Job overview
A fixed term post for a GMC registered medical professional that will provide service provision and training in the initial medical assessment and treatment of pregnant women attending for unscheduled or emergency antenatal care in the Maternity Assessment Unit. This is an important part of the Maternity Service in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Turst. We provide a secondary and tertiary service to over pregnant women and birthing people.
We are inviting applications from clinicians such as General Practitioners or other doctors with an interest in antenatal and postnatal care, to join our multi-professional team for two sessions a week.
Hosted within the Women's Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, the MAU team is an integral part of the Maternity service. The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician and a keen team worker. He or she will be interested in helping to offer services to pregnant women in line with the OUH Trust values.
Experience in care of pregnant women is essential and a good understanding of the relevant national guidelines covering antenatal care is desirable. Evidence of having passed MRCGP or MRCOG is desirable.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
This post involves duties in Obstetrics in the Maternity Assessment Unit including triage, clinical assessment, requesting investigations and reviewing results, liasing with maternity colleagues, decisions on discharge and ongoing care.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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