Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 423-6852069
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Consultant
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
SUBSTANTIVE CONSULTANT IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
Post 1 Colposcopy & Oncology
Post 2 Obstetrics-interest in Preterm Labour
Post 3 Minimal Access Surgery and Endometriosis
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical expertise and responsibility to the service in terms of knowledge, clinical activity and guidance as needed
- Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department
- Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into the department to admission or discharge from the department
- Supervision of the junior medical staff in the Unit who will have opportunity to learn on a one-to-one basis on both formal and informal rounds and also on ad hoc basis throughout the day
- An active part in educational programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Unit
- To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate
- Maintain an up-to-date job plan and personal development plan
- Register and participate in the appropriate CPD scheme with the RCOG
- Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for admission to hospital
Working for our organisation
- Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
- Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Obstetric & Gynaecology Department
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care
- Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary teams
- Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
- Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviours are demonstrated
- Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to college requirements
- Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy
- Mentoring is offered to new and current consultant employees of the Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CONSULTANTS JOB PLAN
Job Planning will be based on a partnership approach. Consultants are asked to prepare a draft job plan which is then discussed and agreed with the Clinical Director and then presented to the Medical Scrutiny Committee for approval. Job plans will list all the NHS and any private duties of the consultant, the number of Programmed Activities for which the Consultant is contracted and paid, the consultant’s objectives and agreed supporting resources.
The duties and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, as appropriate:
- Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work
- Supporting Professional Activities
- Additional NHS responsibilities – determined against the agreed Trust tariff allocation
- External duties
The Trust’s strategy is to increase the use of its capital resources e.g. Theatre, Endoscopy and OPC to facilitate increased productivity and efficiencies which supports the growth of market share and business development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Full GMC Registration
- • MRCOG or equivalent
- • Training & experience equivalent to that required for UK CCT
- • Entry onto the Specialist Register in Obstetrics and Gynaecology or within 6 months of CCT date at interview
Desirable criteria
- MD or higher degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
- • Evidence of having undertaken audit work that has brought about change
- • Evidence of experience and commitment to the specialty.
- • Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the specialty.
Desirable criteria
- • Published research in peer reviewed journal
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
- Miss Sumita Bhuiya
- Job title
- Clinical Director - Obs & Gynae
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535292226
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