Opportunity to work in one of the busiest neonatal services in the UK, managing a diverse range of complex medical cases.
Chance to participate in a rolling full shift rota, which provides a dynamic and varied work environment.
Involvement in teaching and training of junior doctors, enhancing leadership and educational skills.
Engagement in departmental audit and governance projects, contributing to the advancement of neonatal care practices.
Flexibility in working hours, with consideration for part-time roles and job-sharing arrangements.
Access to a supportive and collaborative team environment at a prestigious teaching hospital, emphasizing a strong commitment to patient-centered care.
Potential for career development opportunities, including exposure to subspecialty areas of interest within neonatology.
Join Our Caring Team as a Trust Doctor in Neonates!
Are you passionate about neonatology and committed to making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable newborns? Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust invites you to join our welcoming neonatal service as a Trust Doctor, where you'll play a vital role in providing outstanding care to our littlest patients at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital in West Yorkshire. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates at ST4+ level with relevant experience in neonatology. Our thriving service handles over 1,700 admissions a year, making it one of the busiest in the country, and it's the perfect stepping stone for anyone keen on advancing their career in this rewarding field.
In this role, you’ll be involved in a full shift rota, supporting all aspects of inpatient care, including long shifts and nights, while delivering expert care to babies in various care environments including intensive and high dependency units. You'll also have the opportunity to engage in departmental audits and participate in training junior doctors. Whether you are seeking a full-time position, looking for part-time flexibility, or interested in job sharing, we welcome your application. Come and see how your skills can contribute to our caring community—contact Dr Alexandra Fonfe or Dr Amy Young for more information, and take the first step towards joining our dedicated team today!
Opportunity to work in one of the busiest neonatal services in the UK, managing a diverse range of complex medical cases.
Chance to participate in a rolling full shift rota, which provides a dynamic and varied work environment.
Involvement in teaching and training of junior doctors, enhancing leadership and educational skills.
Engagement in departmental audit and governance projects, contributing to the advancement of neonatal care practices.
Flexibility in working hours, with consideration for part-time roles and job-sharing arrangements.
Access to a supportive and collaborative team environment at a prestigious teaching hospital, emphasizing a strong commitment to patient-centered care.
Potential for career development opportunities, including exposure to subspecialty areas of interest within neonatology.
Job Summary
We are inviting applicants to join our busy but welcoming neonatal service as a Trust Doctor, based at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James University Hospital in West Yorkshire. This role is suitable for applicants at ST4+ / Registrar (middle grade level) with experience in neonatology. It is ideally suited to candidates wishing to work in a large teaching hospital which provides many specialist services and is ideal for anyone wishing to pursue a career in neonates. The posts are available for an initial fixed term of six months and have been created to cover vacancies in specialty training rotas.
The post holder will participate a rolling full shift rota at Tier 2 and be involved in covering all aspects of inpatient care including long day ward cover and night shifts. This will involve delivering care to babies in the intensive care, high dependency and special care areas. In addition there will opportunities to take part in departmental audit and governance projects.
Consideration Will Be Given To Applicants Who Wish To Work Full Or Part Time And Those Wishing To Job Share. Prospective Applicants Are Encouraged To Visit The Hospital, Which Can Be Arranged By Contacting:
Dr Alexandra Fonfe Consultant in Neonatal Medicine
Email:
Dr Amy Young Consultant in Neonatal Medicine
Email:
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will participate in a rolling full shift rota at Tier 2 and be involved in covering all aspects of inpatient care including long day ward cover and night shifts. This will involve delivering care to babies in the intensive care, high dependency and special care areas. In addition there will opportunities to take part in departmental audit and governance projects.
To assist in delivering the induction and training programme for junior doctors.
To provide outpatient follow up clinics at LGI.
To liaise with the neonatal outreach team and child development centre to provide planned discharge and follow up of neonatal graduates.
Depending on any subspecialty area of interest, it may be possible to extend the remit of the post
About Us
The Leeds Regional Neonatal Service comprises one level 3 unit (NICU) at LGI and a level 1 unit (SCBU) at SJUH, each with a transitional care unit and attached to a busy delivery suite. The neonatal service is one of the busiest in the country with 1700 admissions per year, providing 4000 intensive care days and a further 4000 high dependency care days per year. There are approximately 10,000 deliveries across the two sites.
We care for babies of all gestations from 22 weeks and upwards with a range of medical, surgical and cardiac pathologies. Leeds is a regional unit for babies with complex surgical, neurosurgical, renal and hepatic problems, and is a supra-regional unit for babies with congenital heart disease.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Date posted
13 March 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£70,425 a year +OOH
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9298-MED-666B
Job locations
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The post holder will participate in the middle grade on call rota equivalent to ST4+ (middle grade).
TEACHING AND RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING
The Trust, as a Teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with the University of Leeds School of Medicine for the undergraduate teaching. All medical staff are expected to provide an appropriate contribution to the undergraduate teaching programme. The precise details of the contribution to teaching will be discussed with the appointee after taking up post
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our Values Are Part Of What Make Us Different From Other Trusts, So We See This As a Strength, As Well As a Responsibility. They Have Been Developed By Our Staff And Set Out What They See As Important To How We Work. Our Five Values Are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
The beliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
This p
We are inviting applicants to join our busy but welcoming neonatal service as a Trust Doctor, based at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James University Hospital in West Yorkshire. This role is suitable for applicants at ST4+ / Registrar (middle grade level) with experience in neonatology. It is ideally suited to candidates wishing to work in a large teaching hospital which provides many specialist services and is ideal for anyone wishing to pursue a career in neonates. The posts are available for an initial fixed term of six months and have been created to cover vacancies in specialty training rotas.
The post holder will participate a rolling full shift rota at Tier 2 and be involved in covering all aspects of inpatient care including long day ward cover and night shifts. This will involve delivering care to babies in the intensive care, high dependency and special care areas. In addition there will opportunities to take part in departmental audit and governance projects.
Consideration Will Be Given To Applicants Who Wish To Work Full Or Part Time And Those Wishing To Job Share. Prospective Applicants Are Encouraged To Visit The Hospital, Which Can Be Arranged By Contacting:
Dr Alexandra Fonfe Consultant in Neonatal Medicine
Email:
Dr Amy Young Consultant in Neonatal Medicine
Email:
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will participate in a rolling full shift rota at Tier 2 and be involved in covering all aspects of inpatient care including long day ward cover and night shifts. This will involve delivering care to babies in the intensive care, high dependency and special care areas. In addition there will opportunities to take part in departmental audit and governance projects.
To assist in delivering the induction and training programme for junior doctors.
To provide outpatient follow up clinics at LGI.
To liaise with the neonatal outreach team and child development centre to provide planned discharge and follow up of neonatal graduates.
Depending on any subspecialty area of interest, it may be possible to extend the remit of the post
About Us
The Leeds Regional Neonatal Service comprises one level 3 unit (NICU) at LGI and a level 1 unit (SCBU) at SJUH, each with a transitional care unit and attached to a busy delivery suite. The neonatal service is one of the busiest in the country with 1700 admissions per year, providing 4000 intensive care days and a further 4000 high dependency care days per year. There are approximately 10,000 deliveries across the two sites.
We care for babies of all gestations from 22 weeks and upwards with a range of medical, surgical and cardiac pathologies. Leeds is a regional unit for babies with complex surgical, neurosurgical, renal and hepatic problems, and is a supra-regional unit for babies with congenital heart disease.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Date posted
13 March 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£70,425 a year +OOH
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9298-MED-666B
Job locations
St. James's University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY
The post holder will participate in the middle grade on call rota equivalent to ST4+ (middle grade).
TEACHING AND RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING
The Trust, as a Teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with the University of Leeds School of Medicine for the undergraduate teaching. All medical staff are expected to provide an appropriate contribution to the undergraduate teaching programme. The precise details of the contribution to teaching will be discussed with the appointee after taking up post
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our Values Are Part Of What Make Us Different From Other Trusts, So We See This As a Strength, As Well As a Responsibility. They Have Been Developed By Our Staff And Set Out What They See As Important To How We Work. Our Five Values Are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
The beliefs and attitudes that underpin effective performance within the job role. Emphasis should be on the requirements of the role not the individual when completing this section. Examples might include: quality focus, mistakes are used as a continual learning experience, honesty, integrity etc.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
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