Job Title: Neonatal Consultants
Agency: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

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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 the OUH Neonatal 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 newborn 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• MRCPCH or equivalent.
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register with CCT in Paediatrics (Neonatal Medicine) OR CESR in neonates OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview. Applicants who have begun their CESR application but not completed it are welcome to apply

Desirable

• Instructor in Neonatal Life Support
• Transport Training
• Higher medical degree

Experience

Essential

• Work – Wide experience managing all aspects of neonatal intensive care at regional level.
• Work – Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level in a NICU and to manage complex clinical problems
• Level of responsibility – Evidence of ability to make consultant-level decisions in a NICU and manage complex clinical problems.

Desirable

• Previous Consultant Experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Leadership Skills – Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
• Organisation and management skills – Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Professional – extra skills or achievements – Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork.

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Experience in supporting/leading recruitment of junior doctors from overseas.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills

Essential

• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills. Highly committed to teamwork.

Teaching & Training skills

Essential

• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Enthusiastic teacher and trainer

Desirable

• Formal training in teaching skills
• Formal training in assessment and appraisal
• Experience of educational supervision

Clinical governance experience

Essential

• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities

Desirable

• Investigation training

Research Skills

Essential

• Experience of entering babies to multicentre randomised controlled trials

Desirable

• Peer-reviewed publications
• Research grants
• GCP training

Other

Essential

• Transport – Travel to fulfil clinical commitments

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online for this job

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