Trust Doctor in Neonatal Medicine (ST4+ equivalent)

Trust Doctor in Neonatal Medicine (ST4+ equivalent)

The closing date is 26 September 2025

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join a well-integrated team. The post is suitable for trainees who intend to develop their paediatric, clinical, neonatal transport and R&D skills, and/or pursue a career as a specialist in Neonatal Medicine.

This post is available from September 2025/ASAP for 12 months.

Successful applicants will be involved in the clinical care of a wide variety of infants as part of a tertiary surgical neonatal unit covering the North East of England, as well as delivering acute neonatal transport by working as part of the Northern Neonatal Transport Service. The unit provides neonatal care to approximately 6,000 deliveries per annum and around 3,000 intensive care days, and houses the fetal medicine service for the region. We are also the regional neonatal surgical unit. After integration into the NICU registrar team, the appointee will provide middle grade clinical cover for the Northern Neonatal Transport Service and deliver acute neonatal uplift within the northern neonatal network. For trainees with little prior experience in neonatal transport, an induction programme will be organised to allow gradually increasing independence in transport.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

The broad exposure to neonatal medical and surgical conditions, together with the size of the service and the high level of educational input, provides an excellent environment for education and training for SHOs, SpRs and those at HST level.

We are a flexible working organisation and will consider flexible arrangements where possible to suit service needs and individual circumstances.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Claire Granger, Consultant Neonatal Medicine on , or at

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We are proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic disorders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patient contacts each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefits of providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and in particular those from under-represented groups.

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

• Working at middle grade level providing medical cover to the neonatal transport service
• Undertaking neonatal transports of sick infants between neonatal and paediatric wards and intensive care units

Research:

• Contribution to research studies active on the unit including those on NIHR portfolio
• Where appropriate, registrars will be encouraged to develop research studies that further the aims and objectives of the unit and trust

Managerial/administrative:

• Contribution to Directorate audit programme and quality improvement initiatives

Teaching:

• Helping teach medical students attached to the unit
• Contributing to teaching junior medical and nursing colleagues
• Attendance and support for daily teaching programme on Ward 35

Person Specification Education and Qualifications

• Must hold full GMC registration with a licence to practise at time of application
• MBBS or equivalent
• Full MRCPCH or equivalent
• Current NLS or equivalent
• Satisfactory completion of ST1-2 training or equivalent
• Evidence of smooth progression through training programmes
• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes, BSc (or equivalent)

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

• Minimum 6 months experience working at middle grade level in a tertiary level NICU (or equivalent)
• Evidence of competence in neonatal procedures
• Experience in neonatal transfers

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in teaching undergraduate medical students and junior doctors/nurses
• Contribution to departmental training sessions

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

• Experience of audit projects
• Organised or contributed to an audit project that has resulted in change, and completed the audit cycle

Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
• Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
• Ability to lead
• Good member of multi-disciplinary team

Personal Attributes

• Alignment with the Trust's Values
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• A commitment to personal / unit CPD
• Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
• Evidence of leadership skills
• IT literate

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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £65,048 to £73,992 per annum