Clinical Fellow ST4+ in Neonatology

Job overview

This 12‑month Clinical Fellow post offers doctors with an interest in Neonatology the chance to work across the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital Special Care Baby Unit. The successful applicant will join a supportive team of doctors and ANNPs and participate fully in the Tier 2 full‑shift rota, covering intensive care, high‑dependency and special care areas, including long days and night shifts.

The role is suited to ST4+ / middle‑grade doctors with neonatal experience who wish to develop their skills in a large teaching hospital. Post‑holders will be involved in inpatient care, paediatric follow‑up, departmental audit, governance, and regionally recognised research activity, with support to initiate or complete projects.

Applicants must demonstrate established neonatal skills, strong communication and teamwork, enthusiasm for teaching, and commitment to service development.

Main duties of the job

Training and educational objectives for this post:

Fellow posts do not have Royal College approval for training purposes but do have educational approval from the Deanery. The Fellows work in an identical pattern to the NTN trainees and participate fully in the training programme.

All trainees have a nominated clinical and educational supervisor and together devise an appropriate educational program. This includes attendance at all regular departmental meetings including Journal Club, Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality meetings and Grand Rounds.

Clinical responsibilities:

• To advance competence in the advanced management of medical and surgical problems in newborn infants of any gestation and to approach being ready to work in a more senior role.
• To develop skills in neonatal outpatient management
• To gain experience of counselling parents with anticipated perinatal medical problems under consultant supervision
• To refine advanced neonatal resuscitation skills
• To develop skills involved in safe Neonatal Transport
• To gain further experience in neonatal practical procedures

Teaching responsibilities:

• To develop teaching skills with the multidisciplinary neonatal team
• Delivering departmental teaching in the form of Case Presentations or Journal Club

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

At UHSussex were proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UKs largest acute Trusts, were a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

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Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Basic medical degree
• Full GMC registration with a license to practice
• MRCPCH
• Neonatal Life Support certification from the Resuscitation Council UK

Experience Essential

• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences form a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standard/Good Medical Practice
• Experience of working in NHS
• Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
• Evidence of participation in audit

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).