This Junior Clinical Fellow (ST1-3) post is a six month position initially with a view to extension. Previous paediatric experience is desirable but the post is also suitable for obstetricians or anaesthetists in training.
Homerton University Hospital is one of three designated perinatal centres for the North Central and East London Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (NCEL-ODN). The other two are The Royal London Hospital and University College Hospital, London.
The successful candidates will join the multidisciplinary neonatal team, with a reputation in excellent care, education and research. Successful candidates will be encouraged to contribute to high quality service development.
Successful applicants will benefit from the Unit's extensive teaching programme and the excellent clinical experience on offer.
All candidates must be eligible for full GMC registration.
The Neonatal Department's long-standing designation as a Level 3 NICU service was endorsed by the Thames Regional Perinatal Group (TRPG) appraisal of the Perinatal Network and the London Neonatal ODN, and is one of the busiest Level 3 units in London. The Homerton Obstetric unit has a particularly high throughput of extremely preterm births, and the Neonatal Unit admits approximately 150 neonates per annum who are <30 weeks gestational age. There're increasing numbers of admissions of babies at 22-23 weeks gestation in line with the BAPM framework for management of extremely preterm infants. Several local problems, such as socio-economic deprivation, high prevalence of drug abuse and HIV carriage impact upon the workload.
The Homerton provides a total of 46 cots: 16 intensive and 8 high dependency cots and 22 special care cots. The Delivery Suite has 17 Delivery Rooms and 2 Obstetric Theatres. There are around 6000 births per year and 900 neonatal admissions, 18-20% of whom weigh <1500g. In excess of 8000 days per annum of medical intensive and high dependency care are provided. Most admissions for intensive care are from the NCEL Perinatal Network with small numbers of babies from further afield.
The Obstetric department provides a referral service to the Network for Fetal Diagnostic and Materno-Fetal medicine and has an established reputation in the early identification and management of high-risk pregnancies.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sujith Pereira Job title: Consultant Email address: sujithpereira@nhs.net Telephone number: 02085105555
Candidates can also contact Dr Georgia Ekitzidou at georgia.ekitzidou@nhs.net
