Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

4 days ago


King's Lynn, United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated professional to join our established team. The post is based at the hospital site with provision of out-reach clinics.

A range of general and specialist obstetrics and gynaecological services are offered led by the consultants and supported by doctors, nurses, and midwives. These include urogynaecology, gynae-oncology, ambulatory (out-patient) gynaecology, early pregnancy assessment, colposcopy, high risk obstetrics and intrapartum care.

The appointed consultant would be expected to contribute to the ongoing service improvement programmes, Maternity Culture Transformation, and elective restoration pathway by implementing evidence based new ways of working when necessary.

As the successful post holder, you will participate in providing dedicated emergency cover for Delivery Suite (labour ward) and emergency gynaecology separately in the daytime and will require to participate in the on-call rota overnight and weekends currently on a 1:12 rota with prospective cover. The post involves on-call sessions on Labour Ward to achieve the desired 60 hours consultant presence recommended by RCOG. The post-holder is expected to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues as per the policy.

The appointee will be required to participate in the day-to-day supervision, training, and assessment of junior medical and other staff. Shared Office space and secretarial support will be provided.
The appointee will be involved in the management of inpatients and outpatients at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, and outpatients at the North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech.

With over 4,000 staff (known as Team QEH), the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn is one of the biggest employers in West Norfolk, supporting the health and wellbeing of the local community. QEH has 518 beds, 18 wards, a budget of circa £220m and provides a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to those who live in the three counties of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

We strive to deliver services that our local communities can be proud of, and to deliver exceptionally high standards of care, consistently for our patients and their families. Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 patients in 20/21, and were ranked 27/507 nationally for Covid related research.

Team QEH is proud to be an inclusive employer, with many active staff networks. We have also been recognised as an exemplar employer by BAPIO (British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) and offer outstanding health and wellbeing initiatives to support our staff and to implement our learning from the pandemic.

The Obstetrics and Gynaecology department is a key aspect of the Women and Children’s Clinical Business Unit and is increasingly important to the hospital as a whole. The department specialises in several different Gynaecology services such as;
- Uro-Gynaecology
- Urodynamics
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)
- Post-menopausal bleeding
- Colposcopy
- Ambulatory Hysteroscopy
- Nurse led vaginal prolapse/Pessary Clinic
- EPAU

Please see attached for Job Description and Person Specification for further information on this exciting opportunity with us.



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