Consultant Neonatologist

NICU Service The NICU Service Consultant is responsible for the day-to-day running of the neonatal unit, including morning and afternoon handover ward rounds and supervision of junior medical staff. All admitted patients are allocated to the NICU Service Consultant of the week. Transitional & Perinatal Care / Medical Education The Transitional Care Consultant is responsible for the day-to-day running of the transitional care ward, including morning ward rounds and supervision of junior medical staff. Fetal medicine liaison and antenatal counselling services are also provided by this consultant. All inborn infants are allocated to the TCW Consultant of the week unless admitted to NICU. Undergraduate medical student teaching including an end-of-week formal feedback session is delivered by the TCW Consultant, as are the multi-professional education sessions for the NICU nursing and junior medical staff. Southwest Neonatal Advice and Retrieval Service (SoNAR) The Transport Consultant undertakes telephone liaison with all Peninsula units each morning as well as the SoNAR North Hub to co-ordinate and undertake neonatal transfers as necessary during working hours Monday to Friday. Out-of-hours medical cover is provided from the North Hub. Opportunity exists to partake in this voluntarily outside job-plan, remunerated by extra-contractual arrangements. On Call Week The fourth service week consists of Mon-Thurs on call cover resident until after the 9pm NICU ward round and then non-resident. It is expected that the consultant will be fully available to respond to clinical service needs during on-service weeks (external commitments must not compromise this). Continuing responsibility The new consultants will have continuing responsibility for the care of their patients and for the proper functioning of the department. However, it is expected that the appointee will wish to embrace the team-based approach to patient care and parental communication that the consultant neonatologists work to. The new consultants will share in the provision of cover for consultant colleagues on leave. Subspecialty interest The job plan for the new consultants will include time for the development of a special interest, which will be encouraged and welcomed. Subspecialty interests complementing the departments existing range are cardiology, respiratory, developmental outcome, nutrition, transport medicine, research and medical education. Non-clinical duties The new appointees will be expected to take part in the non-clinical activities of the department including full participation in the training and supervision of junior doctors and other staff, participation in clinical audit, continuing professional development as defined by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, clinical governance, and annual appraisal / revalidation. The consultants will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of the clinical department.