Consultant Neonatologist 10 PAs
Closing date: 04 December 2025
We are delighted to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well‑integrated team.
The successful candidate will occupy a newly developed post designed to expand the service’s capacity to provide sustainable and equitable consultant leadership across the week. They will work in the same pattern as, and make a significant contribution to, a well‑integrated team delivering quaternary neonatal care. The post offers the opportunity to develop areas of expertise and to join the team during a significant refurbishment of the neonatal intensive care area.
In addition to the clinical challenges, we provide commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates must be registered medical practitioners and either already registered or eligible to join the Specialist Register within six months of the appointments committee decision.
As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we encourage discussion about how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement that is suitable for you, the service and our patients.
For further information and an informal discussion, contact Dr Richard Hearn at 0191 2825034 or via email at rhearn@nhs.net.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high‑quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research at regional, national and international levels.
We are also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical conditions, cancers and genetic disorders. Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patient contacts each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and welcome all applications irrespective of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and especially those from under‑represented groups.
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
* Provide consultant‑led care shared with colleagues within the Newcastle Neonatal Service for the clinical areas on Ward 35, the postnatal wards and the Newcastle Birthing Centre at the RVI.
* Participate in the neonatal consultant on‑call rota for nights and weekends (1 in 11, once fully recruited).
* Offer advice for and coordinate neonatal referrals to the Northern Neonatal Transport Service (NNeTS) and deliver transfers where necessary.
* Provide advice for neonatal issues arising in infants in other areas of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
* Participate in neonatal follow‑up.
* Carry out clinical duties in line with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
* Undertake CPD in accordance with Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) guidelines.
* Undertake an annual appraisal and job‑plan review, aligning with Trust objectives such as contractual commitments over a 42‑week working year.
* Adhere to all Trust policies on infection prevention and control, attend induction and statutory education programmes, and embed IPC in daily practice.
Administrative:
* Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, including risk management, audit projects, guideline formulation and risk‑management meetings.
* Assist the Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in investigating complaints and reporting within Trust‑defined timeframes.
* Contribute to the organisation and running of the Neonatal services within the Trust.
Research:
* Encourage and support research within the National Institute for Health Research portfolio, focusing on studies that complement the service.
Teaching:
* Make an active contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate education and training, facilitating new teaching methods.
* Work with educational leads to provide teaching programmes to required standards.
* Participate in student teaching regularly.
* Supervise postgraduate trainees, acting as clinical or educational supervisor where appropriate.
* Teach and train other health‑care professionals within the directorate.
Flexibility:
* The role may require working a flexible pattern, including evenings and weekends, to meet service demands.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
* Primary medical qualification.
* Full GMC registration.
* Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register within six months of the AAC.
* Grid training or equivalence in neonatal medicine.
* Higher degree.
* Specialist skills training.
Clinical Experience
* Evidence of experience in neonatal medicine.
* Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
* Expert clinical opinion within the specialty.
* Independent responsibility for care of patients referred to a quaternary centre.
Management and Administration Experience
* Involvement in management and project leadership within the specialty.
* Experience authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
* Understanding of clinical governance.
* Proven management and administrative experience.
* Evidence of leadership and project management.
* Evidence of implementing change and developing new technologies.
Teaching
* Experience supervising junior medical staff.
* Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
* Ability to teach clinical, technical and practical skills.
* Attendance at teaching‑development courses.
* Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
* Evidence of involvement in research methodology and publication of findings.
* Research or critical review of literature.
* Publications in the last five years.
* Publications in the last three years as first author.
Audit
* Evidence of participation in audit.
* Evidence of practice change resulting from audit.
* Evidence of audit review to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
* Alignment with Trust values.
* Flexible approach to service delivery and commitment to development.
* Willingness to share professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities.
* Commitment to personal/ unit CPD.
* Willingness to work the on‑call rota.
* Willingness to work a flexible pattern, including evenings and weekends.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum pro rata
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