Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (FT)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-2608CTFST3NEO-SB
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham, Kent
- Salary
- £51,931 - £69,976 Per Annum/ Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/09/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Trust Fellow (ST3+) in Neonatal Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Role: Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ level in Neonatal Medicine with 2 posts available
Directorate: Women, Children and Young People
Salary: £51,931 - £69,976 Per Annum/ Pro Rata
Contract Length: 12 Months FT
We are recruiting for 2 Clinical Trust Fellows Higher ( ST3+) in Neonatal Medicine who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will join the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Medway Maritime Hospital providing high level intensive care to premature and unwell babies as well as potential for opportunities in providing Neonatal Transport duties as part of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Neonatal Transport Service, which is hosted at Medway Maritime Hospital.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Previous experience in a NICU setting as a registrar is essential and previous transport experience is desired but not essential. All training and experience will be provided for the right applicant.
The post provides experience in intensive and high dependency care of the sick and small babies, working within a large team and making plans for the management, with ongoing consultant supervision.
The post holder will be required to supervise Foundation Trainees and Level 1 trainees. The middle-grade faculty is composed of 12 members providing registrar cover for the unit and taking part in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Neonatal Transport Service.
The unit provides an excellent learning opportunity to develop advanced level of clinical and technical skills competence. Experience will be gained in advanced ventilatory support (HFOV, Conventional Ventilation, COMV, NCPAP, SiPAP ventilation, and in the use of inhaled nitric oxide and LISA) and nutritional support.
Training opportunities are available in developing skills in neonatal POCUS and Echocardiography. We have close links with Paediatric surgical team at King’s College Hospital, London and two Consultants have been jointly appointed with Medway to enhance the surgical care of babies at Medway.
The post-holder will have opportunities for training and experience in conducting Neonatal Transport (as part of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Transport Team). The post holder would be expected to demonstrate competency and adherence to structured service framework to enable delivery of high quality care to the sick neonates’ on-transit.
They can be assured the degree of educational supervision to support achievement of generic and desired skills within Neonatology and Transport skills.
Person specification
Value Based Question
Essential criteria
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills – Ability to communicate well with colleagues, children and families of patients.
- Ability to teach nursing and medical staff
- Medical supervision of junior medical staff
- Excellent Teamworking skills - Able to establish and maintain working relations with patients, carers and multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Ability to manage their time and workload
- Computer Literacy/ IT Skills
Personal Attricutes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates commitment to high quality service delivery
- Able to cope with pressure
- Understands importance of feedback, and acts on feedback.
- Sympathetic understanding of patients and staff needs. Committed to continuing personal development
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full MRCPCH achieved
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Newborn Life Support Provider
Desirable criteria
- Newborn Life Support Instructor
- Additional Qualifications i.e MSc, Dip, PGCert
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Neonatal Experience ( with a minimum of 6 months as NICU Registrar
- Proficiency at Neonatal Procedures
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Neonatal Transport
- Management Experience
- Research Experience
- Teaching experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Amy Skinner
- Job title
- Consultant Neonatologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634825125
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