PM201991 Specialty Doctor - Neonatology

Applications are invited for the position of a Specialty Doctor Neonatal Unit, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.NHS Grampian

The Neonatal Unit, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (AMH) and the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (RACH) provide the principal hospital services for newborns and children in the Grampian Region and the Orkney and Shetland Islands (population approx 590,000).

The Neonatal Unit is located within the Maternity Hospital which is on the main Hospital site at Foresterhill along with Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and the University of Aberdeen Medical School. Plans are well underway for the build of the new Baird Family Hospital which will be operational in 2025 for delivery of Womens Service and Neonatal Care in Aberdeen and North of Scotland Region.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic, motivated team in the Neonatal Unit here in Aberdeen. We are looking for someone who already worked in level 3 neonatal unit and has experience to manage extreme premature infants from 22 weeks of gestational age and has skills to perform all required practical procedures.

We welcome your knowledge and experience to contribute to our services including ECHO, Therapeutic Hypothermia, NO and HFO ventilation. Experience in managing surgical neonatal patients and experience in Neonatal Transport would be an advantage.

Full time posts are currently 10 programmed activities per week.  However, other more flexible arrangements, such as part-time, job share etc. will be favourably considered.

Full registration with a license to practice with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post).  For more information visit www.gmc-uk.org

For informal enquiries: Dr Saulius Satas, Service Clinical Director for Neonatology, .