Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 9 hours per week
- Job ref
- 321-SUWON-6365705-GP
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Headington
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
GP Medical Sessional work in Maternity Assessment Unit
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
A fixed term post to cover maternity leave for a GMC registered medical professional that will provide service provision and training in the initial medical assessment and treatment of pregnant women attending for unscheduled or emergency antenatal care in the Maternity Assessment Unit. This is an important part of the Maternity Service in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. We provide a secondary and tertiary service to over 7300 pregnant women and birthing people.
We are inviting applications from clinicians such as General Practitioners or other doctors with an interest in antenatal and postnatal care, to join our multi-professional team for two sessions a week.
Hosted within the Women’s Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, the MAU team is an integral part of the Maternity service. The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician and a keen team worker. He or she will be interested in helping to offer services to pregnant women in line with the OUH Trust values.
Experience in care of pregnant women is essential and a good understanding of the relevant national guidelines covering antenatal care is desirable. Evidence of having passed MRCGP or MRCOG is desirable.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
This post involves duties in Obstetrics in the Maternity Assessment Unit including triage, clinical assessment, requesting investigations and reviewing results, liaising with maternity colleagues, decisions on discharge and ongoing care.
Working for our organisation
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology provides maternity and gynaecology service to the Oxford region and is responsible for over 7000 deliveries per year. It is also a tertiary referral centre for district general hospitals in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Northamptonshire. This is an approved training centre for subspecialties in Maternal and Fetal Medicine. It has close links to the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford.
The Delivery Suite is covered at all times by three tiers of specialist trainees: ST1-2 (or GP trainee or Foundation doctor), ST3-5 and ST6-7. During office hours the senior tier (ST6-7) is covered by a Consultant Obstetrician. Neonatologists, obstetric anaesthetists, junior and middle grade obstetricians are available at all times. All obstetric consultants maintain an active Delivery Suite role.
There is a large Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Unit works closely with the High Risk Pregnancy Service.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration and License to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
- Clinical training in gynaecology and obstetrics
- Evidence of clinical or basic research in gynaecology and obstetrics
- Ability to make clinical decisions independently
- On GP register or specialist register
Desirable criteria
- MRCOG part 3 or MRCGP Other post graduate diploma
- Evidence of work in a gynaecology and obstetrics accredited centre
- Ability to take clinical decision in gynaecology and obstetrics
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the decision making processes and the scientific rationale for these decision in maternity patients
- Sufficient leadership and organizational skills to interact with junior and seniors
- Well organized and able to prioritize
- Excellent team worker, Self motivated, Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Good written English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
- Experience of teaching undergraduates, trainees and non- Medical staff
- Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Management training and experience
- Knowledge of the organization of a tertiary gynaecology and obstetrics service.
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
- Claire Hordern
- Job title
- Specialty Doctor for MAU
- Email address
- [email protected]
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