Job summary
We have an exciting opportunities for a Junior Clinical Fellows to join our a Neonatal team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from September 2024 to March 2025 to fill a HEE gap in our Neonatal department.
Please be advised our out of training doctors are paid on the 2002 agreement not the 2016 contract.
Owing to the short turnaround and natureof the gap we can only consider candidate who have existing right to work in the UK, we will not be sponsoring for this post.
Who are we?
We are a busy neonatal unit and one of the two lead perinatal centres in the N.W London Perinatal Network and also the designated neonatal surgical referral unit for the sector.
Our critical care project is a state-of-the-art expansion and redevelopment of our adult and neonatal intensive care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. We have been working with our charity CW+ and a range of partners to design world-class intensive care units with optimal healing environments for patients and their families.
It will allow us to treat more critically babies every year, in world-class facilities which will benefit patients and their families. This is one of our biggest redevelopments to date and it will significantly increase the future capacity in these areas, allowing for the treatment of more patients every year in state-of-the-art facilities.
Main duties of the job
We offer comprehensive neonatal training with emphasis on surgical neonates, multidisciplinary gastro-nutrition care and neuro-developmental outcomes of high risk babies. Our unit has a busy high - risk obstetric service, we deliver and stabilise cardiac babies prior to transfer to the Royal Brompton Hospital and have 24 hour all - level paediatric surgical and Anaesthetics cover for the unit.
Please note that this post is only applicable to fully GMC registered doctors. We may also close this advert before the end date if we receive a significant number of applications.
About us
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £30 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Operational management of NICU under direct supervision of consultant neonatologists
- Daily consultant ward rounds and a weekly nutrition ward round with paediatric gastroenterologists
- Lead ward round and clinical decision making once a week on the registrar led ward round
- Overseeing documentation and progress of discharge summaries
- Support of SHOs in the assessment and management of acutely ill and postnatal ward neonates.
- Attendance at the weekly grand round with neonatal and paediatric surgical consultants
- Weekly liaison meeting with NICU staff and social services
- Weekly perinatal grand round with all obstetricians and neonatologists
- Liaison with neonatal surgical team and anaesthetists, paediatric cardiology and respiratory teams
- Involvement in neonatal medical and neurodevelopmental follow-up clinics
- Participate in neonatal transport (when not performed by NTS)
- Provide high quality care to patients:
- Maintain GMC registration and hold a licence to practice
- Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties of the post
- Ensure families are involved in decisions about care and respond to their views
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- MBBS or Equivalent
- Full GMC registration
- Certified New-born Life Support Provider
- Safeguarding Training
Desirable
- Higher Degree in Paediatrics/ Teaching/ Research
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support Provider
- Life Support courses Trainer
- Good Clinical Practice certified
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience in a tertiary neonatal unit
- Previous experience in a neonatal/ paediatric surgical unit
- Previous experience in a paediatric intensive care unit / cardiology
- Evidence of teaching experience
- Previous Research Experience
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Competent in resuscitating and stabilising neonates
Desirable
- Intubating and Managing Ventilated Neonates
- Experience in managing pre and post -surgical aspects of neonatal care
- Competent in neonatal procedures like umbilical catheterisation
- Ability to perform Cranial ultrasound scans
- Design and manage clinical audit projects
- Supervise junior trainees and involve in informal and formal teaching
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH