Job summary
We invite applications for a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
This is a substantive Consultant post in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with the holder having a special interest in intrapartum Obstetrics and high-risk Obstetric care. There is the opportunity for the successful candidate to become Labour Ward Lead. Other special interests could be considered such as maternal medicine, fetal medicine, or education. The post will make up 1 of 20 WTE Consultants on the Frimley Park site.
The post is based at Frimley Park Hospital where there are a number of SpecialistMidwives in areas such as diabetes, antenatal screening and perinatal mental healthplus Consultant midwives. There is a strong Obstetric Governance Team and PracticeDevelopment Team.
The post holder will participate in regular Patient Safety and Quality Meetings, attend Obstetric Governance and Labour Ward Forum meetings, and be involved in formulating cross site guidelines.
Main duties of the job
The proposed timetable, each week, which has some degree of flexibility will include:
High Risk Antenatal Clinic based at FPH 0.5 PA
Antenatal Clinic based at Community Hospital 0.5 PA
Diabetic Antenatal Clinic 1.0 PA
Labour Ward Consultant Day (alternate weeks) 1.0 PA
Labour Ward Lead 1.0 PA
Caesarean Section Theatre List (alternate weeks) 0.75 PA
PSQ Meeting/Obstetric Governance 0.325 PA
General Gynae Clinic (every 4 weeks) 0.25 PA
Gynae Theatre list (every 4 weeks) 0.375 PA
Resident Labour Ward Night (17 per year) 1.6 PA
SPA 1.5 PA
Admitting Consultant/Weekend Labour Ward 1.2 PA
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please review attached Job description and Person Specification.
This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected of the post holder, and other duties may be required, in line with the role and the banding. It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder to take account of changing organisational need.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on Specialist Register (CCT or entry expected within 6 months of interview date) or, for Mediated Entrants, entry on Specialist Registrar prior to application
- MRCOG or equivalent
- ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice and evidence of relevant experience in specialist areas of interest
Desirable
- Clinical research in the fields of special interest
- Publications relevant to the fields of Obstetrics
Competencies
Essential
- Able to evaluate own clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
- Ability to organise and develop service provision
- Have a commitment to working within Trust policies and procedures as guided by the Chief of service
- Have a commitment to Continuing Medical Education/ Continuing Professional Development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
- Possess an enquiring and critical approach to work
Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Ability to work with clinicians from medical specialties and in other organisations
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that for gaining UK CCT in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Ability to work with Labour Ward MDT and formulate Obstetric guidelines
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
- Ability to manage and lead a firm
- Direct experience of audit
- To demonstrate innovative thinking in delivery and management of an obstetrics and gynaecology service
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates, in Obstetrics & Gynaecology to trainee specialists.
- Able to facilitate teaching in high risk obstetrics and intrapartum care to doctors, midwives and allied healthcare professionals.
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
Desirable
- Participation in multidisciplinary team activities
- Experience of Obstetric Governance and Patient Safety and Quality reviews
- Ability to manage and lead specialist unit, directorate and working parties as appropriate
- Research or publications in area of special interest
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ