# Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonates > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-neonates/b512f0b5-3b41-415e-b078-18f4781f9dfb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-neonates/b512f0b5-3b41-415e-b078-18f4781f9dfb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board - **Location:** Singleton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Paediatrics - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £46,324 - £71,814 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 40 hours per week (Full shift Basic contract 40 hours plus additional hours for on call rota (Average 48 hours per week)) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-09T08:21:45.822Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Swansea/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Senior_Clinical_Fellow_Neonatal_medicine/Senior_Clinical_Fellow_Neonatal_medicine-v8150044 - **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB The Neonatal unit at Singleton is looking to recruit a Senior Clinical Fellow for a fixed term period of 6 months to commence as soon as possible. The unit is the regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for SW Wales, an area with a birth rate of around 10,000 pa and is a busy level 3 unit. There are 6 fully funded intensive care cots, 8 high dependency cots and 10 special care cots although the unit often works well over its funded capacity and there are plans for further expansion. A dedicated transitional care unit allows as to provide a higher level of care for some babies without separating them from their mother. The unit provides the full range of medical neonatal care from 22 weeks' gestation and above including novel modes of ventilation, HFOV, nitric oxide. We look after 80-100 babies born \< 1500 grams a year. Facilities for cerebral function monitoring and therapeutic total body cooling when required, one of the few NICUs in the UK to have the predictive heart rate characteristics monitoring to detect early illness (HeRO). The unit contributes one week in every three to the Welsh Neonatal Transport Service (CHANTS). ### Main duties of the job This post would allow training in either echocardiography or enhanced neurodevelopmental assessment depending on the preference of the applicant. The post allocated dedicated time for supporting professional activities. These will be distributed as follows: The departmental weekly teaching program (Thursday afternoon) The Tuesday 'grand round' The remainder to be delivered flexibly with in the week to allow training and attendance in outpatient clinic activity related to neurodevelopment or echocardiography. It is highly desirable that candidates have previous experience of working in the NHS with knowledge of NHS working practices and systems or equivalent. It would be useful, though not mandatory, to have previous paediatric or neonatal experience. Critical care cot provision is expected to increase following service reconfiguration within the Health Board. We have recently opened a state of the art new transitional care facility and special care area adjacent to the refurbished postnatal ward. The unit is the lead level 3 unit for the SW Wales and functions as part of the Wales Neonatal Network. The unit supports an area with a birth rate of around 10000 deliveries and attracts high risk infants requiring critical care from the local population and elsewhere in the network. During 2024, Singleton Hospital NICU provided 1,567 Intensive Care (ITU) days (or care episodes) and 2,532 Special Care days (or care episodes). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh. ### 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. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team - At least 6 months full time neonatology on a level 3 unit at level one training - commitment to team approach and multidisciplinary working - Up to date with current practices in neonatal medicine - Working as part of the management team - Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff - Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit - Knowledge of research techniques and governance **Desirable** - Liaison with other agencies - Previous experience of working in the NHS/experience of NHS working practices and systems or equivalent. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC/GDC Registration - MB BS or recognised equivalent - 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent), at least 2 of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty Or as fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty OR equivalent experience / competencies - Evidence of C.P.D. - Newborn life support course within the last three years (or commitment to achieve this within three months of taking up post) - Level 2 safeguarding children training (or equivalent). Or commitment to achieve this within three months of taking up post **Desirable** - Further relevant degree/diploma/teaching qualification ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance - Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate - Ability to manage own time and work load - Experience of the assessment of emergencies - Able to work as a member of a team or on own - Good verbal and written communication skills - Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate sensitively with patients, relatives and staff - Understanding of information systems and technology - Clinical Skills consistent with second on call experience in neonatal care ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Flexible and adaptable to competing demands - Ability to travel between sites when required - Commitment to modern practices - Self motivation and initiative - Satisfactory immigration status - Satisfactory health clearance - Satisfactory police clearance ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372) - [why work at sbuhb (pdf, 278.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1162) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849) - [home office - euss important information (pdf, 269.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1734) - [occupational health functional requirements form (pdf, 800.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450424) - [senior clinical fellow in neonatology and neonatal neurodevelopment (pdf, 936.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450297) - [senior clinical fellow in neonatology and neonatal neurodevelopment (pdf, 952.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450384) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.