About this role
Job summary
The successful candidate will join a cohesive team of 25 consultants delivering services across three acute hospital sites within Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. While all on-call and emergency commitments are based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH), the role is countywide, with clinical sessions shared across WRH, Kidderminster Treatment Centre (KTC), Alexandra Hospital Redditch (AHR), and selected community sites including Evesham, Malvern, Tenbury Wells and Bromsgrove. Consultants typically contribute to both obstetrics and gynaecology rotas, with a 1:22 obstetric rota providing 24-hour cover and a 1:21 gynaecology rota structured as a hot week. The successful candidate will participate in the obstetric on-call rota.
The Directorate delivers a comprehensive range of obstetric and gynaecology services. Gynaecology includes sub-specialties such as general gynaecology, urogynaecology (including pelvic floor and PFAP clinics), endometriosis and pelvic pain services, colposcopy, gynaecological oncology, menopause and endocrine services, infertility, paediatric and adolescent gynaecology, and ambulatory care including EPAU, EGAU and outpatient hysteroscopy. Obstetric services include fetal medicine (including multiple pregnancy care), maternal medicine, high-risk obstetrics, perinatal care, and OASIS services.
Interested candidates are invited to contact Laura Veal - [email protected] to discuss the opportunity.
Main duties of the job
It would be beneficial if the successful applicant was able to offer skills in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology and advanced labour ward skills are essential. Applicants should have evidence of advanced training and experience in Obstetrics and/or Gynaecology including 2 ATSMs or Subspecialty training. Previous experience at Consultant level would be beneficial. Following Good Medical Practice, the post holder will be responsible for the clinical care of Obstetrics and Gynaecology patients. The post holder will work independently in elective and emergency situations but can rely on the additional support of consultant colleagues within the Directorate. The successful applicant will participate in regular clinical meetings and governance activities, post-graduate activities and maintain continuing medical education in accordance with the requirements of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and General Medical Council.
The successful applicant will be asked to participate on the Obstetric on-call rota. The Obstetric Consultant is resident between 8.00am-9pm on weekdays and from 8.00am until 13.00 on weekends, returning for an evening ward round between 8pm and 9pm. Obstetric on call is non-resident between the hours of 9pm and 8am. It is expected that as part of the on-call duties the on-call Obstetric Consultant will undertake twice daily ward rounds of Obstetric inpatients.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
This job description together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.
A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.The post-holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.The post-holder will collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.The post-holder will, if relevant, participate in the on call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with Consultant colleagues in post.
Person Specification
Teaching Experience Essential
Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable
Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Qualifications Essential
Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise. Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Obs and Gynae (or expected within 6 months of interview date) via CCT or CESR (CP) CESR or European Community Rights
Desirable
Higher degree
Management & Administrative Experience Essential
Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities Ability to manage and lead the specialty firm and multi-disciplinary team Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit Ability to produce governance reports and critically review clinical incidents
Desirable
Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making
Research Experience Essential
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative
Desirable
Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years Evidence of having undertaken original research
Experience Essential
Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Obs and Gynae Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients 2 ATSM or equivalent
Desirable
Experience at Consultant level Colposcopy training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)