Consultant Neonatologist

Job overview

The appointment will be whole time. Any Consultant who is unable for personal reasons, to work whole time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with Consultant colleagues.

Your normal place of work will be as discussed at interview and will be confirmed in Section 1 of your contract but you may be required to work in other locations of the Trust. In particular, flexibility is required across the two main Hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital).

Main duties of the job

The job plan will be subject to annual review, with any revisions sought by mutual agreement but it is expected that the successful candidate will work with the CMG Management team to ensure that services are delivered efficiently and reflect best practice with processes and governance to match – this may require new and flexible ways of working in the future.

This post consists of a core job plan with 10 PA post including 1.5 SPA. The job plan consists of different types of weeks:

• Service weeks covering the Intensive Care Unit at the Leicester Royal Infirmary
• Service weeks covering the Low Dependency Units at both the Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Leicester General Hospital
• Non Service Weeks
• Transport Weeks
• On call nights with compensatory time off

It is expected that most Consultants within the Trust will have 2.5 PA’s for Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). 1.5 PA’s are allocated as a minimum to all consultants for SPA in order to support the requirements of revalidation which include activities such as participating in audit, CPD and mandatory training. Up to a further 1 PA will be available for SPA by mutual agreement as part of the job planning process for further appropriate verifiable SPA. Where a consultant decides not to undertake additional SPA over and above 1.5 PA’s, suitable alternative clinical work will be offered to bring the job plan up to 10 PA’s.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department;
• Cover for colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absences;
• To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCG’s;
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally;
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD – CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings in mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust;
• In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area or work.
• The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers – this might include investigations of incidents or complaints.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be names in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
• The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend/keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.
• Work effectively with Obstetrics, Fetal Medicine and Paediatric colleagues.
• Work alongside the CMG Quality and Safety Team to ensure identification and reduction of risks, incidents and complaints to ensure learning takes place and the overall improvement of patient safety.
• Actively ensure the appropriate safeguarding of patients

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.