Trust Doctor in Neonatal Medicine (ST4+ Equivalent)


Company:	The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£67,325 - £76,582 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	7 Jul 2026
Closing date:	6 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated ambitious individual to join a well-integrated team. The post will be suitable for trainees who intend to further develop their paediatric, clinical, neonatal transport and R&D skills, and/or pursue a career as a specialist in Neonatal Medicine. The posts are available from ASAP for 12 months.

Successful applicants will be involved in clinical care of a wide variety of infants as part of a tertiary surgical neonatal unit covering the North East of England. Our unit provides neonatal care to approximately 6000 deliveries per annum and around 3000 intensive care days as well as housing the fetal medicine service for the region. We are also the regional neonatal surgical unit. After a period of integrating into the team as part of the NICU registrar team, the appointee will be responsible for providing middle grade clinical cover for the Northern Neonatal transport service and delivering acute neonatal uplift within the northern neonatal network. There will also be opportunities within these responsibilities to pursue high quality, quality improvement projects, audit and research and development projects. The precise hours worked will need to be tailored to the needs of both the appointee and the department but will be fully compliant with current directives for resident doctors. All the above activities will be carried out under consultant supervision.

Appointees will be provided with a consultant supervisor and expect to receive regular (3 monthly) clinical and personal appraisal and will also be encouraged to complete a personal development plan. There is an excellent daily teaching first thing in the morning. All doctors are encouraged to attend daily neonatal teaching in the unit. Standard study leaves and annual leaves apply.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

• Freeman Hospital

• Newcastle Dental Hospital

• Cramlington Manor Walks

• Urgent treatment centres

• Newcastle Fertility Centre

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Working at middle grade level providing medical cover to quaternary neonatal intensive care and neonatal surgical intensive care unit

• Opportunities to undertake neonatal transports of sick infants between neonatal and paediatric wards and intensive care units

This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jul 2026

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