East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatology

The closing date is 28 August 2025

Job summary

We invite applications for a Senior Clinical Fellow post at the Lancashire Women's and Newborns level 3 Neonatal Unit (Burnley General Hospital). We are looking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Fellow. This post offers a fantastic opportunity for doctors training in paediatrics/neonatology to gain a broad based experience in neonatal critical care at a Level 3 neonatal unit.

This post is 1 WTE for 12 months in the firstinstanceto commence in August/September.

The successful applicant will join our fantastic team of Consultants, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Fellows, Deanery Trainees and Allied Health Professionals.

Main duties of the job

Duties will be in the neonatal department on the Tier 2 rota.

There will be a mixture of long day/night shifts and shorter day shifts. Duties will be divided between Intensive/High Dependency Care, Special and Transitional Care and the care of infants on the post-natal wards.

Duties will be shared with resident trainees [ST3-8] and Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and supervision and education will be provided by Consultants.

The selected candidate will work as part of the Tier Two rota within NICU and will be responsible for clinical care of patients, the recording of notes (including Badger), communication with parents and colleagues and all other responsibilities of a resident doctor in the department.

About us

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of 550,000 in the Pennine Lancashire area. Services are provided from our two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital and from our community rehabilitation wards at Pendle Community Hospital, Accrington Victoria Hospital and Clitheroe Community Hospi

We treat almost 700,000 patients every year in our hospitals and community settings, using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. We provide a full range of acute hospital and adult community services and we are a specialist centre for hepatobiliary, head and neck and urological cancer services, robotic assisted surgery, specialist cardiology services and we are also a network provider of Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care. We are a nationally accredited Centre for Endometriosis and Uro-Gynaecology Surgery.

Our Blackburn site is the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire

Burnley General Teaching Hospital is the site for the East Lancashire Women's and Newborn Centre and is the largest in-patient consultant led obstetric unit in the North West. There is also a midwife-led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn.

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-MQ88-25

Job locations

Burnley General Hospital

burnley

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Job description

Job responsibilities

- Attending to neonates admitted to the Neonates Unit.- Conducting ward rounds.- Assisting and supervising the Tier 1 (ST1-2/FY2) doctors in managing cases, attending or admitted to the NICU.- Tier 2 on call duties out of hours for neonatal emergencies and continuation of care of patients on the NICU.- Attending deliveries of extremely premature neonates, high risk deliveries and their immediate and after care management on the NICU.- Communication with parents.- Supervised outpatient clinical duties.- Cover for unexpected short term sickness of colleague.

Job description

Job responsibilities

- Attending to neonates admitted to the Neonates Unit.- Conducting ward rounds.- Assisting and supervising the Tier 1 (ST1-2/FY2) doctors in managing cases, attending or admitted to the NICU.- Tier 2 on call duties out of hours for neonatal emergencies and continuation of care of patients on the NICU.- Attending deliveries of extremely premature neonates, high risk deliveries and their immediate and after care management on the NICU.- Communication with parents.- Supervised outpatient clinical duties.- Cover for unexpected short term sickness of colleague.

Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • oFull GMC registration

Desirable

  • MRCPCH-Part 1

Essential

Essential

  • oSatisfactory completion of previous training with experience of at least 6 months working in Level 3 Neonatal unit
  • oManagement of wide range of conditions in neonatal medicine
  • oCompetent and confident in practical skills in form of Neonatal intubations, insertion of Neonatal umbilical lines and long lines.
  • oNLS provider certificate
  • oTeaching undergraduate and postgraduate doctors
  • oUnderstanding of and experience of performing audits
  • oFamiliarity with evidence based practice.
  • oExperience of enrolling patients into research projects
  • oAbility to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues and staff in all disciplines.
  • oAbility to supervise and support junior staff
  • oAwareness of own limitations, ability to seek help when needed
  • oAbility to work in a team with professional colleagues both medical and from other disciplines
  • oAble to travel to meet the requirements of the post
  • oHepatitis B Immunisation course completed

Desirable

  • oPrevious middle grade experience
  • oSix months or more experience of working in Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit in middle grade capacity
  • NLS instructor
  • Teaching certificate
  • Successful audit cycle completion and or presentation at regional meetings
  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certified
Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • oFull GMC registration

Desirable

  • MRCPCH-Part 1

Essential

Essential

  • oSatisfactory completion of previous training with experience of at least 6 months working in Level 3 Neonatal unit
  • oManagement of wide range of conditions in neonatal medicine
  • oCompetent and confident in practical skills in form of Neonatal intubations, insertion of Neonatal umbilical lines and long lines.
  • oNLS provider certificate
  • oTeaching undergraduate and postgraduate doctors
  • oUnderstanding of and experience of performing audits
  • oFamiliarity with evidence based practice.
  • oExperience of enrolling patients into research projects
  • oAbility to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their parents and other relatives and with colleagues and staff in all disciplines.
  • oAbility to supervise and support junior staff
  • oAwareness of own limitations, ability to seek help when needed
  • oAbility to work in a team with professional colleagues both medical and from other disciplines
  • oAble to travel to meet the requirements of the post
  • oHepatitis B Immunisation course completed

Desirable

  • oPrevious middle grade experience
  • oSix months or more experience of working in Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit in middle grade capacity
  • NLS instructor
  • Teaching certificate
  • Successful audit cycle completion and or presentation at regional meetings
  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certified

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

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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 Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Burnley General Hospital

burnley

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Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Burnley General Hospital

burnley

BB10 2PQ


Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Rajasri Seethamraju

01282803196

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-MQ88-25

Job locations

Burnley General Hospital

burnley

BB10 2PQ


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