Locum Consultant in Neonatal Medicine | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are invited for a talented, motivated and dynamic full-time Locum Consultant Neonatologist to help deliver high quality tertiary neonatal services.

The St Michael’s Neonatal Unit delivers tertiary NICU care and is the regional centre for neonatal surgery, neurosurgery and cardiac care for South West England. The unit has 15 intensive care cots, 8 high dependency cots, 8 special care cots, and 16 transitional care cots. In addition, the trust hosts the neonatal transport and retrieval service, SoNAR, based at the nearby South West Retrieval base. The unit is closely integrated with the regional fetal and maternal medicine departments with an annual inborn delivery rate of approximately 5,000. In addition, we serve a population of 650,000 deliveries for complex neonatal care (approximately 8% of deliveries in England and Wales). St Michael’s NICU delivers approximately 3500 intensive care days/year.

St Michael’s is adjacent to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, which provides all tertiary paediatric subspecialties for the region. Newborn infants requiring paediatric surgery and paediatric medical subspecialty input (such as nephrology, urology, endocrinology, neurology and pre-operative cardiology) are managed jointly between NICU and the specialist teams at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

The unit also has very close links to the University of Bristol.

This full-time post has 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA. The appointee will have strong clinical commitment and form part of a team of 13 Neonatal Consultants (10 FTE) working at St Michael’s Hospital. There are excellent facilities for personal development.

Potential applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Registration with sub-specialist recognition in Neonatal Medicine OR within 6 months of having either CCT/CCST Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) OR CESR (Paediatrics) with subspecialty recognition in Neonatal Medicine OR Neonatal Board certification from Northern America, Canada or Australasia OR equivalent (defined as at least 3 years of training in tertiary level NICU) OR can demonstrate 3 years of experience as a Consultant in a UK ‘equivalent’ tertiary level NICU.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

We would strongly recommend that potential applicants arrange an informal visit before the closing date so they can meet the neonatal team.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Adam Smith-Collins, Clinical Director and Consultant in Neonatal Medicine

We will aim to interview on 30 June 2026.

This advert closes on Thursday 28 May 2026

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