Consultant Obstetrician

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, as we expand our medical team. The post will be trust wide with elective sessions at our base site hospitals and acute sessions at The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH).

The successful candidate will be involved in the provision of both Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the population of North Tyneside and Northumberland. In addition, they will support the development of the service, supervise junior staff, support administrative and managerial responsibilities, and participate in clinical governance and audit activities.

The role includes a 1:10 on-call commitment, with out of hours support for both Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Acute/ on-call sessions include a resident period between 08:00-20:00 and a non-resident on-call between 20:00- 08:00.

The post is based around a 10PA job plan, plus a 3% on-call supplement.

For more information on the service and trust, please refer to the job description/ information pack.

Main duties of the job

The post will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops.

The Job Plan will typically include an average of Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties (Inc. admin and on-call) and Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities. A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 1 of the Job Description and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.

Consultant Medical Staff to participate in 7 day working as part of their normal working pattern. Your normal working pattern will be agreed with you locally as part of your job plan and this may consist of shifts of variable working hours including nights and weekends.

The service is on the Northern deanery specialist registrar rotation and contributes to both undergraduate and post-graduate education.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be involved in the provision of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology service for the population of North Tyneside and Northumberland.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on apersonal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.

Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at the date of interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oFully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of interview oMRCOG (Member of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) or equivalent oFull GMC Registration.

Desirable

Medical Education

Experience

Essential

Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Experience and awareness of Clinical Governance Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.

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