Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal Intensive Care
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 6 months (Possibly renewable for a fixed term period of up to 24 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (takes part in a full shift rota)
- Job ref
- 190-STH-25-188
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jessop Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £61,825 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 12:00
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Fellow Neonatal Intensive Care
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are looking to appoint to 2 Senior Clinical Fellows in Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine. The posts are available for 6 months and possibly renewable for a fixed term period of up to 24 months. The posts have an anticipated start date of 3rd September 2025 based at the Jessop Hospital Sheffield.
Applicants must have;
A Medical Degree
3 years minimum postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics OR full MRPCH
Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practise is essential by the date of application
Should further vacancies become available shortlisted candidate may be considered.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work on the Neonatal Unit at the Jessop Hospital. Duties include:
A shared responsibility for the day to day management of the Intensive Care, High Dependency and Special Care areas of the Neonatal unit supervising the ST1 to ST3 grades.
They also have some responsibility for the management of babies on the postnatal wards in the hospital.
Responsibility for attending high risk or abnormal deliveries in the Labour Ward or operating theatres. However deliveries which will require admission to the Intensive Care Unit are usually managed by the Intensive Care team.
There are three Consultant ward rounds daily every morning, later afternoon and late evening.
Teaching. There is a small but variable responsibility for teaching medical students.
The successful candidate will participate in a full shift system.
Working for our organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire’s best known teaching hospitals.
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
The Northern General Hospital
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
Weston Park Cancer Hospital
Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
The Trust has a history of high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research. We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Shared responsibility for the day to day management of the intensive care, high dependency and special care areas of the neonatal unit alongside the senior clinical workforce as required
Please refer to the Job Description for further details of main duties and responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical Degree from a recognised university or institution
- 3 year minimum postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics OR full MRPCH
- Clinical Practice for a minimum of 36 of the last 60 months
- Minimum 6 months experience in tertiary level Neonatal Intensive Care with relevant skills
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships and other degrees
- Wider experience in different units
- More than 1 year of tertiary neonatal unit experience with relevant skills
- Experience of working with electronic patient record systems
Manegement and Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of management and clinical governance issues
Audit / Research
Essential criteria
- An understanding of the issues of clinical effectiveness and audit
- Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practise where appropriate
Desirable criteria
- Documented completed audits during training
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written communication skills
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Willingness and ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Hazel Clargo
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2265478
- Additional information
Melanie Blanchard
Medical HR Advisor
0114 2265917
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Medical HR Department
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
8 Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2SB
- Telephone
- 0114 2265917
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