Consultant Obstetrician – Fetal Medicine

Job summary

This post is a as a full-time consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. There are 10 Programmed activities: direct clinical care and supporting professional activities.

The post holder will have experience of working in a high-risk obstetric unit, undertaking C-sections, antenatal clinics, and ward rounds. The post holder will have a key role in the ultrasound diagnosis of fetal abnormality and normality, multiple pregnancies, including invasive testing when necessary, the ongoing surveillance of fetal wellbeing, particularly in the presence of fetal growth restriction, the planning and timing of delivery in these patients, management of multiple pregnancies and in working as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop and maintain excellent clinical performance of the fetal medicine unit.

Leadership roles within the department may also be available.

The proposed on-call frequency (up for discussion) for the post-holder is to participate in a 1:8 weekend and a 1:4 night and day frequency.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the continued development of obstetrics and gynaecology services. S/he will share the management of admitted patients and will provide care for his/her patients admitted to the Trust. S/he will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care for patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Service Lead for Obstetrics and the Clinical Service Lead for Gynaecology to provide safe care and meet national and local safety and performance indicators.

The post will have responsibility with a team of consultants to provide integrated care for the Obstetrics and Gynaecology service, including support to specialist nurses and midwives who work in the clinical areas. The post holder will be able to work in a high risk setting, and will be able to undertake fetal medicine clinics. There are active research and development opportunities within the service and it is anticipated that the successful appointee will contribute to this.

The post holder will have access to a networked Trust computer and training for UHB hospital network applications as well as designated secretarial support (combination of designated secretary and digital dictation support) and defined office space in the specialty area that is present in the Princess of Wales Womens Unit at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. This comprises desk space in an open plan area with access to meeting rooms for private meetings and quiet work.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The post is to support the care provided to women within the Women's Units at Birmingham Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals (HGS) now part of University Hospital Birmingham. Cross site working will be part of the main duties and responsibilities.

The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running and development of the obstetric services. The appointee will:

*Join the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultant team to deliver a first class service at University Hospital Birmingham and contribute to the development of the service.

*Support the directorate in meeting the challenging key safety and performance indicators.

*Deliver agreed standards of care and participate in consultant presence on delivery suites at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals and on-call for Obstetrics across all sites.

*Provide continuing patient care in partnership with consultant colleagues across the hospital sites.

*Support delivery of activity targets in partnership with Clinical Commissioning Groups and support service developments including the Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity Programme (BUMP) through the Local Maternity Service (LMS).

*Allow flexibility through effective prospective cover of sickness and annual leave.

*Provide professional supervision, direction and training for junior medical staff.

*Take an active role in audit, research, teaching and governance.

*Participate in the late evening shift and cross site on-call rota for obstetrics

*Participate in plans to lead to cost efficiencies across the specialty.

*Contribute to risk management procedures.

*Ensure Continuing Professional Development targets are achieved.

*Take part in the GMC revalidation, annual appraisal and job planning processes.

The post holder will undertake other duties as may be required to achieve the Trust's objectives, commensurate with the grading of the post.

These duties and responsibilities are not intended to be exhaustive. Duties may be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances. Duties will be reflected in a job plan, which will be subject to annual review with the Clinical Service Leads and the Divisional Director.

The post holder will be provided with the necessary IT equipment and access to training to be in position to meet these objectives. Office space and secretarial support will be provided although both may be shared.

Supporting professional activities (SPAs) are expected to be worked on site unless agreed otherwise with the Clinical Service Leads and specified in the job plan. SPA's will be allocated within the Trust to provide time for development of staff, services, governance and other issues as determined by the post holder in agreement with the Clinical Service Leads. Time for private practice off site is supported under the contract.

Flexible Direct Clinical Care (DCC) will be used firstly for emergency cover to cover a colleague on leave and occasionally to increase activity because of peaks in demand. Six weeks' notice will generally be given for work required outside regular PA sessions. Total PAs can be averaged over a number of weeks to do more than 10 in some weeks and less in others, as long as an average of 10 PAs per week is achieved. Late evenings and weekend on call are allocated on a rota at least 6 weeks in advance. Cover for long days and weekends that are inconvenient for any reason is arranged by the person allocated to that night or weekend by swapping with a colleague. They will be responsible for informing the rota organiser and the switchboard of any differences from the published rota.

The operational principle that the directorate aims to achieve whenever possible is for another consultant to re-use patient contact sessions that would otherwise be cancelled or remain uncovered due to leave or other agreed reasons for absence.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Full GMC Registration (E) *Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of AAC) (E) *Entry onto the GMC Specialist register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC (E) *MRCOG or appropriate specialist qualification (E) *ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward practice *ATSM in Fetal Medicine

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