Senior Clinical Fellow Neonatal | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

This is a ST4+ post in Neonatology. The post is one of six ST4-6 posts on the middle grade doctor rota in Neonatology at St Helier Hospital.

During the post trainees will obtain experience in our Level 2 Neonatal Unit.

This post is based at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton. The appointee will however work closely with colleagues on all sites, indeed the Trust expects all staff to be committed to cross-site working.

The Neonatal Unit is a sub-regional Level 2 Centre and therefore admits a large number of very sick and preterm infants from within and outside the districts, greater than 27 weeks gestation. We are able to offer ventilation, therapeutic cooling, ECHO and Cranial Ultrasound. We also have access to MRI and formal EEG to facilitate management of the sick neonate.

Babies born below 27 weeks are transferred to the local tertiary Neonatal Unit at St George's Hospital. Close links are maintained with the St George's team, who are also available to provide surgical and neurosurgical support. The Obstetric unit also caters for high-risk pregnancies with an obstetrician with special interest in high-risk obstetrics, another in fetal medicine and two obstetricians who are interested in infertility and in-vitro fertilization.

There are approximately 7,000 new medical outpatient visits per year and a total number of approximately 25,000 visits per year in all specialties.

There is a dedicated paediatric radiology department with facilities for screening and ultrasound. CT, MRI and nuclear medicine are available in the main radiology department. There are 2 Paediatric radiologists.

There is a Paediatric Electrophysiological department which provides EEG and EMG services.

The Paediatric Emergency Department is located within the Emergency Department of St Helier's Hospital, separated from the adult department. It is a dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department and is staffed around the clock by paediatric doctors and paediatric trained nurses.

The Neonatal Unit is a sub-regional Level 2 Centre and therefore admits a large number of very sick and preterm infants from within and outside the districts, greater than 27 weeks gestation. We are able to offer ventilation, therapeutic cooling, ECHO and Cranial Ultrasound. We also have access to MRI and formal EEG to facilitate management of the sick neonate.

Babies born below 27 weeks are transferred to the local tertiary Neonatal Unit at St George's Hospital. Close links are maintained with the St George's team, who are also available to provide surgical and neurosurgical support. The Obstetric unit also caters for high-risk pregnancies with an obstetrician with special interest in high-risk obstetrics, another in fetal medicine and two obstetricians who are interested in infertility and in-vitro fertilization.