The post holder will be based exclusively on the Neonatal Unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital. This is a large Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 9 Intensive Care cots, 9 High Dependency cots and 19 Special Care cots providing the full spectrum of medical neonatal care including High Frequency Oscillation, inhaled Nitric Oxide and Therapeutic Hypothermia. The new state of the art Unit is located in the purpose-built Women and Children’s Building. The Unit is led by a dedicated team of experienced Consultant Neonatologists.
The post-holder will work as part of a full shift tier two registrar rota, exclusively within the Neonatal Unit.
Neonatal Cardiology and Haemodynamics training:
The unit has an excellent level of expertise in echocardiography with few of the consultants having undergone echocardiography training including EACVI certification. We have been running a successful in- house training in Neonatal Cardiology and haemodynamics. This structured weekly training is delivered over six months with two candidates enrolled for each cycle. The post holder will be given opportunity to enrol for this cardiology training and learn echocardiography and will be encouraged to avail himself/herself of the following learning opportunities:
• Attendance on dedicated lecture sessions on Neohaemodynamics
• Regular hands-on echo training on the neonatal unit
• Review of echocardiograms performed by the post holder
• Maintenance of a logbook for ECHO training and regular assessments.
The post holder will be based exclusively on the Neonatal Unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital (there are no General Paediatric responsibilities). This is a large Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 9 Intensive Care cots, 9 High Dependency cots and 19 Special Care cots providing the full spectrum of medical neonatal care including High Frequency Oscillation, inhaled Nitric Oxide and Therapeutic Hypothermia. The new state of the art Unit is located in the purpose-built Women and Children’s Building. The Unit is led by a dedicated team of experienced Consultant Neonatologists.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Nov 2023
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