Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Neonatology

Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Oxford Road Campus

Town: Manchester

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59

Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Neonatology

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Job overview

We’re excited to be recruiting for a Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in neonatology to join our passionate neonatal team. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to gain a breadth of clinical experience working in a local neonatal unit. You’ll be mainly based in the Neonatal Unit at Wythenshawe Hospital but will be part of a wider team of consultants providing invaluable care across the city of Manchester. We’re seeking a passionate and inspired individual to join our team and develop our service; you’ll lead Neonatal training of junior staff and undergraduate students and actively contribute in clinical teaching and training of the wider multidisciplinary team.

Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration – MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies.

The successful candidate will be resilient, ambitious and innovative, you’ll carry a vibrant ‘can do’ attitude and mirror our values perfectly. You’ll develop and maintain relationships readily and enjoy working within a strong and supportive team. You’ll be on the GMC Specialist Register or be eligible for CCT (or equivalent) within six months of interview.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of a first-rate neonatal service at local, regional and national levels
• Part of a Neonatal consultant team responsible for education and training of medical students, nurses, midwives and trainee doctors
• Provision of best outcomes through evidence-led clinical care and improvement led by research and evidence
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards
• To share with colleagues the responsibility for day-to-day management of the intensive care, high dependency, special care and other ward areas
• Liaison with clinicians and managers across perinatal networks
• Teaching and training of neonatal junior doctors, nursing staff, midwives and medical students
• To participate in Continuing Professional Development, Clinical Governance, Safeguarding, and Appraisal and Revalidation

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Medical Degree, Full Registration, MRCPCH or equivalent

Teaching and Audit

• Experience of Teaching undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors, participation in audit, NLS provider
• Participating in Audit
• NLS Provider
• Specific training in teaching skills, NLS instructor, Educational qualification

Academic and Research

• Attendance at neonatal scientific meetings, recent presentations, research projects relating to neonatology
• Member of neonatal learned societies/national bodies
• Evidence of undertaking quality improvement work
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Management Skills

• Evidence of management skills, good understanding of the structure and processes of the NHS
• Formal Management Training

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to adapt to change and operate under pressure with good time management skills.
• Organised and well prepared, punctual, self-disciplined
• Ability to work well and effectively in a large team
• Strong leadership skills
• Good oral and written communication skills in English

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Dr. Susan Kamupira

Job title: Deputy CHoD and Consultant Neonatologist

Email address:

Telephone number: 1016 276 6331

Additional information:

Dr. Ajit Mahaveer, Deputy Clinical Head of Division: (Tel: 0161276 6331)

Dr. Kuldip Bakaya, Consultant Paediatrician/Neonatologist:

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