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Main area
Cheshire and Mersey Preterm Birth Network Clinical Fellow
Grade
MT04 - MT05
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (possible extension to 2 years)
Hours
Full time - 48 hours per week (on call / out of hours included in hours)
Job ref
159-LWH-186-24
Employer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
LWH
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,329 - £63,152 per Annum (dependant on experience)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/07/2024 23:59

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Cheshire and Mersey Preterm Birth Network Clinical Fellow

MT04 - MT05

Liverpool Women’s delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. Each year we deliver over 8,300 babies, carry out over 10,000 gynaecological procedures, and care for over 1,000 poorly and preterm newborns, making us the specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in Europe.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, and, after featuring on One Born Every Minute, Miracle Babies and Special Baby Unit, our teams are famous across the world for their professionalism, skill and compassion.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital clinical services are currently being reviewed by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group, following work done by our clinicians in presenting a powerful case for change in the Future Generations Strategy.

A useful information booklet is available about the proposed changes which can be downloaded from the Healthy Liverpool website facebook.com/healthylvpool. This booklet clearly states that ‘there is absolutely no threat to the services themselves – this is about making what we have even better and protecting services for the future’.

Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.

We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work:  https://vimeo.com/556197652 

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Job overview

The Cheshire and Mersey Local Maternity System (LMS) is delighted to announce an exciting Clinical Fellowship in association with the Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

 

The Fellowship is a full-time management/preterm network development post under the supervision of Dr Rachel McFarland, Clinical Lead for the C&M Preterm Birth Network. It includes a clinical component. Clinical supervision will be the responsibility of the RCOG College Tutor Dr Emily Fairclough who will allocate a clinical educational supervisor. 

Duration of the post: full-time 1-year fixed term from start date with the option to extend for a further 12 months for an outstanding candidate.

Main duties of the job

The network development component of this post comprises liaising with clinical leads and preterm birth teams in the local units in Cheshire and Mersey to reduce variation and improve outcomes for women at risk of preterm birth.

The management component of this post comprises experience in applied research and clinical management in obstetrics, a research area in which Liverpool leads internationally.

Sample timetable (alternate weeks)

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Delivery Suite

LMS AM

PTL clinic pm

LMS

LMS AM

PTL clinic pm

CS AM

LMS PM

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Delivery Suite

GED / recurrent miscarriage

LMS

LMS AM

PTL clinic pm

LMS

 

Working for our organisation

Liverpool Women’s delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career.

We value the contribution of individual talent and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the local community. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring.

Our core value is to ‘Be Kind’ and we have an ambition to ‘Be Brilliant’ with the best people, giving the safest care, to provide outstanding experiences.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge care possible. We have long-term aspirations for the future.  https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/about-us/our-future/planning-for-future-generations/

We are committed to creating a greener Liverpool Women’s https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4095/our-green-plan.pdf

https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-16pp-v5-current-version.pdf

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The network development component of this post comprises liaising with clinical leads and preterm birth teams in the local units in Cheshire and Mersey to reduce variation and improve outcomes for women at risk of preterm birth.

The management component of this post comprises experience in applied research and clinical management in obstetrics, a research area in which Liverpool leads internationally.

It is anticipated that the clinical component on the rota will be 2 days per week.

The candidate would be expected to participate in all PTB prevention clinic sessions (currently 1.5/week) at Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and will have access to training in insertion of cervical cerclage.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Primary Medical Degree
  • • GMC Registration
  • • MRCOG Part I
Desirable criteria
  • • MRCOG Part 2/3

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • 4 years post registration
  • • Obstetrics & Gynaecology - completion/or nearing completion of ST3 competencies by appointment

Training

Essential criteria
  • • Foundation Year Level-2 competencies
  • • Completion or nearing completion of ST3 competencies by appointment
Desirable criteria
  • • NTN in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Academic Achievements

Desirable criteria
  • • Evidence of research interest/QI projects
  • • Experience of clinical management e.g. coordinating review meetings/MDT
  • • Published papers
  • • Other Degree (e.g. BSc

skills

Essential criteria
  • Commensurate competence in: Clinical judgement
  • Commensurate competence in: Patient handling
  • Commensurate competence in: Colleague handling
  • Commensurate competence in:Teamwork

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoInvestors in People: GoldStonewall Health ChampionsCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Devender Roberts
Job title
Consultant
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Clinical contact for further information

Dr Rachel McFarland – [email protected]

 

Trust contact for further information

RCOG College Tutor, Dr Emily Fairclough – [email protected]

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