Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care
The closing date is 01 July 2026
We are currently looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive Care. The appointment is available from September 2026 for a fixed term period of 12 months. The posts do not award a National Training Number. As these posts are not recognised as “training posts”, full registration with the GMC with a license to practise is required. If the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK, sponsorship will be required.
Duties of this post are equivalent to ST5–ST8 level. A minimum of four‑year postgraduate experience in Paediatrics/Neonatology and full MRPCH or equivalent is essential.
Main duties of the job
Commitments include:
- Shared responsibility for the day‑to‑day management of the Intensive Care, High Dependency and Special Care areas of the Neonatal Unit, supervising the Tier 1 resident doctors.
- Responsibility for the management of babies on the postnatal wards in the Hospital.
- Responsibility for attending high‑risk or abnormal deliveries in the Labour Ward or Operating Theatres; deliveries that require admission to the Intensive Care Unit are usually managed by the Intensive Care Team.
- Teaching; small but variable responsibility for teaching medical students.
Please refer to the Job Description for further details of main duties and responsibilities.
Qualifications
- Medical Degree from a recognised university or institution.
- Minimum of 4 years postgraduate experience in Paediatrics/Neonatology.
- Full MRPCH or equivalent.
- Full GMC registration with a license to practise at the time of application.
- Minimum 12 months’ experience in UK tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care with relevant skills.
- Advanced airway skills.
- Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships and other degrees.
- Clinical experience in more than one tertiary neonatal unit.
- Experience of working with electronic patient record systems.
- More than 2 years of tertiary neonatal unit experience with relevant skills.
Management and Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate an understanding of management and clinical governance issues.
Audit / Research
- Understanding of the issues of clinical effectiveness and audit.
- Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where appropriate.
- Documented completed audits.
Teaching
- Willingness and ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…