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Job summary

OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

CONSULTANT IN NEONATAL MEDICINE

Applications are invited to apply for the above post in Neonatal Medicine based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU.

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a regional centre for prenatal and feto-maternal medicine and theOUHNeonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is the regional medical and surgical referral centre for complex neonatal care in the Thames Valley Neonatal Network (31000 births). The NICU also provides all new-born care services for the local population (8500 deliveries). The unit currently has 50 cots (16 ICU/12HDU/22SCBU).The neonatal unit runs a large international medical recruitment programme and experience in supporting the education or training of junior doctors is desirable. Experience in managing a neonatal transport service is desirable.

The successful applicant will join a team of 9 existing consultants.

The new appointee will have the opportunity to work closely with an experienced senior clinical team and established MDT. We would encourage candidates interested in applying for this role to get in touch using the contact information at the bottom of this advert with any questions or if you would like to arrange an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

1. JOB TITLE: Consultant in Neonatal Medicine

2. GRADE: Consultant

DEPARTMENT: Newborn Care Services

Children's Directorate

3. ACCOUNTABLE TO: Amit Gupta, Clinical Lead, Newborn Care Services

Alex Lee, Clinical Director, Department Paediatrics

4. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

The postholder's duties will be primarily at John Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations.

Clinical

The post includes attending duties covering neonatal intensive /high dependency/ low dependency care, outpatient follow-up. The postholder will also provide clinical support to the Regional Newborn Transport Service (SONeT) and Neonatal Network (Thames Valley & Wessex Neonatal ODN). Consultants participate in a non-resident emergency nighttime on-call service for the neonatal unit with a second on call system for transport - with a combined-on call frequency of approximately 1 in 4 including prospective cover.

Job description

Neonatal Consultant Job plan New appointment

The neonatal unit has identical weeks for clinical service for all consultants.

The job plan below has 8.5 Clinical Pas and 1.5 SPA. Each time tabled activity is a discrete block, and a new consultant appointment would need to do 5 of each to make up to 8.5 DCC.

Timetable blocks

All consultants undertake identical block of clinical activities. The timetable for each block is as below.

Week

DCC activity block

Times

Comment

Week 1

ITU week Acorn ward (Mon-Thurs)

0800 to 1815

Ward round and cover for first ITU area. The consultant also covers transport and the low dependency ward.

Week 2

ITU week Blossom ward

0800 to 1730

Ward round and cover of the 2nd ITU area

Week 3

Night 4 nights in a block

1630-0800 Monday to Thursday

Resident till 2145. The rest of the time is on call. There is a backup consultant available for transport.

Week 4

Blossom weekend (Friday, Sat, Sunday)

1630 to 0800 Friday night cover

0800- 1200 Saturday ward round

0800 0800 Sunday ward round and cover

Resident till 2145 on Friday

Leave at 1200. 2nd on call

Onsite till 2030

Week 5

HDU week

0800 1700

High dependency ward round cover. The consultant also covers post-natal wards

Week 6

Acorn weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

Friday 0800-1815

0800 0800 Saturday ward round and cover

0800 1200- Sunday ward round

Onsite till 2030

Ward round and cover. Leave at 1200. 2nd on call

Week 7

MDT, Clinic, Network outreach

Monday 0800-1700

Includes MDT Monday, Wed. Mortality, Clinic afternoon

Wednesday 0800-14000. Network outreach to other neonatal units in the DGH hospitals

Weekly two MDTs (Senior team meeting and community), Network outreach once a month

Job plan

Pas per activity

PA for a block of activity

Annualised PA/week for 4.7 weeks of each block

ITU week Acorn ward (0900-1900)

ITU week Blossom ward (0900-1730)

Blossom weekend (Friday, Sat Sunday)

Acorn weekend (Friday Saturday, Sunday)

HDU week (0900-1730)

Night 4 nights Mon-Thu (1700-0900)

MDT, Clinic, Network outreach, transport 2nd person on call, unpredictable night cover

Second on call (33 nights in year)

MDT (10 addition in year)

11.83

13.2

10.7

10.7

12.4

11.2

4

1.28

0.625

55.6

62.04

50.3

50.3

58.3

52.6

18.8

5.98

6.25

1.32

1.48

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.25

0.45

0.14

0.15

71

360

8.5

SPA

1.5

Total

10

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

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