Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with

This is an exciting opportunity to join our current team of eleven consultants in a friendly & supportive department, leading and delivering Womens health services in beautiful central North Wales. This is a full time substantive post in obstetrics & gynaecology, with a focus on obstetric scanning / fetal medicine. There is a contribution to the non-resident on call rota for both obstetrics and gynaecology. This is a replacement post but with a particular emphasis on supporting and developing obstetric scanning services and training on site. This supports the recent opening of the Subregional Neonatal Intensive Care centre (SuRNICC), and the centralisation of specialized neonatal & perinatal services across North Wales on the Glan Clwyd Hospital site. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to develop & lead perinatal services, the department is interested in supporting the development of links & networking with neighbouring specialized services.

There will be a commitment to undertake general obstetrics & gynaecology work. In addition, this is a new post specifically aiming to support the development of the high risk obstetric & perinatal service on site, and specifically to develop consultant obstetric scanning / fetal medicine service on site. This will support the increased complexity of cases resulting from the recent opening of the Sub Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Centre for North Wales (SuRNICC) at Glan Clwyd Hospital. The
appointed consultant will be expected to work in conjunction with other fetal medicine colleagues in North Wales and to develop close links with relevant tertiary centres such as Liverpool, Manchester & Cardiff.

Health Board Overview

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £1.7 billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 community hospitals and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB also coordinates or provides the work of 113 GP practices and the NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.