A Vacancy at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with an interest in supporting and developing the high-risk antenatal care, including the Maternal Medicine Service at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is available.
We are keen to attract a proactive and engaged consultant who will enjoy working within our team and be able to work to a timetable that fits them and the service. If the right candidate has a particular interest area, this can be looked at in line with the team job plan.
This is a 10 PA, substantive consultant post and the appointee will join an existing team of 14 consultants providing a comprehensive Obstetrics & Gynaecology Service to the western part of North Nottinghamshire and the residents of Mansfield, Ashfield and Newark Districts. There will be an expectation that the post holder will contribute to a 1 in 12 Obstetrics and Gynaecology on-call rota, designed to meet the requirement of 60 hours per week consultant presence on the Birthing Unit but additionally to help meet the recommendations for safe Obstetric care detailed within the Ockenden Report. An ability to provide emergency gynaecology care is required, however, there is opportunity for supporting the successful candidate to gain confidence in gynaecology operating, as required.
The main responsibilities of the post will be to further develop and support the provision of excellent antenatal care, particularly in the maternal medicine setting. Additional expertise to complement the existing team, of particular interest, would be areas of high-risk antenatal care.
The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, where the Consultant is responsible for the management of employees of the Trust, they will be expected to observe the local employment and human resource policies and procedures
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025
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