OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE OF POST:
ST1-3 in Neonatal Paediatrics
GRADE:
ST1-3
SPECIALTY:
Neonatal Paediatrics
FULL-TIME/PART-TIME:
Full Time
BASE HOSPITAL:
John Radcliffe
WORK PATTERN:
Full Shift
AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK:
48 (for any six month period)
BANDING SUPPLEMENT:
Band 1A
INCLUDES PROSPECTIVE COVER:
YES
ANNUAL/STUDY LEAVE ARRANGEMENTS:
Duties include cover for colleague’s absence on annual leave. Leave must be planned in
advance and must be agreed with your supervising consultant. Annual leave and study
leave is allocated within the rota. Study leave must be approved.
ACCOMMODATION:
This post is non-compulsorily resident.
ACCOMMODATION OFFICER:
Mrs Elaine Foster Tel: 01865 220735
May 2009
1.
DUTIES OF THE POST
a)
Principal Responsibilities:
Duties as appropriate to the grade of the post and under the direction of the
Consultant responsible involving the care of babies in Special Care Nursery and
Delivery Suite at the John Radcliffe. Responsibility for babies on the post natal
wards. Attendance on all ward rounds and at regular (weekly) meetings with
Obstetricians and at monthly perinatal review meetings with Obstetricians.
Flying squad visits as required. Attendance at Post Mortems and at special
procedures. Attendance at five newborn follow-up clinics in six months,
Perinatal meetings and General Paediatric Clinical Meetings.
b)
Daily Commitment:
Participation in a rota (please see attached sheet) covering duties in:i)
ii)
iii)
c)
Intensive Care
Special care and delivery suite
Postnatal wards
Description of Working Pattern
Monday
9 to 10
ITU
1
21-10
Night
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9 to 10
9 to 10
9 to 10
ITU
ITU
HDU
21-10
Night
10-3
10-3
Study
Study
SCBU
9 to 5
SCBU
9 to 5
SCBU
9 to 5
SCBU
9 to 5
SCBU
9 to 5
10-3
Study
10-3
Study
21-10
Night
21-10
Night
9 to 10
HDU
9 to 6
Levels
10-3
Study
9 to 10
ITU
21-10
Night
21-10
Night
9 to 10
HDU
9 to 6
Levels
9 to 10
ITU
2
3
4
Saturday
9 to 10
HDU
21-10
Night
Sunday
9 to 10
HDU
21-10
Night
9 to 10
ITU
9 to 10
ITU
5
6
7
21-10
Night
9 to 10
HDU
9 to 6
Levels
8
9
10
d)
21-10 Night
21-10 Night
9 to 10
HDU
9 to 6
Levels
9 to 6
Levels
Teaching and Training
Informal teaching to Medical Students and nursing staff. Occasional lectures to
various nursing courses.
e)
Administration/Management
Writing/dictating discharge summaries including SEND database system,
communicating with GPs (phone/letters).
Communicating with other
2.
Consultants involved, Social
Communicating with parents.
TRAINING AND RESEARCH:
a)
Workers.
Arranging
follow-up
care.
Training:
There are 9 SHOs available for each 6 month period. All posts are approved for
paediatric training.
Postgraduate training recognition is available. Recognised for DCH. There is
informal teaching in post-graduate paediatric research seminars with various
lectures at the John Radcliffe.
b)
Aims of the Post in Broad Terms:
During this appointment the SHOs should learn to assess babies at birth in the
Delivery Suite and resuscitate them appropriately. Experience will be obtained
on the post-natal wards examining low risk infants, identifying common
problems and dealing with them, and communicating with the family. The
SHOs will also receive instruction in all aspects of intensive care of sick
newborn infants, especially ventilatory and nutritional management. As well
as the problems of extreme prematurity, birth asphyxia, and congenital
abnormalities, the SHOs will see babies with neonatal surgical and
cardiological problems. They will learn practical procedures under supervision
and are expected to attend the educational activities of the Department and
take an active part in them.
c)
Educational Activities:
Daily -
Neonatal Intensive care round
Weekly -
Clinical meeting (SHO presentations and lecture)
X-ray meeting
Cerebral ultrasound meeting
Perinatal morbidity meeting
High risk pregnancy meeting
SHO teaching Tuesdays – series of core Neonatal topics
Journal Club meetings
Monthly -
Perinatal mortality and dysmorphology meetings
Audit meeting
d)
Research:
All Senior House Officers assist with and may organise various research
projects.
e)
Facilities for Study and Training:
Good Library facilities are available at the John Radcliffe and at other libraries
in the Central Oxford Hospitals.
f)
Postgraduate Medical Education Courses Available:
Postgraduate educational facilities and MRCP teaching available.
3.
SPECIALTY:
The Neonatal Unit is situated in the Women’s Centre of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
NHS Trust where over 6,500 babies are born annually. The hospital is the Regional
Centre for Neonatal Intensive Care and the Obstetric Service (Professor, two Readers,
five NHS Consultants, a Professor of Obstetric Medicine and a Lecturer in
Ultrasonography) provides a comprehensive service including care for high risk
pregnancies. A GP Obstetric unit is incorporated within the hospital. Mothers are
transferred antenatally for specialist care from the other Districts in the Oxford Region
(where approximately 35,000 babies are born annually) and sick newborn infants are
transported postnatally by Flying Squad to the John Radcliffe. There are 31 cots in the
Nursery, of which 16 are designated and fully equipped for Intensive Care/HDU.
Over 120 infants are ventilated annually for more than 1500 ventilator days. The
Neonatal medical staff are responsible for all the babies on the lying-in wards as well
as for the resuscitation of babies in the Delivery Suite.
Departmental Members
Medical staff - Consultants:
Dr E Adams (Clinical Director)
Dr Mary Anthony
Dr C Bennett
Dr Kevin Ives
Dr K McCormick
Dr Amit Gupta
Dr Frances O’Brien
Dr Mark Anthony
Professor Andrew Wilkinson
Medical Staff - other grades:
Specialist Registrars
9
Additional on-call Specialist Registrar
Senior House Officers
10
2 (varies)
Administrative Staff, Secretaries, Nursing Staff
A basic phlebotomy round will be undertaken throughout the Trust every
morning by the laboratory service.
RECRUITMENT TO MEDICAL & DENTAL POSTS - PERSON SPECIFICATION
SELECTION CRITERIA
Post: ST3 -
Neonatal Paediatrics
Requirements
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications/Training
(a)
What professional qualifications
are needed?
Medical Graduate
Part 1 MRCP
(b)
What general professional training
is needed?
None absolutely
essential
Post-registration
Paediatric experience
Experience
(a)
What work experience is needed?
As (b)
(b)
What length of experience is
needed?
As (b)
(c)
General medical
competence
What level of responsibility should
be shown now?
Skills and Knowledge - What special
skills or knowledge does the postholder
require, eg
(a)
Leadership skills
No
(b)
Organisation skills
Yes
(c)
Communication skills
Yes
(d)
Professional approach
Yes
(e)
Personal skills
Yes
Other Requirements
(a)
GMC Registration
Yes
(b)
Transport
No