The Neonatal Unit at the Grange University Hospital is a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 8 Intensive Care, 10 High Dependency and 12 Special Care cots. It caters for   6,500 deliveries across Gwent and has over 1500 intensive care days annually.  Babies of all gestations are looked after here apart from surgical and cardiac babies, which are referred either to the University Hospital of Wales, with whom we have close links, or Bristol. 

The unit is staffed by 11 WTE Neonatal Consultants and 1 Associate Specialist for daytime cover and out of hours on call. There is a middle grade 1 in 8 rota and a full tier 1 rota with a 1 in 8 on call commitment, consisting of clinical fellows and ANNPs. The workload is European Work-time Directive and New Deal compliant.

The successful applicant will work on the tier 1 rota covering the neonatal intensive care environment. You will gain a very wide experience in neonatal medicine including neonatal resuscitation, care of the normal neonate, common postnatal problems and all aspects of neonatal intensive care including ventilation, HFOV, therapeutic hypothermia for HIE and practical procedures.

The Neonatal Unit offers a very active and exciting post-graduate teaching programme and you will be expected to participate in audits, reviews, journal club presentations, X ray meetings and teaching. You will be allocated an educational supervisor and your personal development encouraged. We have a progressive post-graduate department and an excellent post-graduate medical library service within the hospital.

Those wishing to discuss the post informally in the first instance or visit the department should contact Dr Susan Papworth on 01633234615 or Dr Gautam Bagga or Dr Tanoj Kollamparambil on 01633234615

Applicants must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice

on the anticipated start date for the post

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This position involves Regulated Activity with children as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:

• Enhanced check with barred list information, including

  - a children’s barred list check

Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites

.THIS IS A NON TRAINING POST

Course Funding: Please note that unless agreed by the Division in advance, course funding is not available for Clinical Fellow or fixed term cover for training grades.