# Neonates Clinical Fellow ST3-5

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Oxford
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Paediatrics
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67,325 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 24 months (0)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (0)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15T08:21:48.776Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/OXFORD/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neonates/Neonates-v8053923
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8053923?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Grade                                                             : ST 3-5

Specialty                                                       : Neonatal Medicine

Reason for Vacancy                                              : Previous doctor leaving

Supervising Consultant                           : Amit Gupta

Average hours work per week               : 48

Work Pattern                                                           : Shift rota

GMC requirement                                       : Must be registered with the GMC or have a qualification which is registrable with the GMC.

Details of special conditions                  : 2 years

This is not an approved training post

### Main duties of the job

- a.    Aims and responsibilities:  The key responsibility is to provide clinical care to babies admitted under the care of the neonatal unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The Oxford neonatal unit is the only level III centre in the South Central North (formerly Thames Valley) Neonatal Network and admits the full range of medical and surgical neonatal patients.  Oxford is also an established regional centre for prenatal and feto-maternal medicine and neonatal surgery, including cardiac and neurosurgery. This is supervised post and the doctor would be allocated a clinical supervisor. The unit also provides experience in neonatal transport.   It would be the doctor’s duty to keep the clinical and educational portfolio upto date.

b.  Clinical: The shift rota has a total of 21w doctors on its rolls.. Study leave and holiday weeks are built into the rolling rota.  Doctors are required to be present at handover ward rounds and will be primarily responsible for the delivery of the scheduled programme of care for babies in their designated clinical areas. Details of the rota can be obtained by contacting Dr Vinod Oommen (\[email protected\])

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical: The shift rota has a total of 21w doctors on its rolls.. Study leave and holiday weeks are built into the rolling rota.  Doctors are required to be present at handover ward rounds and will be primarily responsible for the delivery of the scheduled programme of care for babies in their designated clinical areas. Details of the rota can be obtained by contacting Dr Vinod Oommen (\[email protected\])

- Tuesday 1 pm | Junior doctor teaching
- WEDNESDAY 1200 | SEPTIC SPOT (Infectious disease ward round)
- 1230 | NEONATAL X-RAY MEETING
- 1600 | PAEDIATRIC GRAND ROUND
- THURSDAY 1300 | NEONATAL GRAND ROUND
- FRIDAY 1300 | JOURNAL CLUB or CASE-BASED DISCUSSION (alternate weeks)

- a.    Facilities for study and training: There is a dedicated open plan office space with computers and printing facilities.  The hospital has a libarary with round the clock access and doctors are able to access online journals via the NHS portal. Teaching and training is supported by a comprehensive programme as listed in the next section. b.    Teaching, audit and research: The neonatal unit has a structured teaching a training programme.  Teaching opportunities are listed below

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## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- At least 6m experience on the middle grade rota at a level 3 neonatal unit in the UK. Neonatal competencies in line with experience

**Desirable**

- 1 year of Level 3 neonatal work experience in the UK

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Full GMC with licence to practice
- Medical graduate

**Desirable**

- MRCPCH or equivalent

### Personal Skills

**Essential**

- Personal Skills Communication skills, ability to organise time and completing projects undertaken

**Desirable**

- Personal Skills Evidence of leadership and initiative would be desirable

### Techincal Skills

**Essential**

- Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package
- Advanced keyboard skills

**Desirable**

- Proficiency in neonatal procedures such as intubation, central line placement and lumbar puncture

### Behavioural Skills

**Essential**

- Aligned to the Trust values.
- Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times.
- Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders.

**Desirable**

- Insightful and an attitude in line with the team working ethos of our neonatal unit

## Documents

- [person specification (pdf, 144.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10345847)
- [neonates clinical fellow st3-5 jd - amit june 26 (pdf, 288.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10345845)

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