Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 318-25-CONSOBSHRP
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Obstetrics and High Risk Pregnancy
Consultant
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
Overview
The team have a substantive post working exclusively within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology service at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts.
Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content can be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.
Job purpose
The post-holder will help provide specialist Obstetric services. They will provide on call support overnight, and on weekends, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with general practitioners, midwifery colleagues, allied health professionals, obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal staff to provide a seamless service and deliver high quality outcomes within national targets.
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 all staff engaged in the specialty
- To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
- 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 Division’s services plans
- To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty.
Main duties of the job
Clinical responsibilities
- The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high quality care to the patients presenting to the Department
- To examine and treat patients within the Department as required by clinical demand
- To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
- To provide on call support out of hours. To attend the Department out of hours as per agreed protocols
- To remain contactable and available when on call / on duty
- To carry out regular ward rounds in a timely fashion
Working for our organisation
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will help provide specialist Obstetric services. They will provide on call support overnight, and on weekends, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with general practitioners, midwifery colleagues, allied health professionals, obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal staff to provide a seamless service and deliver high quality outcomes within national targets.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCOG
- Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
- ATSM Advanced Labour Ward Practice
- ATSM High Risk pregnancy
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications in healthcare Management or Leadership
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis to specialty
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience in Obstetrics equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
- Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team
- Ability to lead emergency obstetric services in and out of hours
- Ability to perform fetal growth scans and uterine artery doppler studies
- Experience in the care of high risk pregnancy
Desirable criteria
- Experience at consultant level
Research and publications
Essential criteria
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- MD or equivalent
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
Motivation and attitude
Essential criteria
- Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships.
- Enthusiasm for teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to provide a role model and to inspire and develop junior medical, midwifery and nursing staff.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the directorate and to balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole.
- Evidence of self-motivation and ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.
- To attend outlying hospitals as required and ability to fulfil travelling requirements associated with the post
- Prepared to stay within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the base hospital (GRH) when on call.
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for emergency obstetrics
Leadership and Management
Essential criteria
- Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice
- Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project
Quality Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage risk
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to deal with complaints
- Commitment to CPD / CME
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Christine Edwards
- Job title
- Specialty Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5548
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