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

Description

Job overview

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 wide
range 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 for
medical staff, nurses, midwives, and students.

• Take part in the training of junior medical staff and medical
students attached to the department

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care

• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the
service and participation in strategic planning

• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and
directorate clinical governance activity

• Active participation in continuing medical education

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• 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 (e.g., MOET, PROMPT, ALSO)

Desirable criteria

• MD or Ph.D./ Postgraduate academic degree

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

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

Skills

Essential criteria

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

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.