Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:8 non-resident on call commitment, planning to move to 1:10 with workforce expansion)
- Job ref
- 269-MD893
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/05/2025
Employer heading
Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Consultant
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a new consultant to join our obstetrics and gynaecology department. We would welcome applications from consultants with an interest in high-risk obstetrics, including the care of diabetic women, and general gynaecology.
We are looking for someone ready to take on a leadership role due to recent reconfiguration within the team and management opportunities. You will ideally have a strong interest in Obstetrics and be willing to take up an obstetrics leadership role, for example, labour ward lead or risk lead. You will have strong leadership skills and be a driver for change. You must have suitable gynaecological skills and be able to add to the current gynaecological service. Skills in outpatient hysteroscopy and general gynaecological operating are essential. We offer a broad range of services and are likely to be able to accommodate a particular special interest.
Our current consultants have broad interests ranging from oncology to fertility, labour ward leadership to outpatient hysteroscopy. We are a district general hospital but have subspecialist level fertility unit, multidisciplinary vulval skin and menopause clinics and visiting gynae-oncology colleagues.
Salisbury is proudly home to an excellent fertility & reproductive centre, with on site IVF facilities.
Interviews for this position will be held on 6th May 2025.
Main duties of the job
Our Gynaecology department has a full ambulatory gynaecology suite with outpatient hysteroscopy room & recovery area, colposcopy, ultrasound facilities & dedicated MVA suite. The (nurse-led) early pregnancy assessment unit & acute gynae unit operates Monday to Friday, allowing direct referral from primary care. The department continues to expand outpatient activity with nurse-led pessary, vulval skin, recurrent miscarriage & menopause clinics.
As a gynae-oncology unit, we run a local MDT with diagnostic & treatment capabilities. Cross-specialty collaboration with our colleagues across the medical teams is a vital very welcome part of our MDT. There are fortnightly joint theatre lists with visiting gynae-oncologists from the gynae-oncology centre at University Hospital Dorset. Gynaecological surgery takes place in both the day surgical unit, & the main theatre complex. Gynaecological inpatients are managed on acute surgical wards.
The Obstetric department consists of a ten bedded labour ward, dedicated obstetric theatre, day assessment unit, dedicated antenatal clinic & combined antenatal & postnatal ward. An alongside midwife-led unit opened 2 years ago. Low risk antenatal care is midwife-led & daily consultant-led antenatal clinics care for women with high-risk pregnancies. There is a dedicated weekly endocrinology antenatal clinic. Peripheral antenatal clinics are run in the surrounding towns. The current delivery rate is around 2200 deliveries.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: https://www.flipsnack.com/798D88DD75E/consultant-obstetrics-gynaecology/full-view.html
The post would have an appropriate share of general gynaecological and obstetric activity (labour ward, antenatal clinic, gynaecology clinic) and have sessions in theatre (with the opportunity for supported ‘buddy operating’ initially if desired). There would be a non-resident on call commitment. The planned expansion is looking to move from 1:8 to 1:10 pending successful appointment of new consultants. Currently this will comprise of weekday on calls with a requirement to be on site until 7pm and weekend on calls (Friday afternoon until Monday morning) with a requirement for two on site ward rounds per day.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Clinical Director, on behalf of the Medical Director, within 3 months of commencement of employment. This post attracts 10 PA.
The job plan will be reviewed annually by the appointee and the Clinical Director. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out consultant’s duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education, clinical governance, private practice, and any other responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. It will also include personal objectives for the year, their links with wider service objectives, and details of the support necessary for the consultant to fulfil the job plan and objectives.
It is anticipated that you will undertake 8.5PA of direct clinical care and 1.5 PA of supporting professional activities (SPA). This includes CPD and attendance at divisional meetings. It is anticipated that the appointee will also have a lead role which will attract an SPA allocation.
For the Trust to maintain and meet its objectives for treating patients within agreed timescales and to offer patients choice of flexible treatment times you will be expected to operate a degree of flexible working within your allocated timetable which will include a varied overall work pattern. This may include some extended weekday and some weekend working. This time will form part of your standard weekly work activity for which either commensurate time off in lieu during the week will be given, or remuneration in accordance with Schedule 7 of the Terms and Conditions – Consultants (England) 2003. Programmed Activities scheduled during Premium Time will be at the value of three hours per Programmed Activity in line with Schedule 7 of the Terms and Conditions – Consultants (England) 2003.
Person specification
Qualifications and Specialist Training
Essential criteria
- Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT in O & G leading to entry onto GMC Specialist Register.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
- Minimum one obstetric ATSM and a relevant second ATSM or equivalent
Experience/Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems: demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach.
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
- Mrs Katharine Backhouse
- Job title
- Gynaecology Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722336262
- Additional information
01722336262 x 5912
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