Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Herts NHS Trust

    East and North Herts NHS Trust
    East and North Herts NHS Trust Stevenage, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Job summary

    Applications are invited for a Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. This is an excellent opportunity within the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. Our complete commitment to developing careers means we're looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our ongoing development of Obstetric services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. This is a new substantive post.

    This post is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 10 core programmed activities (PAs) including clinical sessions in both Obstetrics & Gynaecology and a non-resident on call commitment for both Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

    Main duties of the job

    The post holder joins an established consultant team with a widerange of gynaecology and obstetrics specialist skills and experience, including specialist antenatal clinics for diabetes, perinatal mental health, multiple pregnancy, preterm delivery, bereavement, day assessment, post-natal care, foetal medicine and gynae-oncology, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, recurrent miscarriage, fertility services, endometriosis and urogynaecology. The Obstetric component will include a high-risk antenatal caseload and labour ward sessions. The post holder will be supported in developing a special interest that fits with the departmental needs.

    About us

    At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

    We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

    • We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

    We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Providing clinical leadership for high-risk pregnancies Providing clinical leadership and expertise in Obstetrics &Gynaecology supporting nursing and midwifery teams. An active role in the provision of teaching and training formedical staff, nurses, midwives, and students. Take part in the training of junior medical staff and medicalstudents attached to the department Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of theservice and participation in strategic planning Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings anddirectorate clinical governance activity Active participation in continuing medical education

    Person Specification

    Qualifications / Training

    Essential

  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
  • MRCOG or appropriate specialist qualification
  • Obstetric Emergency Training Certificate (, MOET, PROMPT, ALSO)

    • Desirable

  • MD or Postgraduate academic degree

    • Previous Experience

    Essential

  • Broad range of experience in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • RCOG Advance Labor Ward Practice ATSM or equivalent experience
  • Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
  • RCOG Advanced antenatal practice ATSM or equivalent experience
  • Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
  • Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
  • Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives

    • Desirable

  • Gynaecology RCOG ATSMs and special interest that support the Dept needs

    • Skills

    Essential

  • Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
  • Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation