Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal Intensive Care
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 24 months (for a fixed term period of up to 24 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (enhancements for participation in the out of hours rota)
- Job ref
- 190-STH-25-227
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jessop Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £73,992 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Fellow in 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 currently looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatal Intensive care. The appointment is available from September 2025 for a fixed term period of 24 months. The posts do not award a National Training Number. As these posts are not recognised as ‘training posts’ full registration with the GMC with a license to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK, sponsorship will be required.
Duties of this post are equivalent to ST6-ST8 level. A minimum of five-year postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics and full MRPCH is essential criteria.
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
These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.
Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do
Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair, and value diversity
Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve
Unity – Work in partnership with others
Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions
For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit
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
- 5 year minimum postgraduate qualification in Paediatrics and full MRPCH
- Clinical Practice for a minimum of 36 of the last 60 months
- Minimum 18 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 neonatal intensive care units
- 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
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
Vidhya Modassery
Medical HR Advisor
0114 2713756
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
HR Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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