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Job requirements
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Essential
28 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to fulfil all of the duties of the post including out-of-hours commitment
- Other
Satisfactory enhanced DBS and required immigration status
- Academic
Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal
- Academic
Participation in clinical research with completion of Good Clinical Practice training
- Academic
Involvement in audit and quality improvement
- Academic
Experience of teaching and training postgraduates and junior medical staff.
- Personal Skills
Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Personal Skills
Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Personal Skills
Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Personal Skills
Ability to work as part of a team
- Management and IT
Track record of clinical governance and risk management
- Management and IT
Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Management and IT
Knowledge of finance and budgets. Current financial arrangements of NHS delivered service
- Management and IT
Strong IT skills
- Management and IT
Experience with electronic patient records
- Clinical Experience
Experience in complex and tertiary neonatal care at senior registrar or consultant level.
- Clinical Experience
Experience with neonatal care for babies with subspecialist conditions.
- Clinical Experience
High level of clinical skills and knowledge appropriate for busy tertiary neonatal care.
- Clinical Experience
Valid NLS
- Clinical Experience
Valid level 3 Safeguarding Training
- Clinical Experience
Valid BLS training
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to coordinate complex clinical care within multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge and Skills
Good communication skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to manage time effectively
- Knowledge and Skills
Meet the requirements of the GMCs ‘Good Medical Practice’
- Professional Qualifications
MRCPCH by examination or equivalent
- Professional Qualifications
Full GMC Registration
- Professional Qualifications
On GMC Specialist Register for Neonatal Medicine or within six months of attaining CCT in Neonatal Medicine.
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Academic
Track record of research and publications
- Academic
Experience in multidisciplinary education, including simulation.
- Academic
Educational supervision training
- Personal Skills
Able to relate needs of neonatal service to wider team members
- Management and IT
Able to demonstrate experience in leading a large clinical team, with multiple competing demands
- Management and IT
Understanding of current financial constraints.
- Management and IT
Recognition of importance of financial accountability for the service
- Clinical Experience
Previous consultant or locum consultant experience in tertiary neonatal unit
- Clinical Experience
Experience with neonatal surgical and cardiac management.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of job planning and appraisal
- Professional Qualifications
Higher degree eg MSc, MD, PhD in paediatrics
Job overview
Our consultant team expanded in autumn 2023 with funding from London Operational Delivery Network to expand our team and ensure tier 3 compliance with BAPM recommendations. With adjustments to work undertaken by team members taking on external roles and research grants, we are in the position of needing to appoint a locum to ensure we continue this compliance.
The post is 7 PA, with 6 direct clinical care and 1 supporting professional activities.
The incumbent will contribute to out of hours work. The work pattern reflects the intensity of out of hours work with the expectation of remaining on site with accommodation provided.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first-class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
Main duties of the job
There is a close working relationship with Paediatric subspecialties including the departments of Fetal and Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Paediatric General Surgery, Paediatric Anaesthesia, Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Nephrology & Urology, Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Airway & ENT, Plastic Surgery (including the Regional Cleft Lip & Palate Service), Orthopaedic Surgery and Genetics.
The clinical PAs will be providing clinical care on the Evelina London Neonatal Unit. It will involve providing clinical leadership, hands on care and training in neonatal intensive (IC), high dependency (HD) and special care (SC) on the tertiary neonatal unit of ELCH. There will also be commitments to antenatal consultations for women expecting babies with neonatal problems, oversight of care Transitional Care and on the Postnatal Ward and neonatal outpatient follow-up commitments. The service weeks entail blocks on either IC, HD or SC areas, with additional clinical commitments in the job plan for some non-attending weeks.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached job description for a detailed outline of this role's main responsibilities.
General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to Dr Karen Turnock or Dr Hammad Khan, Joints Head of Service for Neonatology. Email k.turnock@nhs.net and hammad.khan@nhs.net.
Interviews will be held on 6th or 7th October. Final date TBC
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Neonatology with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Paediatrics role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 p.a (Pro rata). The contract type is Fixed term: 11 months (end date currently 31/08/27 with possibility of extension). The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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