Consultant Neonatologist

Job description

Job summary

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed substantive Consultant Neonatologist to join the Neonatal Service within Women & Children, Clinical Support Services.

The successful applicant will join an established consultant team providing tertiary neonatal intensive care through the Trevor Mann Baby Unit (TMBU) at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH), local neonatal services at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) Special Care Baby Unit(SCU), and regional neonatal transport. The post holder will contribute to high-quality neonatal intensive, high-dependency and special care; consultant on-call; outpatient and antenatal work; clinical governance; education; quality improvement; research; and service development.

The service values multidisciplinary and family-integrated working and supports the development of specialist interests aligned to departmental, network and Trust priorities.

Main duties of the job

Clinical care and service delivery

o Provide consultant-led neonatal intensive care, high-dependency care, special care and transitional/postnatal neonatal care across RSCH and PRH.

o Lead consultant ward rounds, multidisciplinary reviews, handovers and family meetings.

o Attend and supervise management of high-risk deliveries and neonatal resuscitation.

o Provide antenatal counselling for families where neonatal admission, premature birth, congenital anomaly or neonatal surgery is anticipated.

o Undertake neonatal follow-up and other agreed specialist clinics.

o Contribute to neonatal transport advice and activity in accordance with competence, service need and the agreed job plan.

o Work collaboratively with maternity, fetal medicine, paediatric surgery, radiology, cardiology, ophthalmology, pharmacy, pathology, community and network colleagues.

o Promote Family Integrated Care, shared decision-making, compassionate communication and equitable access to services.

o Ensure accurate clinical documentation, coding and timely correspondence and undertake patient-related administration within DCC time.

Clinical governance, quality and safety

o Participate in morbidity and mortality review, governance meetings, incident review, complaints learning, audit and clinical effectiveness activity.

o Support guideline development, implementation of evidence-based practice, risk management and learning from deaths.

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating.

Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information about this post please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Proposed Interview Date: Nov/Dec 2026

Job description
Job responsibilities

For more detailed information about this post please find attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Proposed Interview Date: Nov/Dec 2026

Person Specification

Experience/ Qualifications

Essential

• oBasic medical degree
• oMRCPCH or recognised equivalent. or its recognised equivalent.
• oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of the interview. o If you trained in the UK, you must also have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Paediatrics with neonatal medicine credentials s or be within six months of receiving it by the interview date. o If you trained outside the UK, you must provide evidence that your qualifications are equivalent to the UK CCT. (Equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)

Desirable

• oHigher Degree
• oCompleted NTN Neonatology training programme -MD/PhD Higher degree (MD, PhD or MSc)
• oARNI provider/instructor; additional relevant accreditation or leadership qualification

Clinical Skills and Experience

Essential

• oHigher specialist training and substantial experience in tertiary neonatal intensive care; competence in neonatal resuscitation, invasive ventilation, high-frequency ventilation, therapeutic hypothermia and care of surgical neonates; experience of neonatal follow-up, antenatal counselling and multidisciplinary working; Understanding of clinical risk management
• oEvidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.

Desirable

• oNeonatal Transport Experience
• oEchocardiography or cranial ultrasound expertise
• oComplementary specialist interest aligned to service priorities

Knowledge

Desirable

• oBreadth of experience in and outside specialty

Organisation and Planning

Essential

• oExperience and ability to work in multi-professional teams

Teaching Skills

Essential

• oEvidence of an interest and commitment to teaching

Desirable

• oRecognised teaching qualification

Academic and Research

Essential

• oEvidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• oResearch experience
• oPublications
• oPrizes and honours

Career Progression

Essential

• oAppropriate progression of career to date

Person Specification
Experience/ Qualifications

Essential

• oBasic medical degree
• oMRCPCH or recognised equivalent. or its recognised equivalent.
• oFull and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC or be eligible for registration within six months of the interview. o If you trained in the UK, you must also have a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Paediatrics with neonatal medicine credentials s or be within six months of receiving it by the interview date. o If you trained outside the UK, you must provide evidence that your qualifications are equivalent to the UK CCT. (Equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)

Desirable

• oHigher Degree
• oCompleted NTN Neonatology training programme -MD/PhD Higher degree (MD, PhD or MSc)
• oARNI provider/instructor; additional relevant accreditation or leadership qualification

Clinical Skills and Experience

Essential

• oHigher specialist training and substantial experience in tertiary neonatal intensive care; competence in neonatal resuscitation, invasive ventilation, high-frequency ventilation, therapeutic hypothermia and care of surgical neonates; experience of neonatal follow-up, antenatal counselling and multidisciplinary working; Understanding of clinical risk management
• oEvidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.

Desirable

• oNeonatal Transport Experience
• oEchocardiography or cranial ultrasound expertise
• oComplementary specialist interest aligned to service priorities

Knowledge

Desirable

• oBreadth of experience in and outside specialty

Organisation and Planning

Essential

• oExperience and ability to work in multi-professional teams

Teaching Skills

Essential

• oEvidence of an interest and commitment to teaching

Desirable

• oRecognised teaching qualification

Academic and Research

Essential

• oEvidence of participation in audit

Desirable

• oResearch experience
• oPublications
• oPrizes and honours

Career Progression

Essential

• oAppropriate progression of career to date

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Brighton

BN2 5BE

United Kingdom

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