Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Neonatology

This 12-month post is based at the tertiary-level NICU, in the Oxford Road campus of Newborn Services, St Mary's Hospital. St. Mary's is the tertiary referral centre for high-risk Obstetric and Neonatal care with over 10000 deliveries per year, taking referrals from all across the NW. Our busy NICU has 69 cots and receives over 1000 admissions annually, with a mix of complex surgical, preterm and specialist medical babies needing multi-disciplinary input.

This post has been found to be particularly suitable to trainees, fellows and post-CCT candidates keen to pursue a career in tertiary Neonatal Medicine or those with a special interest in Neonatology. The post provides unmatched experience and skills necessary for consolidating confidence and supporting evidence for CESR applications (for overseas candidates). As we are co-located with Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, there may be opportunity to focus on and enhance experience in desired subspeciality domains.

The post promises excellent training in Neonatology with first-class facilities and IT, research experience, opportunities to develop skills in management in governance, a friendly atmosphere and close working arrangements with highly trained neonatal nurses, allied health professionals and many other specialists.

It is essential that applicants have a minimum of six months' previous experience in tertiary Neonates in the UK or Ireland. Full MRCPCH or equivalent level is highly desirable.

Main duties of the job

To provide a clinical service in Neonatal Medicine and Surgery, to provide cover for labour ward and the postnatal wards, and to work closely with the Consultants, other middle-grade and junior-grade doctors, nurse practitioners and nursing staff. To be actively involved in the NICU Education programme, and to support doctors and nurse practitioners in training.

Key Duties and Responsibilities in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit:

• Training and experience in the resuscitation and management of sick, extremely preterm, specialist medical and surgical infants on the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, working within the multidisciplinary team
• Management of infants requiring intensive care, high dependency and special care
• Experience of Neonatal outpatient follow up
• Attendance at deliveries and in Postnatal Wards as necessary
• Involvement in MDT antenatal counselling and planning meetings
• Involvement in training and education for the blended team of junior doctors, nurse practitioners, physician associates and nursing staff
• Participation in risk management processes, involvement in guideline production, research and audit

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Medical Degree
• To have achieved minimum competencies expected of ST3 or equivalent in paediatrics
• 6 months UK experience in tertiary neonatology
• 12 months experience in Paediatrics

Desirable

• MRCPCH or equivalent

Audit
Essential

• Experience of Audit

Academic Achievements
Desirable

• Distinctions or prizes during undergraduate training
• Research & publications

Interpersonal skills
Essential

• Organisation Skills
• Communication Skills
• Team working Skills

Other requirement (registration)
Essential

• Full registration (or eligible for full registration) with the General Medical Council and License to Practice

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