Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Clinical Fellow in Neonatology (ST4+)
Required 3 September 2012 for 6 months initially.
The Department of Neonatology operates across two sites; the Royal Sussex County
Hospital in Brighton (3500 deliveries) and the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath
(2400 deliveries). A team of Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners has been
developed across both RSCH and PRH sites and delivers a unique nurse-led neonatal
service at PRH. The Trevor Mann Baby Unit (TMBU) is based at the Royal Sussex
County Hospital (RSCH) and has recently undergone a major refurbishment. It provides
a level 3 neonatal intensive care service for Sussex and the Surrey and Sussex
Neonatal Network. There are approximately 500 admissions and in excess of 2000
intensive care cot days each year. There are 27 cots on the unit, including 9 currently
designated for intensive care, 8 for high dependency and 10 for special care. There are
facilities for high frequency ventilation, nitric oxide and total body cooling for asphyxiated
infants. A neonatal surgical service runs in conjunction with the Royal Alexandra
Children’s Hospital which moved to its new landmark building on the Royal Sussex
County site in July 2007. There are facilities in the maternity unit for fetal assessment
and fetal medicine and referrals are accepted for perinatal care prior to neonatal surgery.
The neonatal service has comprehensive support from paediatric radiology, paediatric
surgery, perinatal pathology, pharmacy, echocardiography, audiology, and
ophthalmology and has visiting support from other tertiary specialists. The Sussex
Neonatal Transport Service is based on TMBU with a dedicated vehicle and driver. In
collaboration with similar services in Kent and Surrey, the service undertakes 400
emergency and elective transfers each year throughout the south east of England. The
applicants will contribute to the regional neonatal transport service with appropriate
training and support. The on-call commitment will be in neonatal intensive care on a fullshift basis. You will participate in the established education programme and be
encouraged to develop an area of special interest in audit/research.
The department is an accredited European training centre for Neonatology (accredited
by European Society for Neonatology). Interested candidates may contact Dr Rob
Bomont (Rob.Bomont@bsuh.nhs.uk) or PD Dr Heike Rabe (Heike.Rabe@bsuh.nhs.uk) for
further information.
An application form and job description are available at www.bsuh.nhs.uk.
Interested colleagues are invited to contact Medical Human resources
medicalhr@bsuh.nhs.uk
Closing date: 15 August 2012
In the interests of economy only those candidates who are shortlisted will be notified.
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