Locum Neonatology Consultant

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) are looking to appoint a 1-year Locum Consultant Neonatologist cover maternity leave. This post will start in August 2024.The successful candidate will work with the existing consultants to deliver a level 2 neonatal service at University Hospital Lewisham. The post holder will have responsibility to deliver and manage a Level 2 NNU service., This is a locum post, to cover maternity leave for a colleague. This post would be suitable for either a consultant neonatologist or a consultant paediatrician with interest in neonatology., The neonatal units at LGT work closely with obstetric and maternity services cross site. Lewisham and Greenwich Trust have recently been given a 'Good' rating by CQC for maternity services and outstanding for maternity leadership at UHL.

The Neonatal Consultant team work on a 5-week rolling rota. This includes a service week for the Level 2 Neonatal Unit (NNU). As part of the NNU week, the consultant also directly supervises the teaching and training programme. Following an external review of neonatal and paediatric services at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, funding has been agreed for a sixth consultant on the neonatal rota at Univiersity Hospital Lewisham. The plan is to move to a 6-week rolling rota during the next year.

The other 4 weeks are dedicated to outpatient clinics, SPA activity, specialty service, annual and study leave. The on-call commitment is 1 in 5 weekdays and 1 in 5 weekends. All on call activity will be at University Hospital Lewisham., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations