Senior Clinical Fellow in Neonatology

Registrar-level posts on the Neonatal Unit, with responsibility for the first- and second-line medical care of babies admitted to the Neonatal Unit. Role will be tailored to experience, with more junior members of the team providing direct care to babies in the different areas of the unit (ITU, HDU, SCBU, PNW, labour ward), and more senior members leading resuscitation and stabilisation at birth of the more complex patients and coordinating intensive care.

We have posts available from September 2026 and March 2027. We run a rolling rota fully EWTD and new contract compliant (42 hours/week, max 1:3 weekends). The post would be suitable for anyone with registrar-level experience on a neonatal unit. Senior candidates who fulfil the desired criteria described in the Job Description and Person Specification would be hired on a Nodal point 4 or 5 level, depending on the level of experience demonstrated in their application and at interview and the ability to cover the specific roles described in this advert.

The neonatal unit at Evelina London Children's Hospital is one of the largest level three neonatal units in London, with around 1000 admissions each year. The unit includes 20 Intensive Care, 12 High Dependency, and 14 Special Care/Transitional Care cots. In 2026 there are exciting plans for a cardiac HDU expansion, which will provide an additional 4 HDU cots for babies with congenital heart disease.

We are part of a large perinatal centre thanks to the co-located Children's Services and Women's Health directorates, with approximately 6500 deliveries per year. We care for babies and families from our local population of Lambeth and Southwark and from across the South East London neonatal network.

We also receive complex pregnancy referrals from across the region due to our tertiary Obstetrics service and Fetal Medicine Unit. Our unit provides comprehensive neonatal intensive care including services in surgery and cardiology, while collaborating closely with the many other paediatric specialties at Evelina Children's Hospital.