Senior Training Fellow in Neonates in Stoke-on-Trent

Main area Neonatal Grade Senior Training Fellow Contract Fixed term: 8 months (ASAP to 22nd August 2026) Hours Full time – 40 hours per week Job ref 205-7255069

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site UHNM Town Stoke-on-Trent Salary £65,048 £65,048 Salary period Yearly Closing 17/12/2025 23:59

Senior Training Fellow in Neonates

Job overview

The post is to work on the Tier 2 (middle grade) neonatal rota for 12 months from September 2025 as a Senior Training Fellow (ST3-ST5 equivalent).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported by a resident junior tier doctor or Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (covering purely neonatology) and a neonatal consultant.

This is an opportunity to gain tertiary experience in on the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

The unit is a Lead Centre and Regional Intensive Care Unit within our newborn network , receiving referrals for tertiary intensive care, including, HFOV, NO and therapeutic hypothermia. The birth population is 6,800 -7,000 deliveries per year. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a purpose built modern unit opened in 2009, providing 6 intensive care, 6 high dependency, 14 special care cots.

The neonatal service is and active training unit and in conjunction with Keele Universities, the on-site Undergraduate Medical School opened in September 2002. We train all levels of trainees including neonatal grid posts.

We are part of the Child Health Directorate, which is one of the largest in the country, with many paediatric sub specialties receiving tertiary care referrals, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Community Paediatrics.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we\’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post is to work on the Tier 2 (middle grade) neonatal rota for a fixed contract until August 2026 (Mat leave).

Key tasks will include:

• Working under the supervision of the neonatal consultants and participating in ward rounds in rooms 1, 2 and 3 on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
• Carrying out ward rounds in rooms 2, 3 and on the Transitional Care Unit and discussing management plans with neonatal consultants.
• Attending high risk deliveries occurring anywhere in the maternity centre.
• Supporting the junior tier doctors and ANNPs in carrying out examinations on babies who meet the criteria for a paediatric Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) and entering the data onto the SMART4NIPE database.
• Supporting and supervising the junior tier doctors and ANNPs in the assessment and management of babies on NICU, the postnatal wards and labour wards.
• Completing admission and discharge paperwork on the Badger database for babies admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Transitional Care Unit.
• Communicating with parents of babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Transitional Care Unit, postnatal wards and after discharge, as required.
• Carrying out investigations on babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Transitional Care Unit and postnatal wards, as required, under the supervision of the neonatal consultants.
• Carrying out practical procedures, according to level of competence, under the supervision of the neonatal consultants.
• Participation in the neonatal education programme, including the possibility to carry out an audit.
• Assessing and managing babies in Neonatal Outpatient Clinic.
• Working as part of the multidisciplinary team of neonatal consultants, neonatal middle grade and junior doctors, Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and the neonatal nursing team

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration
• MRCPCH examination
• Awards/distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree
• Academic and extracurricular achievements

Clinical Experience

• Minimum of 6 months experience of working on a tier 2 rota on a UK NICU
• At least 24 month experience of working in general paediatrics and neonatology on the tier 1 rota in the UK
• NLS provider
• Experience of working on the middle grade tier on the neonatal or general paediatric rota in UK

Skills

• Guidance Score Proven ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to organise and prioritise busy workloads effectively

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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 Asha Shenvi Job title Neonatal Consultant Email address Asha.shenvi@uhnm.nhs.uk

If you have problems applying, contact

Address 2nd Floor, Springfield Building
Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 6QG
Telephone 01782 674595