Clinical Fellow STNeonatal Medicine

Applications are invited for a Fixed Term Clinical Fellow post (full time) in Neonatal Medicine (ST 1-3 level) to gain tertiary medical neonatal experience based at Southmead Hospital to start as soon as possible for a fixed term of 12 months .

Southmead (16 Intensive/high dependency cots) is a tertiary medical Neonatal Unit and joint lead centre for the South West Neonatal Network (SWNN). Approximately 5,500 babies are born here each year. The Neonatal Unit provides a full range of Medical Intensive Care accepting tertiary medical referrals from SWNN as well as providing a tertiary service in Neonatal Neurology for the South West of England.

There is a strong emphasis on teaching, research and evidence-based medicine.

This post is not recognised for training and does not have postgraduate deanery approval; however, the job is educationally sound.

If you are shortlisted we will contact you by email with details of your interview of which you will need to confirm your attendance. Please note active GMC registration is essential to be shortlisted, and UK experience is preferred.

Please note North Bristol NHS Trust will not pay interview expenses in connection with this post.

Late applications will not be accepted. Committed to equal opportunities, job share applications welcome.

The post holder will be required to work a full shift system whilst at this hospital. Full Registration with the GMC is essential. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.

For more information regarding the main duties of this job, please see the full job description and person specification attached.

North Bristol NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 8,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

Our trust Board is committed to creating a strong, vibrant organisation that is at the forefront of healthcare delivery in the West of England. Our acute services moved into the brand new, £430 million state of the art Brunel Building in May 2014 enabling us to work together to create the environment for exceptional healthcare. This 800 bed hospital at the Southmead site offers some patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and helping to control the spread of infections but most importantly of all, enabling each patient to be treated as a person.

At the heart of what we do is a caring and compassionate workforce. We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions, in an increasingly complex patient population. Our vision is to be the provider of choice for patients needing our specialist care. We want to deliver innovative services with excellent clinical outcomes in the most appropriate setting for our patients.

We are committed to maintaining a culture of openness, transparency and candour in all we do and especially in the way we communicate with our patients and their families

For more information regarding the main duties of this job, please see the full job description and person specification attached.

• MB BS (or equivalent)
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC, with a licence to practice.

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Completed pre-registration year (or equivalent outside the UK).
• Competent in history taking and examination skills.

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
• Experience in audit project and written up
• Evidence of understanding and application of knowledge of specialty.

• Proven teaching ability.
• Interest in research

• Good written communication skills. Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
• To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
• Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships within a team
• Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff.

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.