Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician

Job overview

The Trust is seeking to appoint 2 Consultant Neonatal Paediatricians or Neonatologists. One post is to replace an existing gap in the consultant team. The second is a new post to expand our existing team to 8 consultants. This expansion will enable our team to undertake consultant led transitional care ward rounds, enhance neonatal liaison with paediatric service, improve quality and education within our department and fully embed RCPCH 7 day consultant working at weekends safely. The full consultant team will consist of 8 Neonatologists/ Neonatal Paediatricians.  The posts attract 10 Pas, part time applicants and job share applications will be welcomed. Additional interests in echocardiography, neonatal neurology, neonatal respiratory medicine or education would be particularly welcome. Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients. •    To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team. •    To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners. •    To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways. •    Consultant of the Week for the Neonatal unit – 1 in 8.  •    Neonatal and infant follow-up clinics. •    Speciality Clinics. •    Away weeks at NICUs to enhance collaborative work within the network and maintain advanced airway skills. •    1 in 8 Transitional Care and clinical review week.  •    Neonatal consultant on-calls – 1 in 8. Weekday Resident (17:00-19:30) and then non-resident (19:30-08:30).  •    Neonatal Weekend on-calls 1 in 4.  o    However, weekends are split, either -Saturday or Sunday onc-all only.  Resident 10.00 – 16.00.  o    Non -resident outside these hours.  o    Weekend on-calls are split to increase 7 day working standard for consultant care, improve patient safety and comply with consultant rest during and post on-calls.  •    Develop speciality interests and lead role specific to department requirements and individual expertise.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Directors and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 1 month of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as: •    7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work. •    2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research. The allocation of PAs is reviewed annually and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.