with the team to facilitate new teaching methods and ideas
Work with the educational leads in undergraduate and postgraduate education to ensure that the programme of teaching is provided in a timely manner and to the required standard
Participate actively in student teaching on a regular basis
Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the dept with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as clinical or educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor
Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the directorate
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- Grid training or equivalence in subspecialty of Neonatal Medicine.
Desirable
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a quaternary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Desirable
- Higher degree.
- Publications in the last three years as first author
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's values.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- Grid training or equivalence in subspecialty of Neonatal Medicine.
Desirable
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a quaternary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Desirable
- Higher degree.
- Publications in the last three years as first author
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's values.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
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.
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.
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).
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