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14.07.2025
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Applications are invited for the position of a Locum Consultant Neonatologist in the Neonatal Unit, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, NHS Grampian. Post duration 1 year.
T he Neonatal Unit, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (AMH) and the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (RACH) provide the principal hospital services for newborns and children in the Grampian Region and the Orkney and Shetland Islands (population approx 590,000).
The Neonatal Unit is located within the Maternity Hospital which is on the main Hospital site at Foresterhill along with Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and the University Aberdeen Medical School. Plans are well underway for the build of the new Baird Family Hospital which will be operational by 2025 for delivery of Women’s Service and Neonatal Care in Aberdeen and North of Scotland Region.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic, motivated team in the Neonatal Unit here in Aberdeen. We welcome your experience to contribute to our services including ECHO, POCUS, Therapeutic Hypothermia, NO and HFO ventilation.
The unit is the Northern hub within the ScotStar transport service, providing regular cover for Shetland and Orkney, Inverness by Ambulance, Fixed Wing and Helicopter.
We are looking for someone who can bring new and innovative ideas to support our continuing programme of improvement within the unit and can contribute to the day to day running of this busy unit. There are many opportunities in Clinical Services, Teaching, Audit and Research within a team of Consultants, Specialty Doctors, Middle and Junior Grade Medical Staff, ANNPs and Nursing and Midwifery teams.
Full time posts are currently 10 programmed activities per week. However, other more flexible arrangements, such as job share etc, will be favorably considered.
Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org
For informal enquiries: Dr Saulius Satas, Service Clinical Director for Neonatology, 01224 552660.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
**Please note - If this post operates within Aberdeen City Low Emission Zone, you will be responsible for all costs associated with entering.**
NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.
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