The Children's Ward, the Neonatal Unit and the Maternity and Gynaecology wards, are located in the purpose built Department of Family Services, which opened in July 2004 within the hospital grounds. Delivery rate is approximately 2,700 per year, and the Neonatal Unit has three Intensive Care Cots and one High dependency cot. Babies below 27 weeks or those requiring cardiac intervention or neonatal surgery are currently transferred. Our Neonatal Service is part of Yorkshire & Humber ODN (South) and our unit is designated as a local Neonatal Unit (LNU) or level 2 Unit . The Unit has state of the art monitoring and life support equipment. Two Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners are currently in post.
A Labour, Delivery, Recovery and Post-Partum (LDRP) Model of Midwifery Care is provided in our Maternity Services. Hospital based Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is delivered by a team of dedicated hearing screeners.
As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-
- To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
- To provide effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students
- To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
- To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Operational Group’s services plans
- To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
- To provide effective leadership while supporting the SHO’s and nurse practitioners in assessing and managing patients from acute paediatric admissions, outpatients, labour ward, postnatal and neonatal unit.
- Participate in consultant led ward rounds and occasionally lead ward rounds.
- Attend clinics to maintain a high standard of first-class clinical service and care and ensure continuity of service.
- Undertake administrative duties as required for the efficient running of the service.
- Partake in additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Vijaya Hebbar Job title: Clinical Lead Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 03033 304670
Informal discussions are welcome from interested candidates who wish to discuss the post further
