Locum Consultant - Neonatal | and Tunbridge NHS Trust

Overview

We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic Neonatal consultant on a 12-month FTC to join the team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. This is a new position in the Department of Paediatrics at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, providing a clinical service at both Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury (TWH) and Maidstone Hospital. This is a new NNU consultant post to complement the existing 6 consultants on the call rota for NNU.

The post has been created in line with the recent BAPM (British Association of Perinatal Medicine) guideline and will make us compliant with the provision of 1 in 7 NNU consultants on calls. The post provides the experience of working at the Consultant level, doing Consultant of the Week in level 2 NNU on a 1:7 rota.

Consultants are expected to do normal neonatal follow-up and general paediatric clinics for all ages (0-16 years) in non-hot weeks. Preference will be given to candidates who have completed a SPIN module in neonates and can demonstrate adequate neonatal experience. This post does not have any commitment as a resident on call unless there are emergency gaps on the rota. The General Paediatrics cohort will cover A & E and General Paediatrics.

There is no commitment to cover general paediatric on calls. We would encourage part-time and job sharers to apply for these jobs.

TWH at Pembury has 6500 deliveries per annum. The role includes providing a high standard of care to patients for whom you have clinical responsibility, including patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by team members, and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when covering on-call or for annual leave. You will participate in clinical and other service activities to ensure a high standard of patient care across the Trust and work in close cooperation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues to provide high-quality health care and contribute to the Trust’s strategic direction.

You will participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the speciality, covering Trust-wide activities, attend clinical governance half-days, participate actively in departmental audits, and take responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision. You will supervise junior medical staff and support their professional development. You are expected to ensure trainees undertake delegated clinical tasks within their competence and to comply with the General Medical Council’s Good Medical Practice.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey. We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex.

With a diverse team of over 8,000 staff, we offer specialist cancer services through the Kent Oncology Centre. Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024 and offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services, and treatment rooms. We are a flexible, work-friendly organisation and will discuss flexible working arrangements to suit you and the Trust.

Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 23.7% and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more; additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

• The Department of Paediatrics offers a wide range of general services to children, as well as several specialist paediatric services, many of which are shared care services in association with tertiary centres.
• General Paediatric Bed base of 23 single rooms, including 2 HDU beds
• Level 2 NNU unit with 18 cots and 3 ICU cots
• Ambulatory Unit (Woodlands) open 7 days a week, 9:00-00:00 opening hours
• Ambulatory Unit (Riverbank @Maidstone), open 5 days a week, 9:00-19:00, supporting the ED unit
• Day Surgery across both sites of the Trust
• Outpatient Clinics across both hospitals of the Trust