Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 318-24-CONSOBS&MM
- 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
- 01/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine
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
This is a substantive full time (10PA) post, working exclusively within Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts.
The post-holder will be an experienced obstetrician who will join the current team to provide specialist maternal medicine Obstetrics services, as well as delivery suite sessions and on-call, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with the regional maternal medicine network, 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.
This is a new post to support the expansion of consultant Obstetricians in the unit, with a particular emphasis on diabetes. The post holder will also be the obstetric antenatal lead
Main duties of the job
- The provision of high-quality care in all clinical settings, including delivery suite, obstetric triage, obstetric theatre and antenatal clinics
- To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
- To provide on call support out of hours and to attend the Department out of hours as per agreed protocols
- The post holder will participate in a 1/12 weekday and weekend non-resident on call rota for obstetrics.
- To participate in the undergraduate teaching programme from both the University of Bristol and the newly established Three Counties Medical School.
- To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for doctors in training.
- To promote evidence-based practice.
- To participate in and develop Quality Improvement projects.
- To respond appropriately to national guidance and reports including undertaking and supervising gap analyses and guideline change, with particular reference to Obstetric Medicine.
- The post-holder will be encouraged to be active in ongoing clinical research
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
The Women & Children's Division are well established and are focused on continued service improvement.
The teams are based at Gloucester Royal Hospital with outpatient activity taking place and at Cheltenham General and Gloucester Royal hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Thank you for showing interest in this position.
If you would like to find out further information regarding this role, please review the attached job description which outlines the role in greater detail.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCOG
- Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
- ATSM Maternal medicine or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant 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
- Experience of delivery of maternal medicine service and engagement with regional networks
Desirable criteria
- Experience in change management and innovation
- Experience in maternal medicine clinics
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
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for emergency obstetrics
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Honesty and reliability
- Ability to work under stress
- Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Ability to work under stress
- Communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to work in multi-professional team
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, communities and other agencies
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- MD or equivalent
Information Technology
Essential criteria
- IT skills: Word processing, excel database, literature searching
Leadership and Management
Essential criteria
- Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice.
- Experience in leading a busy delivery suite
- 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
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of developing and delivering multiprofessional simulation training
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
- Christine Edwards
- Job title
- Specialty Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 3222
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