Consultant in Obstetrics - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Preston, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Gynaecology commitments would include a gynaecology clinic and urogynaecology clinic with an alternate week urodynamics clinic. A weekly operating list is included in the job plan and support for operating development provided. This would be negotiated based on the skills of the applicant mapped to the requirements for the service. The urogynaecology services is supported by MDT meetings.

Gynaecology Hot Week would also be covered as a 1 in 8.

Obstetric commitments would include a weekly as a minimum an antenatal clinic and 1 in 4 labour ward session.

Emergency (out of hour) commitments would cover bothobstetrics and gynaecologyindividually (currently a 1 in 8 rota but under review)

LTHTR is a teaching hospital serving a local population of 450,000 across Greater Preston, Chorley and South Ribble. The Trust has approximately 4,300 births annually and a level three neonatal unit.

In gynaecology we provide services in benign gynaecology, early pregnancy, endometriosis, urogynaecology, ambulatory, menopause, paediatric, endocrine disorders, vulval conditions and termination of pregnancy.

We also provide tertiary gynaecological oncology services for Lancashire and South Cumbria with a specialist team of gynaecology oncologists.

The Trust also delivers regional services in neurosciences (neurosurgery and neurology), plastic surgery, renal medicine, vascular surgery, interventional radiology and hosts the regional trauma centre.

Preston is one of the four bases for Manchester university medical students. We provide academic and pastoral support to over 300 medical students in their clinical years 3, 4 and 5.

We have three well equipped education centres to support undergraduate and postgraduate training.

A number of our team run courses at these sites or have leading positions within the education department (internally & externally).

This is welcomed and any additional training supported.

There is an active and thriving research team giving research opportunities within the NIHR badged on-site Lancashire Clinical Research Facility and involvement in research is actively sought from all the consultants.

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on: