Locum Consultant in Neonatal Medicine | Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Women's Hospital is seeking a locum Consultant in Neonates to join it's team at Liverpool Women's and Alder Hey Children's Hospital partnership for a 6-12 month period.
Liverpool Women's Hospital provides acute care for intensive care and high dependency babies in mixed acuity rooms. There are two consultants on for acute care between 08:30 and 17:00 on weekdays and 14:30 on weekend day. Thereafter there is one resident consultant until 21:00 with handover to the resident night Consultant 20:30 - 09:00.
There is a Consultant present on the Alder Hey unit from 08:30 until 20:00 on weekdays, and 17:30 on weekend days. On weekdays, the daytime Consultant hands over to a second Consultant who remains resident until 22:00 and then provides non-resident on-call overnight.Alder Hey sessions involve morning ward rounds on the Neonatal Surgical Unit and review of surgical neonatal patients on the Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency units, as well as ad-hoc review of referred babies on other wards.
There is a diverse Consultant workforce. Applications from individuals with an interest and expertise in neonatal respiratory care or neonatal surgical care would complement the expertise already in the team
Fixed clinical sessions providing neonatal intensive care, neonatal high dependency care and neonatal special care with resident nights on call at Liverpool Women's Hospital, as well as the neonatal high dependency care at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
The post holder will be expected to undertake follow up of babies in Outpatients and joint antenatal counselling in the fetal medicine unit. These shifts are distributed in an annualised job plan.
Liverpool Women's Hospital provides acute care for intensive care and high dependency babies in mixed acuity rooms. There are two consultants on for acute care between 08:30 and 17:00 on weekdays and 14:30 on weekend day. Thereafter there is one resident consultant until 21:00 with handover to the resident night Consultant 20:30 - 09:00.
There is a Consultant present on the Alder Hey unit from 08:30 until 20:00 on weekdays, and 17:30 on weekend days.
In line with the Trust's Job Planning Policy, all Consultants will be allocated 1.5 core SPA sessions per week. This time will be used for participation in undergraduate and post graduate teaching, continuing professional development, mandatory training, non-patient administration, participating in clinical audit and preparation for annual appraisal and revalidation.
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place.We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.
The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.
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For a full list of duties and further information about the post, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Mar 2025