Consultant in Neonatal Medicine | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust

The Royal London Hospital Neonatal Unit

Consultant in Neonatal Medicine

1 Full time (10PAs)

We are inviting applications to recruit one substantive consultant in Neonatology. They will be

joining a pro-active team with an excellent clinical reputation in providing a range of Neonatal

services. The consultant team delivers a high-quality service and use their knowledge and

experience to lead and influence the development of neonatal services at the Royal London

Hospital.

We are looking for applicants who can lead and develop innovative models of care which

benefit the infants and their family. We anticipate that the successful applicants to be part of a

strong team and complement the team in delivering high quality care to an extremely

vulnerable group of patients and their families.

The post is primarily based on the NICU at Royal London with occasional cross cover of the

Neonatal Transfer service. The pan London Neonatal Transfer Service is based at the Royal

London providing both emergency and elective transfers within London and the South East.

You will be employed by Barts Health NHS Trust and will be based at The Royal London

Hospital and will be working towards ten programmed activities.

The aim of this post is to continue to provide the highest standard of care for newborn babies at the

Royal London Hospital. It combines clinical expertise and leadership with managerial and

professional responsibilities. The duties will be exclusively neonatal and include the neonatal

medical and surgical service, transitional care unit and postnatal wards and labour ward with

occasional cross-cover for the London regional Neonatal Transport Service. The post holder is

expected to provide supervision and training for junior medical, nursing and other staff.

The work pattern is spread across a 10-week rolling rota and will include a combination of daytime

attending duties and night on calls, including weekends.

The post holder will have clinical accountability for the day-to-day management of all newborn

babies at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder will practice at an advanced level

demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision-making. They will work as a highly

specialised member of the multi-professional team to ensure that the clinical needs of the patient

and families are always met.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

1. The administration and development of neonatal intensive, high dependency and special care on the Royal London Hospital NICU as well as transitional care on the postnatal wards.

2. Supervision, training and support of junior medical staff in the care of sick babies on the neonatal unit and postnatal wards, and in the resuscitation and stabilisation of babies on labour ward and in theatres.

3. Supporting the neonatal surgical service.

4. Carrying out outpatient clinics as per weekly rota. One of these would be the general neonatal follow-up clinic, and the other could be a special interest clinic. A clinic for chronic respiratory problems is currently being provided by Dr C May and Dr Warrick; a neurodevelopmental follow-up clinic by Prof Shah, Dr Kage and Dr Yong; Sharing the latter

or establishing a further complementary ‘specialist’ follow-up clinic would be welcome.

5. Available to offer advice to referring paediatricians and neonatologists, and if required, occasionally visit babies in outlying units particularly in the context of hospitals within the network.

6. Being available to advise local GPs, Health Visitors and midwives in matters of baby care.

7. Supporting staff and parents.

This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026