Consultant in Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
Join to apply for the Consultant in Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine role at Spacecreators bv.
Job Summary
We are looking for a new consultant to join our reproductive medicine team. We would welcome applications from consultants with an interest in obstetrics and expertise in reproductive medicine.
We are looking for someone ready to take on a leadership role due to recent reconfiguration within the team and management opportunities. You will ideally have a strong interest in Obstetrics and be willing to take up an obstetrics leadership role, for example, labour ward lead or risk lead. You will have strong leadership skills and be a driver for change. As part of the on-call rota for emergency gynaecology, you must have urgent gynaecology skills which will need maintaining. We offer a broad range of services and are likely to be able to accommodate a particular special interest.
The candidate would manage fertility clinics in secondary and tertiary care settings, manage assisted conception treatments and would be expected to perform procedures such as egg retrievals, embryo transfers, and ultrasound scanning.
Our current consultants have broad interests ranging from oncology to fertility, labour ward leadership to outpatient hysteroscopy. We are a district general hospital but have subspecialist level fertility unit, multidisciplinary vulval skin and menopause clinics and visiting gynae-oncology colleagues and are likely to be able to accommodate a particular special interest.
Main duties of the job
Salisbury is proudly home to an excellent fertility & reproductive centre, with on-site IVF facilities. The post will have an appropriate share of obstetric activity (labour ward, antenatal clinic) and have sessions in theatre (with the opportunity for supported 'buddy operating' initially if desired). There would be a non-resident on-call commitment. The planned expansion is looking to move from 1:8 to 1:10 pending successful appointment of new consultants. Currently, this will comprise of weekday on-calls with a requirement to be on site until 7pm and weekend on-calls (Friday afternoon until Monday morning) with requirements for two on-site ward rounds per day.
The post holder would manage fertility clinics in secondary and tertiary care settings, manage assisted conception treatments and would be expected to perform procedures such as egg retrievals, embryo transfers, and ultrasound scanning.
About Us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated 'Good' by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Obstetric department consists of a ten-bedded labour ward, dedicated obstetric theatre, day assessment unit, dedicated antenatal clinic and combined antenatal and postnatal ward. An alongside midwife-led unit opened 2 years ago. Low risk antenatal care is midwife-led and daily consultant-led antenatal clinics care for women with high-risk pregnancies. There is also a dedicated weekly endocrinology antenatal clinic. Peripheral antenatal clinics are run in the surrounding towns. The current delivery rate is around 2200 deliveries.
Salisbury is proudly home to an excellent fertility and reproductive centre, which has on-site IVF facilities. Fertility services at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust have been provided since 1997, by a tight-knit, innovative team that are seeking to expand and develop. The service is comprised of two parts: secondary infertility, which is part of the general gynaecology service, and assisted conception, which is a tertiary service and is provided by Salisbury Fertility Centre (SFC), a licensed IVF unit. Both infertility and assisted conception services are provided by three consultants. SFC provides the full range of assisted conception treatments and undertakes around 200 fresh cycles per year and around 180 frozen cycles per year.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications and Specialist Training
* Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT in O & G leading to entry onto GMC Specialist Register.
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
* Completion of ATSM module in subfertility and reproductive health and a relevant second ATSM or equivalent.
* Completion of British fertility society modules in Assisted conception treatment, embryo transfer, and USS modules.
Essential Experience/Clinical Skills
* Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Fertility.
* Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems: demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach.
#J-18808-Ljbffr