This one-year fixed-term ST3 Clinical Fellow post sits in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Women & Children's Hospital, part of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The core of the work is hands‑on tertiary neonatal intensive care, including resuscitation, ventilation and neonatal procedures. The unit is a 30‑bed Level 3 service linked to an obstetric unit with a foetal medicine centre, and the post offers scope in research, simulation, service improvement and neonatal POCUS. Full GMC registration and MRCPCH are essential.
What the job involves
- Clinical training across the full range of neonatal intensive care, including high frequency oscillatory ventilation, nitric oxide and therapeutic hypothermia
- Peri‑operative care on the NICU
- Observing neonatal surgery in the co‑located paediatric theatres
- Developing research skills
- Developing simulation skills
- Developing service improvement skills
- Building neonatal POCUS skills
Qualifications
- MRCPCH(UK) or equivalent
- MB ChB or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
Experience
- Foundation competencies, or equivalent, achieved
- At least 6 months in an NHS NICU at Level 3 (Tier 1), or 6 months at Tier 2 NICU or PICU within the NHS
- Overseas experience considered in exceptional individual cases
Skills & knowledge
- NLS provider
- Competent in resuscitating and stabilising neonates
- Intubating and managing ventilated neonates
- Competent in neonatal procedures such as umbilical catheterisation
Checks & eligibility
- Safeguarding Level 1 training
Other
- Committed to patient‑focused care
- Motivation for personal development and improvement
- Works as a team member in own and allied disciplines
- Excellent time management, organisation and communication
- Reliability
Nice to have
- Postgraduate degree, e.g. MD or PhD
- Additional neonatal, PICU or Tier 2 paediatric experience
- Paediatric cardiology or surgery experience, including pre- and post‑surgical neonatal care
- Neonatal echocardiography and cranial ultrasound skills
- Designing and managing clinical audit projects
- Supervising junior trainees and teaching
- Safeguarding Level 2 and 3 training
- Communicating effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
