Job summary
We are looking for a dynamic paediatrician/neonatologist to join our friendly and dynamic team at Whittington Hospital Local Neonatal Unit.
The Whittington is a major provider of secondary care to the local boroughs of Islington and West Haringey and is one of the three main teaching campuses of the Royal Free and University College Medical School.
Our Local Neonatal unit is part of the North East Central London Perinatal Network and shares good links with the local Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University College London Hospital. We are seeking to expand our services to accommodate an increasing number of deliveries on the maternity unit (currently 3000 deliveries pa).
We offer you the opportunity to work in a friendly and cohesive department providing high-quality services. There is a strong focus on multidisciplinary teaching, and we have a consistently excellent training reputation.
We welcome enquiries from applicants on the specialist register and from trainees who are within six months of CCT and General Paediatric CCT holders with appropriate neonatal experience.
Interview date: 2nd August 2024.
Main duties of the job
Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the post
This is a full-time neonatal consultant post. The post is set at 10 PAs. The post only provides acute neonatal cover, there is a separate general paediatric service on site at tier 1-3 levels.
The timetable will change from time to time in consultation with all consultants, dependent upon the changing needs of the Trust and subject to formal annual job plan review. It is anticipated that there will be a change in terms of attending responsibilities with the potential expansion in consultant establishment. This will also be linked to regular performance review and appraisal cycle with view to identifying continuing professional development needs.
ON CALL DUTIES
The post holder is required to be on call out of hours for the neonatal service (can be covered from home with availability on site in case of an emergency within 30 minutes). It is possible to arrange night accommodation if this requirement cannot be met.
Saturday and Sunday on-call is on-site from 09:00-15:00, during which time it is expected that the on-call consultant will do a full ward round each day. It is usual for the on-call weekend to follow on directly from an attending week.
CLINICAL DUTIES
Attending system: 2 weeks in 8
The new postholder will have NICU and SCBU attending consultant duties. The NICU attending consultant is responsible for the clinical management of all admissions and in-patients on the NICU, supervising junior doctors, conducting daily ward rounds and handovers, bedside teaching of all trainees on NICU and regular parent communication. Ideally this consultant should have no other commitments at this time and is responsible for ensuring consultant cover if an unavoidable commitment arises.
The SCBU attending consultant covers SCBU, labour ward and the postnatal wards and is available for ad hoc antenatal counselling on the fetal medicine unit.
Changes in the non-attending weeks timetable can be negotiated by the successful applicants other than in attending weeks. It is not possible to take annual leave during an attending week.
During non-attending weeks, time will be devoted to out-patient clinics and supporting activities. Out-patient clinics will include follow-up of infants discharged from the neonatal unit or postnatal ward and telephone hip clinics. There is scope to develop a specialised neonatal follow up clinic.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details and a sample timetable.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPCH or equivalent
- GMC Specialist Registration (Paediatrics) or be within 6 months of obtaining their Certificate of completion of training in Paediatrics (CCT)
Desirable
- Higher degree (MSc/PhD/MD)
- Neonatal CCT
- NLS Instructor
Professional Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive general paediatric and neonatal knowledge
- Minimum 2 years Neonatology at SpR/Middle grade level, including at least 18 months in a Neonatal Unit accredited for training by the Neonatal CSAC.
- Training and competency in neonatal ventilation and cranial ultrasound.
Desirable
- Ability and experience to perform additional neonatal ultrasound such as echocardiography
- Broad experience of working within the NHS
- Formal training as simulation facilitator
Ability
Essential
- Excellent practical and technical skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team
- Demonstrates leadership and organisational skills
Desirable
- Outpatient experience
- Evidence of effective leadership and management skills
Education, Research, Publications
Essential
- Experience and interest in undergraduate teaching
- Skill and ability in formal and informal teaching for both under/ postgraduate students and nursing/midwifery staff
- Educational supervision accreditation
Desirable
- Higher teaching qualification
- Previous experience in trainee supervision
Audit
Essential
- Understanding of NHS systems and audit processes
- Evidence of service improvement projects and audits
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement and /or experience in risk processes such as Serious Incident reviews and patient safety systems
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
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Whittington Hospital
London
N19 5NF