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Working Hours: 40 hours per week                                                                                        Fixed term 6 months 

Planned Care Division 

Trust Doctor (F2 – ST1/ST2 LEVEL)

Obstetrics & Gynaecology 

The final job plan will be agreed in discussion between the successful candidate and the Clinical Leads for Obstetrics/Gynaecology and will be subject to annual review by the Divisional Medical Director.

Applications are invited for a Trust Doctor (F2-ST1/ST2 Level) in the Women and Children’s Directorate (Planned Care Division). The post-holder will have commitments to Obstetrics & Gynaecology in-patients, to attend gynaecology out-patient clinics and antenatal clinics, colposcopy, urodynamics and minor procedures clinics and to attend theatre lists. He/she will also be involved with emergency Gynaecology and Obstetrics admissions and delivery suite cover.

The post is currently working a full shift system (1 in 8 on call rota).

Additional duties may be required in the event of an emergency or unforeseen circumstance.

The department offers a wide variety of specialist services and dedicated training sessions can be offered depending on the needs of the trainee.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The post holder will be responsible to the appropriate Consultants for admitting cases, the attendance at daily ward rounds, the arrangement of patient investigations. The role will require you to liaise with the wider hospital teams including the gynae clinical team to support ward-based patient care and facilitate discharges. The role also requires you to participate in operative surgery; with the extent of your involvement being commensurate with your experience and ability.

There is also an expectation that the post-holder will contribute to departmental audit and research with consultant supervision and participate in teaching programmes for medical staff, medical students and other hospital employees. The post-holder will be expected to attend the rolling half days and take part in audit and case presentation. Log book of the surgical operations performed will be mandatory (Log Book for RCS England).

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.                                                                 

 The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.