A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team. The appointee will be joining a team of obstetricians with special interests in all aspects of complex maternity care. We are looking for an individual with the clinical skills and enthusiasm necessary to join and make a significant contribution to this team. This is a replacement appointment to support the current establishment of 13 WTE consultants (on a 1:12 on call rota). Candidates should be aware that a further 3 posts have been approved by Trust Board with a view to expansion of the team over the next 2 years. The expansion will allow delivery of 52 week antenatal clinic services and support consultant roles in governance, quality improvement and teaching. Expansion of the team to 16 WTE will enable team members to more easily take on regional/national leadership roles, as well as giving the team resilience around pre-retirement career plans and supporting flexible working for colleagues.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We are looking for a highly motivated obstetrician with an interest in maternal medicine. The appointee will be joining a team of 12 other obstetricians with special interests in all aspects of complex maternity care. We are looking for an individual with the clinical skills and enthusiasm necessary to join and make a significant contribution to this team.
The new appointee will provide cover for the Delivery Suite, Maternity Day Assessment unit and antenatal/postnatal inpatients as well as antenatal clinic sessions. Support and mentoring will be provided in all aspects of work.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop (further) special interest skills and/or work in specialist clinics alongside the maternal medicine team.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Marie Smith on 0191 2829247.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.
Clinical Responsibilities:
1. Provide expert opinions on patients with a wide range of complex obstetric problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
2. Provide consultant-based dedicated sessions (including elective Caesarean section lists) on the Delivery Suite in a flexible manner to ensure prospective cover at times of colleague’s absences.
3. Deliver outpatient antenatal clinical care as well as contributing to ward rounds for antenatal and postnatal inpatients.
4. Provide medical support to the workload in the Maternity Assessment Unit as well as contributing expertise in out-patient management.
5. Participate in the departmental (obstetric only) on-call rota with a maximum of 1 in 10, aiming to reduce this to 1 in 12.
6. Undertake clinical duties in accordance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
7. Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
8. Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review.
9. Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, including audit projects and risk management meetings.
10. Assist in the timely investigation of complaints.
11. Contribute to the general organisation and running of the Obstetric and Gynaecological services within the Trust.
12. Adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
Administrative Responsibilities:
1. Undertake administrative duties related to patient care and the running of the Department of Obstetrics.
2. Become involved with the financial management of the unit.
Research:
The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that complements the service provided.
Teaching:
1. Make an active and appropriate contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate education and training.
2. Participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
3. Contribute to the clinical supervision of postgraduate trainees.
4. Participate in the teaching and training of other health care professionals within the Directorate.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Jan 2025.
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